Homemade Ramen Muginae, Sin Chew Kee Road

Homemade Ramen Muginae is the Malaysian outpost of a well-regarded Tokyo shoyu specialist, on Sin Chew Kee Road in Kuala Lumpur.

The broth is the whole argument: a chicken-and-seafood stock seasoned with shoyu tare, aiming for clarity and composure rather than the heavy richness most ramen shops chase. Springy, firm noodles run through it, topped with smoky sliced pork and beef.

What to Order at Muginae

Order the shoyu ramen first — it is what the Tokyo original built its name on, and the reason the branch exists.

Where the KL branch differs is scale. The Tokyo shop is famously an intimate ramen-only counter; here there is a 16-seat counter, private rooms, and a full izakaya menu alongside. That runs from Faroe Islands salmon belly sashimi to yakitori working the unusual cuts — chicken neck, knee cartilage, Achilles tendon.

For ramen in Kuala Lumpur or shoyu done with restraint, Muginae is the closest KL has to the Tokyo version of this.