Bankara Ramen - Avenue K KL

I must admit, I love Ramen and I'll never get bored of eating a whole bowl of this comfort food no matter how often I eat it. It's definitely an Ultimate Meal-In-A-Bowl! Ramen soup is definitely a fix that works especially when you have a hangover and your head is pounding so badly. 

Upon the entry way going through the Japanese curtains, we were already hit by a soothing fog of pork and garlic. Embracing the philosophy of "Cooking by Heart", Bankara Ramen has finally arrived to Malaysia almost a year ago after its great expansion of outlets spanning across Japan, Indonesia and also Thailand. They emphasise to serve the customers tantalising dining experience with imported ingredients, as one would expect if one was dining in Japan.

Here, the Tonkotsu Chashu has an opaque white colored broth. As known, tonkatsu broth is boiled for more than 20 hours dissolving all the great deal of collagen and converting them into a rich, creamy and warming broth. It is nicely paired with full toppings of their signature Kakuni, extra large serving of spring onion and few big slices of seaweed. There it is, thick and layered with tons of flavors in one pipping hot bowl.

The signature bowl is the Kakuni Bankara Ramen. It is a medium size noodle served with Chashu, bamboo shoots, dried seaweeds and topped with its signature braised pork belly. The noodles here are made in perfect hardness with untangle noodles. Here, the Kakuni Ramen is served with an additional slab of steamed pork belly. The massive slab of pork belly are slow stewed for long, long hours, going outstandingly well with the broth. The toppings cover all the texture bases from tender to chewy to meaty to slick. 

Shina Soba is a Chinese style inspired ramen with a lighter soup based pairing with Chashu and Japanese onions. Shin Soba has a lighter color which brings forth the refreshing flavor. Don't forget to add in an extra feature of the shop - Crushed  Raw Garlic into your superbly springy noodles. The plenty of mild garlic in the broth doubled up on the flavoring with a sharper, spicy element to the ramen.

During weekdays, they do serve special selection of diner sets for two or four pax, running from 6pm for Mondays - Thursday only. One small disappointment, most of the ramen bowls are not paired with ajitsuke tamago (marinated soft boiled eggs). They are only available in a separate side dish.

In current, they only have their first outlet in Avenue K and another upcoming outlet will be in Mid Valley real soon. With the ramen craze popping all over the nation, we are confident that Bankara Ramen is going to become one of the top ten list of ramen in town.

Bankara Ramen Malaysia

2nd Floor, Avenue K, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur.

03-21818618