Weekday Walk at Orchard

+0 @ Orchard ™

Orchard.. When was the last time I came here? Not too sure, but normally if come here, it will be for a specific purpose, and not like last time, for window shopping.

I found it too crowded during the weekends, and hence seldom come over. And for weekday, the shops close pretty early, if not wrong 9++pm, you can see most of the shops are preparing for closing. No points to come on weekday.

However, yesterday I went. And the purpose is joining for a farewell dinner to a friend, also colleague, that is leaving on today. -Kenneth-
He introduced a Ramen House in Orchard Plaza, Noodle House Ken. The shop is pretty small, but when we arrived, it was full of people. Luckily Kenneth made a reservation, else I don't know how long we will need to Q to have a table for 10pax. We were lead by the waitress to the reserved table.

The interior is not too much of deco. There is a counter near to our table, but there was a mess. Full of their stocks all over. I think the shop can only occupy ~35pax. 2 connecting tables, each can accomodate 10pax. 2 small round tables and a row of counter table in which I think can sit up to 5-6 pax. However, entering into the shop, I had a feeling of entering a ramen shop in Japan. To me, every land in Japan is extremely expensive. So, most of their shops are small. And this noodle house is small too. Haha.

Looking at the menu, there is only few to choose. 5 different types of ramen (Char Siew ramen, Stewed Boiled Egg Ramen, Miso Ramen, Hiyashi Chuuka, Audrey’s Miso Ramen), some side dishes and drinks.

From reviews and Kenneth recommendation, most of us ordered Char Siew Ramen with addon stewed-egg. We ordered also the gyoza, as recommended by most of the eaters.

The soup base was nice. Ramen is a bit special. It is not the same like you can find from Crystal Jade. The ramen portion is pretty a lot. Most of the big guys in our group were having difficulty to finish the whole bowl of ramen. Maybe I was hungry, I can easily finish it. :D The Char-Siew is a lot too. And thick. But, I found out the char-siew has no char-siew taste. More like normal sliced pork. I think their speciality is the stewed egg. It was very soft. They controlled the time very well to maintain the egg at the very soft condition.

Each Ramen costs SGD12.

If you are interested to give it a try, here is the address:
Noodle House Ken @ 150 Orchard Road #01-17/18 Orchard Plaza

After dinner, we decided to have a drink at Orchard Central, which is just right opposite CentrePoint. It was opened in August 2009. Design of the building is special. It is the first "Vertical Mall" in Singapore, with 11storeys above ground.

Before entering, took a picture in front of the mall.

We entered the building through a escalator. And here is what I saw while taking the escalator.

As recommended by Kenneth, we went to 8th floor. Looking for Ben & Jerry shop and it was at one of the corners. Walking through the ice-cream shop, we arrived to an open-air section, which is another shop named Heaven's Loft.

Very nice ambience, with soft music, serving all kinds of beers, wines, cocktails and liquors. And also can take a look of the Orchard Night View, even though it's not so glittering.

Enjoying a beer, watching at the night view of Orchard, on weekday... Seems not bad ya. :D

Heaven's Loft

Food for the Soul ~ Desserts to Die For

181 Orchard Road

#08-01/02

Orchard Central