In Queensbay Mall, Nippon Yataimura (literally “Japanese Food Cart Village”) is located at the Lower Ground floor, near one of the car park entrance.
I have heard of its wildly popular dish Gekikara Ramen (激辛らーメン, RM16.00), so I decided to try one myself. In case you are following my blog and have the tendency to run off to the restaurant before reading till the end of this posting, I need to warn you: Gekikara means “extremely spicy” in Japanese. Now that you have been forewarned, feel free to run off if you wish to.
If you are still around, I guess your next question is: How spicy can it really be?
Let me put it this way: There is a spiciness scale of 1 to 40, where 40 is the highest. I chose level 10, and it was by-far the most spicy thing my tongue has ever encountered. I think I must have drank 4-5 glasses of iced water during the ordeal.
But putting spiciness aside, the ramen comes in a large bowl of curry broth. Other ingredients in the broth are a piece of tempura prawn, some squid, clams, mushrooms and several types of vegetables. If I had known earlier, I would have selected level 2-3 to really enjoy this meal.
In addition, I also ordered a serving of Chashu (チャーシュー, RM1.00 per slice). These thin slices of roasted pork are served with some shoyu (soy sauce). I find the marinade really good!
Last but not least, I concluded with a Dragonfruit Smoothie (RM7.90) to congratulate myself after the ordeal. The drink was quite refreshing after literally sweating for over an hour.
