Been always wanted to go to Gumshara since I saw some reviews about it on other food blogs. It's a small stall inside a food court. Nothing fancy. Main attraction = pork bones - more than 100kg of them each day in the soup of the ramen. You can imagine how rich the flavour is. Right above the counter is a big white board that says NO MSG is added in the soup, it's all just pork bones and water.
Robin ordered the Tonkotsu Noodle $9.50 The soup is very different from all the ramen soup that I've had before. First thing you will notice is the soup is very thick. Overheard another happy customer of Gumshara kept on stressing that "the broth is so thick!". Robin was surprised that even though the soup is very thick, but it's not oily. It's just feels 'sticky' from all the collagen. After drinking the soup you'll feel like your mouth is covered with a layer of gel or something.
I ordered the Garlic Tonkotsu Noodle $10.50. Lots of garlic and garlic oil over the top. Comparing these 2, I prefer mine with the extra garlic taste to it :) Extra - Soft boiled seasoned Egg $1.50. I always wonder how did they make sure the egg comes out perfect EVERY SINGLE TIME. Egg white is firm, but egg yolk is still little bit uncooked. Gave Robin a hard time for stealing 1/4 of my egg though :p He didn't order 1 for himself and took a bite of mine - AT THE YOLK. Not impressed :p
We were so hungry when we were looking at the menu, so we got some gyoza too. The ramen were so rich in flavour and so nice that in relative to that these gyoza feel rather average. Not complaining though, still good, we did finish all of them too.
This is 1 very satisfying dinner :)
Gumshara
Eating World Harbour Plaza
Shop 209, 25-29 Dixon Street
Haymarket Chinatown, Sydney
Open Tuesday to Sunday 10am-10pm
Closed on Mondays
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You can't say you've really finished it unless you drink up all the soup too. And you can't make an excuse since the soup has no MSG!
ReplyDeletehahaha.. if I didn't order the gyoza maybe I would've finished all my soup. Was just too full. When we were leaving, I stood up, looked at it, just HAD TO take another spoonful before stepping away from the table.
ReplyDeleteit's alright, no matter how hungry you are, it's close to impossible to finish the soup... plus you had gyoza too! Still, it feels like such a waste, leaving behind the broth... =(
ReplyDeleteI know! Glad that there's someone who understands ... :)
ReplyDeleteChallenge, accepted! *looks into distance*
ReplyDeleteToo much HIMYM for me. That's whenever I get the chance to go to Gumshara anyway.
Ahh ramen! I must visit here sometime as hubby loves the stuff. Hmm yes I wonder how they get the eggs so perfect every time? They must be perfectly timed!
ReplyDeleteI think so too! I've been trying to work out a formula for perfect half boiled eggs but they stil come out different every time haha..
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ReplyDeleteI think what you do is wait for water to boil before adding the eggs (perfect eggs! not a single tiny little crack in them!) straight from the fridge.
Allow them to boil for 7 minutes (no more no less!) and then plunge them into icy water. Wait for them to cool thoroughly before peeling.
The hard thing is, peeling those delicate, soft boiled eggs... I can never get the skin to stop sticking to their shell...
Alternately, get Zojirushi DODODO, an electric egg cooker, especially for making this egg! =D
(my brother went and bought one =_= I haven't tried it out, but hm...)
heheee.. try your egg cooker and tell me how it goes.. I'm curious :)
ReplyDeleteAh, yes, i can relate to the filmy-mouth-feel. The yummy ramen makes up for it though. Those eggs are miracles unto themselves!
ReplyDeleteyup yup!! couldn't agree more :)
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