Ippudo 一风堂 the Malaysia's 4th Outlet @ Gurney Plaza, Penang

Since the news spread on the arrival of Ippudo Malaysia's 4th outlet to Penang (1st outlet outside of Klang Valley) has stirred up the excitement among the Ramen devotees. The wait came to and end with the grand opening at Gurney Plaza Mall recently, located at the prominent spot facing Gurney drive, offering spacious and cozy dining area. According to their staff, Penang's outlet is the biggest and most spacious outlet among their outlets in Malaysia.

Ippudo carries the glory from their founder's profile, Shigemi Kawahara, who is crowned as Ramen King in the year 2015. With over 30 years of history, close to 200 stores over 14 countries, they strive to serve their ramen in the highest quality, offering tip top customer service by their well trained staff. Do look forward of their seasonal menu from time to time. A small tips from their staff that there will be special menu coming up for Penangites and we are really looking forward to it.

Ippudo Kuro Special

Shiromaru Motaoji

We were torn between of trying their classic ramen - Shiromaru Motaoji (RM 18.90), or their Ippudo Kuro Special (RM 34.90). We had both in the end and came to the preference of the later one on the reason that the broth much packed with flavours and blended with a little bit of spiciness. The noodles used is much thicker and chewy, accompanied with salted soft-boiled egg, flavoured black fungus, seaweed, bean sprouts and BBQ pork. The barbeque process did brought up the aroma of the pork, and blended wells with the delicious broth that seasoned with garlic oil and black pepper.

Their Salmon Roll came in the option of 4pcs for RM 19 while 6pcs for RM 28. Prepared delicately in bite size, lightly seared fresh salmon hugging around the Japanese rice, seasoned with delicious mentaiko and topped with cod roe.

Ippudo Pork Bun (RM 7.70), one of their signature snack and best seller across the world. Juicy braised pork belly with Ippudo's special sauce sandwiched between the soft mantau is addictive. They are currently running the promotion for Citibank card holder. Just flash your Citibank credit to enjoy this pork bun for fun with the condition of minimum order of 2 bowls of ramen.