Ramen Ichiban-Kan - Malate

After working out at the gym with some of my friends that night, we decided to have dinner at a friend's restaurant owned by their uncle. This would be my second time eating at this restaurant.

It was a Japanese ramen house located along Malate. The restaurant is not noticeable at first since most of its neighboring business shops are all exclusive beer/entertainment houses ( if you know what i mean) for foreigners mostly Japanese and Filipinos with money to burn.

Upon entering the restaurant, we were greeted "Irasshaimase!" or welcome in English by waitresses wearing yellow uniforms. The restaurant had only few customers at the time and were mostly Japanese.

The specialty of the restaurant of course is ramen, the menu also contained many different authentic Japanese dishes.

Free Iced Tea! too sweet if you asked me, lol

A cabinet display of Saki bottles? not sure lol

It didn't took long till our orders came, around 10-15 minutes.

Gyoza P170

The gyoza was actually given to us free, hehe. It was big and the filling was generous, adding this with your ramen or main dish is a definite must. 

Shuyu Ramen P260

Gomoku Ramen P300

As you can see the ramen dishes are huge and can be good for 2 people sharing. It had lots of ingredients, both of my friends had a hard time finishing their dishes and they were both guys who just worked out from the gym. lol. 

Katsudon P300

I had the katsudon since the last time I ate here I already had the Karubi ramen and I was told that this is one of their best sellers. The dish was served hot and it was big and had generous amount of pork cutlet, egg and rice. It was really filling and I can say one of the better katsudon dishes I have eaten. A deserving meal after a hard workout in the gym since Katsu is a homophone of the verb 'to be victorious'.

Our bill, we actually only paid 50% since their uncle was the restaurant's owner. LOL



Last Thoughts:


If you are into ramen and love Japanese food and live nearby, you should try eating at this place. The prices are very reasonable since I was told most of their ingredients really come from Japan. The staff are very friendly and even though the place was old it was very clean.


Location:


Ramen Ichiban-kan
2101 A Mabini St., Malate, Manila
tel no. 5244779