Was passing by Millenia Walk and got to learn about the opening of a new ramen restaurant within the shopping gallery named Toripaitan Ramen Torinosuke — these folks had takeover the former premises of the now-defunct location of Yoshinoya within the mall (more on this later). Toripaitan Ramen Torinosuke mentions that the brand is established since 2002 in Hiroshima Japan; the brand does seem to have multiple outlets located within Japan — the Toripaitan Ramen Torinosuke outlet at Millenia Walk is their very first outpost in Singapore. Whilst not immediately noticeable, we did seem to notice an affiliation between Toripaitan Ramen Torinosuke and Yoshinoya here considering how the congratulatory flowers placed outside of the restaurant during its initial opening phase had messages addressed to Yoshinoya. As one would have derived so from its namesake, Toripaitan Ramen Torinosuke is an establishment that specialises in their chicken broth shoyu ramen offerings; its menu is being split into sections dedicated to Ramen, Side and Curry Rice offerings — they also do offer desserts where ice-cream is being sourced from ice-creamery Udders.

The Waraji Katsu Toripaitan Kara Miso is actually the priciest offering at Toripaitan Ramen Torinosuke — the menu does not describe the elements that are featured in the bowl of ramen though it can be derived from its namesake that this would be a chicken broth ramen that comes with Miso — it also comes spicy as per the mention of “Kara” in its namesake. The Waraji Katsu Toripaitan Kara Miso is one out of three variants of Toripaitan Kara Miso Ramen that Toripaitan Ramen Torinosuke offers; the other two being the Toripaitan Kara Miso and the Ajitama Toripaitan Kara Miso. Whilst Toripaitan Ramen Torinosuke does not describe the elements featured within the dish, it can be observed from our order that the Waraji Katsu Toripaitan Kara Miso does come with elements such as Yasai (i.e. vegetables), Chicken Soboro (i.e. ground chicken), and Waraji Katsu (i.e. big, flat-shaped katsu). Going for the Toripaitan Kara Miso broth, we did find that the broth does carry a savoury note here — perhaps even a little salty for some palates; we did notice how the Toripaitan isn’t quite the rich and collagen-filled sort and is rather on the lighter side that isn’t too heavy on the tastebuds. With that said, much of the saltishness does seem to come from the inclusion of miso, whilst the broth does come with a spicy kick that should be manageable for those whom are tolerable to moderate levels of spiciness. The ramen noodles are done to a consistency where it carried a good bite, while the Waraji Katsu was crisp and not too greasy; there wasn’t much to shout about otherwise apart from how it does come with tonkatsu sauce piped over for a slight hint of sweetness and a light tang for some contrast. Meanwhile, the inclusion of Chicken Soboro adds meatiness and savouriness to the elements within the bowl, while the addition of Yasai and chopped raw red onions helped to add a refreshing crunch with the latter also giving slight zing to refresh the tastebuds.