MuRamen: Japanese food with a twist!

Before Taal Volcano displayed its fury by spewing steam and ash last month, my family and I were in Tagaytay for our pre-Christmas weekend break. We arrived there at noontime and the kids were hungry! On our way to SMDC's Wind Residences where we stayed for a night, we passed by Primark Town Center, which is adjacent to it. There weren't many restaurants in the building, however, and the only ones I remember were a McDonald's, Cafe Amazon and a Japanese restaurant named MuRamen. Because most of the kids (There were several of them 'coz my nephews were with us as well as my two kids' sweethearts) wanted McDonald's and three of us didn't, we decided to split. I ended up at MuRamen with my eldest daughter and her boyfriend. This restaurant, I found to be cute: it's quite small with a contemporary design. I even found the food concept cute, too: Japanese food with a twist! A bit of research as I write this post showed MuRamen is owned by a young actor named Nash Aguas and he now has around nine branches of his Japanese fusion restaurant. 
Wow! Such a feat by someone so young! 

Anyway, these were our orders that we enjoyed for lunch:

Marrowmen (Ramen bulalo)

Now tell me this isn't a cute idea: putting the Pinoy bulalo and Japanese noodles in one dish. I would say it isn't just a novel idea, it's downright brilliant! Haha! This was my daughter's boyfriend's order and too bad, I only had some of the bone marrow 
and didn't taste the soup. The marrow was so tasty!

Ramen with bacon

My daughter and I both ordered this and yup, this was something new and different, too, a meeting of the west and the orient. I loved the soup, which was hot and flavorful. Loved the bacon, too! Who wouldn't?

Chicken karaage rice bowl

This was mine too. Haha! Didn't I say I was as starving as the kids? I shared  this with my daughter, though. Tee-hee. We loved the chicken - crunchy on the outside, 
juicy and tender on the inside. Delish!

Interiors

Menu posted by the door

MuRamen at Primark Town Center, Nasugbu Highway, Tagaytay City 

I read that MuRamen's main branch is the one in Pasig City. I would want to go there soon so I could have a steaming hot bowl of bulalo ramen all to myself. Haha! 

Another ramen add-on at MuRamen that I would be thrilled to try is the lechon kawali - also an unlikely thing to have with Japanese noodles but nevertheless a bright idea. 
Try MuRamen, folks, if you love Japanese food and want it with a twist for a bit of fun and excitement. Even your wallet would thank you 
for not shelling out a lot of moolah. 
Happy eating!