UMA UMA (うま馬)
Uma Uma opened a branch at Millenia Walk in November last
year, serving as another alternative to Chabuton along the Japanese Food
Street. Uma Uma was founded in 1953 as “Wumaru” (五馬路) or
(Go Umaji?) in Hakata by the father of Masahiko Teshima (手嶋 雅彦). Although the history of the ramen goes a little bit
further to pre-war era from a ramen shop known as “Minmaro” (三馬路).
The name was changed to Uma Uma (うま馬) in 1994.
Uma Uma has at least 50 years of history and known for its
Hakata-style tonkotsu ramen, the broth was made with pork bones and vegetables.
I had the Uma Uma Ramen (14++SGD) which comes with toppings of cha siu slices,
spring onions, black fungus, egg and spicy miso. The broth was surprisingly
light compared to Ichiran’s, Ikkousha’s and Bari Uma’s. Noodles was smooth and
springy and the char siew was tender.
BARI UMA (ばり馬)
The similarly named Bari Uma (ばり馬) is much younger than Uma
Uma and hails from Hiroshima in Japan. The ramen chain begun in 2003 and has
since opened outlets in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. Their
first outlet is at Tanglin Shopping Centre and they have another outlet at
United Square which I thought is not as good as the Tanglin one.
Their broth is distinctively thicker and robust compared to
Uma Uma and matches the thickness of the broth you might find in Sapporo’s
Shirakabasansou (白樺山荘). The broth was prepared with by simmering pork knuckles,
chicken bones and herbs for 10 hours and what makes Bari Uma’s ramen special as
well is that they use tamari soy sauce to create that creamy texture of their
broth. The noodles are made in-house as well.
If you are going for a really thick ramen that would transport
you back to Japan, then do give Bari Uma a try, the noodles was excellent and
the broth is very flavourful, fragrant and addictive at the same time. They offer a down-sized version of their signature Bari Uma Ramen for less than 13 SGD as well.
Uma Uma
583 Orchard Road
Forum the Shopping Mall
#01-41/42/43
Singapore 238884
Bari Uma
19 Tanglin Road
#B1-01/02 Tanglin Shopping Centre
Singapore 247909
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