Was walking around Amoy Street Food Centre and got to notice the existence of Akazuki Ramen at the first floor of the food centre; these folks are one of the few new tenants whom have moved into the food centre in recent times. These folks are located at the stall unit right next to that of Lagoon In A Bowl. Whilst the brand name is one that seems to be new to the F&B industry, this brand is a new concept that is introduced by the folks behind Uma Haus at Chinatown Complex Food Centre. Whilst Uma Haus is a concept in which that serves up Japanese-style Ramen and Donburi, Akazuki Ramen is a more focused concept than Uma Haus where it specialises only in Tonkotsu Ramen offerings. With this much of an emphasis in Tonkotsu Ramen, Akazuki Ramen serve span a variety of Tonkotsu Ramen paired with various meat options such as fried chicken, beef, pork, Ebi etc. — they also do serve up a version of dry ramen which is dubbed the Abura Ramen. Aside from ramen offerings, Akazuki Ramen also offers a variety of side dishes as well that one can opt for to supplement their ramen order as well.

Skimming through the menu of Akazuki Ramen, the Salmon Ramen was the one that stood out to us the most. Just like how the Donburi and Ramen items are being priced at Uma Haus, the base price of their ramen offerings starts from $4.30 and goes up to $8.80 — the Salmon Ramen is one of the two highest priced ramen items on Akazuki Ramen’s menu. Patrons also get the option to choose their preferred spiciness level for their bowl of ramen; 0 being the non-spicy variant, and 3 being the spiciest — we specified Level 2 for our bowl of Salmon Ramen. Though Akazuki Ramen does not describe the elements that are included within their various dishes, it could be observed that our order of the Salmon Ramen includes salmon, tonkotsu broth, noodles, ramen egg, spring onions and black fungus. Opting for the spicy levels 1 to 3 also sees chili paste served within the bowl as well. Giving the bowl a good mix before digging in, we did notice that the Tonkotsu Broth does come pretty rich and thick here; with that being said, opting for it to come spicy also adds a piquant hint of spiciness that cuts through the heaviness of the Tonkotsu Broth. At Spicy Level 2, the level of spiciness is still pretty manageable for those whom are tolerable to moderate levels of spiciness — the spiciness creeping up on the tastebuds towards the end of every single spoonful of broth that one slurps up. The noodles at Akazuki Ramen does come with a soft and chewy texture, while the ramen egg that came along with the dish comes marinated with soy sauce for a savoury note; also had a jammy egg yolk within. The salmon was the generic sort that one typically would expect to come with Japanese bento dishes, though we would say that they are pretty generous to serve up three slices of boiled salmon in a ramen dish at such an affordable price point.