Ramen Bari-Uma @ Jaya Shopping Centre

Nori-Uma

I asked my better half what she felt like eating over the weekend and she said pan mee. I’m not a huge fan of pan mee (and I had a feeling she just wanted me to save some money) so I asked if she would prefer Korean food or Japanese food. She opted for the latter and that’s how we turned up at Ramen Bari-Uma.

Bari-Uma Ramen

Ramen is kinda like the Japanese version of pan mee anyway and it’s something she likes to eat too. smirk

Ramen Bari-Uma

Ramen Bari-Uma is one of the more recent authentic Japanese places in town. This is not one of those “pork free” outlets, this is unabashedly pro-oink and features real chashu and even tonkotsu (pork bone broth) as the base.

Charcoal Grilled Chashu

Lovely, that’s just how we like it. I ordered a bottle of Kirin Ichiban 100% Malt Beer (RM 20) and my dear had green tea while we browsed through the menu.

Kirin Ichiban Beer

Ramen Bari-Uma really just serves one type of ramen – its namesake Ramen Bari-Uma (RM 26). This type of specialization is a really good sign in an authentic Japanese ramen establishment. You can have it with or without ajitama (soy marinated soft boiled egg), the latter making it Ajitama-Uma. (RM 28 – RM 2 for the egg). You can also have it with seaweed – Nori-Uma (RM 27) and if you want an egg with that it’s concatenated into Noritama-Uma (RM 29). There’s also a spicy version called Kara-Uma (RM 26) and a double portion chashu version appropriately dubbed Chashu-Uma for RM 32.

Homemade Ramen Noodles

…and that is the streamlined menu of Ramen Bari-Uma. The ramen here is all freshly made in-house and you can have it firm, original or soft. It’s served original if you didn’t specify.

Ramen Bari Uma Dinner Set

My dear went for the Dinner Set (RM 35.90). It’s really good value if you can eat a lot. You can choose from any of the regular (non-ajitama) priced ramen. She went for the Bari-Uma – their flagship offering. The settu also comes with a starter of Japanese salad and two pieces of tamagoyaki, which is quite sweet, an apt dessert. Of course, the drink is also included in the price – although it’s limited to green tea (either hot or cold)

Pork Rice Ramen

There’s also a bowl of rice topped with pulled pork in the dinner set. It’s meant to be dumped into the leftover ramen broth. You can literally ask for a “little bit of rice” in some ramen-ya in Japan to finish your ramen broth! When you’ve eaten all your ramen noodles and there’s still some soup in the bowl (and you’re still a little hungry, of course) you can ask for some rice to finish the ramen broth.

Yakitori Set

We also ordered some yakitori to share. There are five types of yakitori – butanegima (pork thigh and leeks), butabara (pork belly), negima (chicken thigh and leeks), sasami (chicken breast), toriniku (white chicken meat). It’s RM 5.90 for 2 pieces each or you can get one of each type in the Yakitori Combo (RM 13.90) which we went for. I didn’t think much of it, I’ll pass on this one, this is a ramen-ya, yakitori isn’t their strong suite.

Noritama-Uma

I had the Noritama-Uma (RM 29) coz I though the presentation in the menu looks absolutely fabulous. πŸ˜€ There are three (3) pieces of large dried seaweed flanking one side of the bowl, partially submerged, so you can slip them individually into the ramen broth to eat together with the noodles – it provides a welcome savory crunch. I had the firm version which can be a little too hard for some people’s tastes – the consistency is like al dente pasta.

Ajitama

However, the best thing about Bari-Uma is their chashu – it’s thickly cut and flamed! Most ramen-ya in Malaysia serves braised chashu and while that’s good, grilled chashu is even better. The Maillard reaction gives the caramelized surface a nice charcoal sweetness and the chashu is nice and thick. I love the ajitama egg too, although I had to slice it myself, the presentation was a little bit off that day.

Black Sesame Ice Cream

We also ordered their entire dessert menu! action Haha! It wasn’t very hard since the dessert menu at Ramen Bari-Uma consists of two (2) items in total. There’s Green Tea Ice Cream (RM 7.90) and Black Sesame Ice Cream (RM 7.90). We had one of each and while my dear didn’t like the black sesame, I though it tasted pretty good. Fans of black sesame mochi would love it! The matcha ice cream was pretty spot on too.

Ramen Bari-Uma Us

The shoyu based tonkotsu broth at Ramen Bari-Uma is really good, you can see how much collagen is in the soup just by scooping it up. The viscosity and thickness is palpable! It’s made with chicken feet and pork bones. The broth makes or breaks a ramen place and the one here is excellent. The bill came up to RM 135.95 for the two of us. Bari-Uma literally means delicious and it’s an accurate description of the ramen here.

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14 thoughts on “Ramen Bari-Uma @ Jaya Shopping Centre”

  1. the ramen set looks huge! the broth looks great too. But I hardly go to Jaya and somehow this ramen shop is not available anywhere except Jaya.

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    • Yeah, it’s really good! πŸ™‚

      Ramen Bari-Uma only has one branch, in Jaya Shopping Centre. I think Ippudo is pretty good too, if you’re in the bsc (Bangsar Shopping Centre) area. They have an outlet there.

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    • I love Japanese food! πŸ™‚

      I had ramen again yesterday, at Ippudo at bsc. It was pretty decent too, but I personally prefer Ramen Bari-Uma.

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    • Yeah, I ordered that just coz it looks so good in the menu too. Haha! πŸ™‚

      The nori pieces are awesome, half is submerged in the broth so it’s soggy while the other half is on top so it’s still crispy. Yup, the black sesame ice cream is nice if you like the flavor.

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    • Me too! πŸ™‚

      I love ajitama. I got to know the couple who opened Santouka Ramen and they told me it was really hard to get it perfect at first.

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  2. Thanks for sharing this. I have a ramen lover friend so I will definitely bring my friend here to try this ramen, The seaweed looks so formidable in your bowl of ramen. I will ask for soft ramen.

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    • Yeah, the Noritama-Uma looked beautiful! πŸ™‚

      That’s why I ordered it. Haha. It’s pretty good too. Soft is really soft though. Original is quite soft for ramen dy but if you like it soft, by all means. I prefer it to be slightly harder. Thanks Mun!

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  3. I am always a fan of Japanese ramen in thick broths with meat floating!
    I will be visiting Japan again soon, partly to eat all types of ramen daily. Before going I will check out this Ramen Bai Uma first.

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    • Yeah, me too! πŸ™‚

      I love ramen, I ate it again yesterday at Ippudo in bsc. It’ll be a lot better in Japan though, they have so many different types of ramen there. I had ramen in Korea too (Japanese chain) and it came with a large chunk of butter, spam and corn! I heard it’s common in Hokkaido.

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