Finally Our Turn: Taiwan - Japan Day 10: Shin-Yokohama Ramen Musuem and Shibuya

It was another morning to sleep in. Woohoo! We only had 1 activity - Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum. Trying to get to the Museum is a challenge though, requiring a long walk to the other subway line and then multiple changes of train. 

We booked the kids for an expensive ramen making session at SGD40 each and had to arrive by 11.15am. We made it on time and were surpised to see a Q for the Museum but we got in on time. 

Zaky looked hungry already.

We headed straight to the ramen making workshop waiting area. 

In the same area, there is a instant ramen customisable station. You put in your orders and the instant ramen gets prepped. We don't even have enough mealtime to eat what we wanted, thus skipping the instant ramen.

Getting ready. 

The 先生 (teacher) taught the kids how to pose like ramen chefs. He said all ramen chefs pose like this. Lol. Ya, very true.

I was surprised to see only 6 students per class and am glad to be able to book the slots. I think I booked it a month back. The rest of sessions (total 4) for the day were all fully booked. 

It started off with the teacher instructing on how to mix the dough. He was super funny. 

OJT in progress. 

Kneading into a ball. 

Success! Nana kneaded until her cap dropped. Hard work. 

The parents were nicely treated and we had a seating with a nice view of the kids while waiting. We also discovered that there are such thing as ramen magazines. 

The dough was allowed to set for 10 mins and the teacher went on to teach the step 2 - more kneading, the traditional way somemore. 

The students' turn. 

The eventual dough needed to be 40cm in diameter to be considered as done. If not, knead somemore. Hoho. 

The last step is to cut the dough using the semi-auto machine. 

All done!

The kids had a lot of fun, especially when the teacher was that humorous. I think the session was worth the $$. Just when I thought that was all, bcos we would not be bringing the noodles home, they cooked it on the spot for us. Oooo... totally worth the $$. What the kids made were just nice for 4 bowls of ramen.

Zaky's ramen was a bit more consistent bcos he kneaded the dough harder/ more. He even pinched his finger between the bamboo pole and table. Zzzzz. 

The so-called "musuem" is actually small. 

I think most of the patrons were there for the famous ramen. There are many different (I think famous) ramen stalls there. The area is nicely designed with a 60s vibe. 

Look at the Q! Luckily we had the kids' ramen nicely settled in our tummies. 

The only stall that we patronised was the old school snacks stall. The Q was short and moved quickly.

Daddy Lim bought a JPY1mil snacks and the kids didn't give up any chance when it comes to buying snacks. 

We left the museum and headed to Shibuya. This time, we didn't lose our way. The trick is to Google search a particular landmark/ building and google map will bring us to the right exit. Hoho. 

We wanted to help Uncle C with his camera lens only to realise that the Bic Camera outlet n Shibuya didn't work and we needed to go to some other one in Shinjuku. No to Shinjuku - that place is too scary for us and we didnt have time. Ended up, we went to look at guitars. 

吓死我了... luckily Daddy Lim only ended up with guitar picks. 

We were more interested in food. We found and had our 1st crepe. Yummy, yummy. 

We had dinner at a pizza place. They had pizza buffet too but that was too sinful for our already growing waistline. 

More roaming and cagapon catching.

The perfect way to end our Tokyo trip. That was our last night in Japan. We had great fun. My bad ankle had made all of us slowed down, which wasn't such a bad thing. It allowed us to take a slower pace and lens to enjoy the crazy busy Tokyo. 

Mummy Lim