Gumshara, Haymarket

"I love ramen," I said whilst slurping on awesome ramen, not giving a care in the world how I looked.
"Have you been to Gumshara?" my friend asks. 

And thus the legendary ramen of Gumshara was brought up again. I have heard its name far and wide, heard it was good, and that it was the collagen-rific soup of dreams but with all the hype, can it really live up to its name? So it was that one hungry afternoon, I made a pit stop with my sister to try this amazing soup that cooks for hours and hours upon their stove pot in the small kitchen of Eating World food court.

Gumshara is an unassuming little joint, with a little shop front. As long as we can order, that's good enough for me. I was very insistent upon trying the thick tonkotsu soup, but they don't serve that until 5pm ie dinner service. What a pity that was - so disappointing!

Garlic tonkotsu ramen noodle, $11.50

I settled upon the garlic tonkotsu ramen because how can you go wrong with garlic oil? ;) Best stuff ever! So how was it? Can I just say that the soup is the stuff of dreams? With an awesome hit of garlic! Love it. If this was the thinner soup, the thick one must be super intense! This was still sticky enough from all the collagen boiled down from the bones that you could feel it sticking to your lips. The flavour was strong and the noodles were awesomely springy. Of course I also had to nab those eggs first before my sister could even try to steal them. As everyone with siblings knows, first come, first served! Mm, googy eggs... And those ribbons of fat on the chashu! So tender and melt in the mouth... I really wonder if I could down a bowl of the thicker soup. I guess it warrants a revisit to test my limits!

Gumshara Ramen
Shop 211 25-29 Dixon St
Haymarket, NSW, 2000

Opening Hours

Monday: 11:30am - 8:30pm

Tuesday - Saturday: 11:30am - 9:00pm

Sunday: 11:30am - 8:30pm

easter chocolate

Peel, Bite, Spoon

Cadbury Egg 'n' Spoon, $3.50

I loved the concept of this new egg made by Cadbury of cracking open the chocolate egg to reveal milk mousse innards oh yes. As soon as I saw it hit the markets I was adamant on trying this at least once so it was with great joy that I managed to purchase these at the post-Easter chocolate clearance sales at Coles for half the price - bargain! It was definitely fun and enjoyable to eat, but as with lots of Cadbury chocolate, it was incredibly sweet. Great if you have a sweet tooth like me, yum.