Ramen Gumshara

15 July 2009, 13:26

during the craziness that was the good food and wine show, places to eat in the vicinity of darling harbour/chinatown was high on our priority list and so i managed to convince the father unit to try Ramen Gumshara (25-29 Dixon St, Haymarket) in the eating world harbour plaza food court. for those of you following me on twitter there has been much talk on the ‘chronic ramen’ especially from the awesome dan hong from lotus. he found out that it takes 7days to make their super thick stock and goes through a whopping 120kg of pork bones each day


heh heh the warning sign


i choose the bbq pork noodle ($12) for the fathership and after a photo or two i look up and he’s completely devoured the whole bowl and has started slurping down all the soup haha i think it’s a winner.


i have ordered the tonkotsu ramen ($8.50) plus an egg ($1.50). the egg is so freaking awesome with its melty gooey yolky innards oh baby. the soup is thick and and so very rich with its collageny goodness. chronic indeed. of course i am fail and unable to finish my bowl and the father unit is eyeing my bowl so i pass it to him and he manages to finish it. 0_0


the next day during a break from the gf&w i have dragged the boy to share the love that is gumshara. i ordered the pork spare rib noodle ($13) where apparently only 10bowls are made each day. the pork was meltingly soft and so very tender. and encased in fat. oh the fat. be still my heart.


day 3 of the gf&ws and shez is brought to gumshara for her initiation. she orders the garlic tonkotsu ramen ($9.50) plus egg ($1.50) and it arrives in a cloud of fragrant garlickyness and i start suffering from food envy. she managed to finish her bowl while i of course stare sadly at my wastage. maybe next time ill ask for half a bowl or a ‘kidsized’ portion


oh and if you eat too slowly a skin will form on your soup heh heh


entrance into eating world. the chef dude logo freaks me out with his giant eyes. its looking at me.

1. gotta luv the signage warning hehe its cute.

   — betty Pham    Jul 15, 01:37 PM    #
   
   

2. Do you need to pre order the pork one ? Looks awesome.

   — Howard    Jul 15, 01:39 PM    #
   
   

3. ahh i wondered what all that chronic ramen talk was about! looks good. mm love the melty gooey innards of the egg!

   — Betty    Jul 15, 01:41 PM    #
   
   

4. After the GFWS, I had to get the #3 (garlic tonkotsu) because they were preparing for dinner and didn’t have any #2. I think #2 is better, but it’s all good, and soooo rich.

   — Belle@OohLook    Jul 15, 01:42 PM    #
   
   

5. omg tonkotsu skin!!! the gooey egg looks so good. keep meaning to get here but presuming i’ll have to skip breakfast to make room for all that collageny goodness!

   and lol. trust you to be freaked out by the chef logo with the freaky eyes!

   — Helen (grabyourfork)    Jul 15, 01:46 PM    #
   
   

6. oooh so that’s what they meant by chronic ramen. I love runny egg yolks in soup too yum!

   — Chris    Jul 15, 02:41 PM    #
   
   

7. these look really good, especially the tonkotsu. hope to check out soon for lunch.

   — Simon Food Favourites    Jul 15, 03:18 PM    #
   
   

8. Yum I have to go sometime.
   I came by your stall 3 times at the GF&W show, but you weren’t there….and I was too embarrassed to ask for you. Maybe next time : )

   — Brenda    Jul 15, 03:38 PM    #
   
   

9. You went three days straight??? How are you not in hospital? Standard ramen question, how does it compare to Menya?

   — Baz    Jul 15, 06:52 PM    #
   
   

10. Is the tonkotsu always available? Yum, that looks great. How’s it compare to Ichiban Boshi?

    — Lene    Jul 15, 07:25 PM    #
    
    

11. Soup skin? Ewww…
    Consecutive visits in three days? Must be some awesome ramen!

    — Tina    Jul 15, 10:50 PM    #
    
    

12. that soup looks super thick but good. hehehe..love it…going for ramen three days in a row!

    — panda    Jul 15, 11:03 PM    #
    
    

13. OMG I definitely need to go try it! I love ramen in winter.

    Which would you recommend as the best ramen out of all of them?

    — SoRMuiJAi    Jul 15, 11:59 PM    #
    
    

14. Those look so yummy. I love ramen especially in winter ;)

    — foodie-central    Jul 16, 12:52 AM    #
    
    

15. One “chronic” each day? Wow…

    I’d always thought Dan Hong was the one that started the whole “chronic” and the subsequent interest in this place?

    — Simon    Jul 16, 05:16 PM    #
    
    

16. betty: heh i saw the sign and thought nope ill try it like how its supposed to taste!
    howard: nah first come first served
    betty: heh try it! gooey egg was awesome!
    belle: mmm super rich and sooo good during winter yum
    helen: HAHAHA but now you cant stop noticing the eyes right???
    chris: i looove eggs! they were perfect in the ramen!
    simon: oh do it! its sooo tasty!
    brenda: awww shouldve asked where i was! i like wandering around hehe next time dude!
    baz: haha well i didnt finish the bowls cos i am fail… as for comparison lol go and try it dude!
    lene: yep tonkotsu is always available!
    tina: yeh the skin was a bit gross so next time just eat faster hehe
    panda: haha yeah prolly a bit much eating it 3 days in a row…
    sormuijai: hmm tonkotsu because i prefer pork slices?
    foodie-central: me too nice and warming and sooo tasty
    simon: lol yeah twitter is awesome hehe

    — chocolatesuze    Jul 20, 02:21 AM    #
    
    

17. Think I’m averaging one chronic a week at the moment….worst has only been 2…the Lure of the Chronic. It’s like the call of the Sirens….

    — aptronym    Jul 20, 12:50 PM    #
    
    

18. It’s so rich isn’t it? Unfortunately close to my work I find myself here all too often slurping down one calorific spoonful after another. Mmm.. collagen.. drool

    — Forager    Jul 20, 06:34 PM    #