Whoa, talk about confusing. Just earlier in the year, this place was called
Shabuyaki Kazuya, a place that oddly served
ramen from Suzuki for lunch and then
shabu-yaki from Japan's Sanbyakuya at night (17 Stanley Street, 9062-6379). Then a couple of months ago, this place started calling itself Tamaranbai instead, and it featured food from
Teppei, including lunchtime
ramen. Huh? Teppei is doing
ramen now? I went by to give it a try.
Well, it certainly had
Teppei's touches, like an all-you-can-eat
osozai bar of side dishes. And as with other Teppei places, there wasn't anything special in terms of ingredients, but at least it was very affordable and all done in a pretty authentic manner. But it seems Teppei wasn't behind the
ramen after all: it still looks like it's
Suzuki's, whereas Teppei runs the place at night when it transforms into an
izakaya.
Wait - there's more! They feature
gyoza from
Gyoza no Ohsho here (which on its own, should not to be confused with Osaka Ohsho). But I thought it was Sanji that
did the partnership with Gyoza no Ohsho? OK so let's try this again. Kazuya is now Tamaranbai. It still serves Suzuki's
ramen for lunch, but dinner is now an
izakaya from Teppei rather than
shabu-yaki from Sanbyakuya. And they also serve
gyoza from Gyoza no Ohsho, just as
Sanji does. But that's not to be confused with
Osaka Ohsho. Got it?
