Osaka’s famed Human Beings Everybody Noodles opens in Damansara Perdana as Jinrui Ramen Malaysia, serving clam-based ‘shoyu ramen’

Jinrui Mina Menrui, a popular ramen restaurant from Osaka, has opened its first Malaysian location in Damansara Perdana, emphasizing inclusivity by using halal-certified ingredients, though it still awaits halal certification.

Known for its signature chewy wheat noodles and clam-chicken shoyu broth, the restaurant offers unique, non-tonkotsu variations to cater to local tastes.

Founded by Takahiro Matsumura in 2012, the restaurant stands out with its eclectic concepts and dedication to quality.

The space features themed art and plays music from Mr Children, Matsumura's favorite band, enhancing its distinct dining experience.

PETALING JAYA, Oct 23 — As far as restaurant names go, Human Beings Everybody Noodles takes the cake.

It’s the translated name of Jinrui Mina Menrui, one of Osaka’s most popular ramen restaurants and a 2025 pick for the city’s top 100 ramen shops on Tabelog.

Tabelog is widely regarded as Japan’s most reliable restaurant review platform, famous for a strict, weighted scoring system under which 97 per cent of listed eateries score below 3.5 stars.

Jinrui Mina Menrui holds 3.75, if you’re wondering.

Takahiro Matsumura founded the restaurant in 2012, and it built a large following on housemade wheat noodles and a clean shoyu broth of clams and chicken bones.

That success gave him the foundation to launch a slew of other concepts, including the similarly eccentric The Most Deserted Ramen-Bar in the World and The Old Man’s Best Swing.

Last year, parent group Unchi Co announced a global expansion on its website.

This August, Jinrui Ramen arrived in Malaysia, opening its first location in Damansara Perdana.

To make sure its offerings are available to just about “everybody”, the outlet serves no pork, no lard and no alcohol.

Its website states that all ingredients come from halal-certified suppliers, though the restaurant itself is still pending halal certification.

I guess pescatarians, vegetarians, and their ascetic branch, vegans, don’t count as “everybody”.

But in keeping with the theme, the space is littered with art depicting everyone from Einstein to P. Ramlee eating ramen .

Ironically, the images strongly resemble AI-generated art. The medium is the message, folks.

Sitting at the counter, I watched a “live” concert by a Japanese pop-rock band on TV. As time went by, I realised everybody in the restaurant was hostage to a never-ending loop of that same band’s concert videos.

But it wasn’t too bad, all things considered. Though I didn’t understand anything, it’s much, much better than being forced to listen to Ed Sheeran.

My always-listening phone later identified them as Mr Children, Matsumura’s favourite band, and a few blogs suggest most Jinrui locations blast them all day long.

The menu is focused: four variations of the broth (Premium, Micro, Macro and Red) and the same four for the dry mazesoba .

The Red is a spicy variant launched just for our Malaysian taste buds, while Micro and Macro are named after compilation albums by, you guessed it, Mr Children.

The calling card is the Premium (RM29): chewy, medium-thick wheat noodles in a clam and chicken shoyu broth layered with scallop oil.

Toppings are kept simple, with sous vide chicken chashu , sliced negi and fresh aka kaiware , red radish sprouts with a distinctly peppery bite.

A soy-marinated egg (RM3) costs extra. There’s a deep sweetness to the clear beige broth, and the clam comes through with real clarity.

It isn’t a salty, fatty, tonkotsu-esque affair, so if that’s what you look for in ramen , stop reading now.

The slick, chewy noodles are the real highlight. Whatever the ratio of soft to chewy is, they’ve found it.

For more thorough enjoyment of the noodles, I opted to try them dry. Thankfully, the mazesoba also comes in a half-portion, which I ordered in the Micro (RM15).

Despite the name, it’s a veritable flavour bomb, powered by the savoury aroma of garlic.

It’s fairly salty, a sensation compounded by the irresistible texture of the noodles, but the saltiness is a little one-dimensional, and I’d struggle to finish a full bowl on my own.

The diminutive cubes of sous vide chicken don’t help. Diced chicken doesn’t cling to tossed noodles, particularly ones with this little oil, and you end up with a pile of rubbery bits at the bottom of the bowl.

The thick slices used for the ramen would have served it better.

It is, however, a real joy to see more regional and specialised ramen arriving in Malaysia.

After the initial wave in the early 2000s, the market settled into a narrow idea of the dish that revolved almost exclusively around tonkotsu .

But over the last few years, the arrival and success of concepts like Enishi and Minamo suggest there is a market for ramen beyond tonkotsu .

Jinrui is the latest to join the field, offering a ramen unlike anything else in our market.

Jinrui Ramen Malaysia

F-LG-06, Neo Damansara,

Damansara Perdana, Petaling Jaya.

Open daily, 11am — 9pm.

Facebook: Jinrui Ramen Malaysia

Instagram: @jinruiramen.my

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来自大阪的知名拉面店 Jinrui Mina Menrui 在马来西亚 Damansara Perdana 开设了第一家分店，强调包容性，使用清真认证的食材，尽管目前仍在等待清真认证。

这家餐厅以其招牌的劲道小麦面条和蛤蜊鸡肉酱油汤而闻名，并提供独特的非豚骨汤品种类以迎合当地人的口味。

这家餐厅由松村隆弘于 2012 年创立，以其多元化的理念和对品质的执着追求而脱颖而出。

该空间以主题艺术为特色，并播放松村最喜欢的乐队 Mr Children 的音乐，从而增强了其独特的用餐体验。

八打灵再也，10 月 23 日讯——要说餐厅的名字，《人类人人面条》绝对是其中的佼佼者。

这是“人间面面”的翻译名称，这家拉面店是大阪最受欢迎的拉面店之一，也是 Tabelog 评选的 2025 年大阪百佳拉面店之一。

Tabelog 被广泛认为是日本最可靠的餐厅点评平台，以其严格的加权评分系统而闻名，在该评分系统中，97% 的餐厅得分低于 3.5 星。

如果你想知道的话，Jinrui Mina Menrui 的容量是 3.75。

松村贵弘于 2012 年创立了这家餐厅，凭借自制的麦面条和用蛤蜊和鸡骨熬制的清淡酱油汤，迅速积累了大量忠实顾客。

这一成功为他奠定了基础，使他得以推出一系列其他概念，包括同样古怪的“世界上最荒凉的拉面馆”和“老人的最佳秋千”。

去年，母公司 Unchi Co 在其网站上宣布了全球扩张计划。

今年八月，金瑞拉面登陆马来西亚，在白沙罗柏达纳开设了第一家分店。

为了确保几乎“所有人”都能享用到其产品，该店不供应猪肉、猪油和酒精饮料。

其网站声明所有食材均来自清真认证供应商，但餐厅本身仍在等待清真认证。

我想，鱼素者、素食者以及他们的苦行派分支——纯素食者，都不算作“所有人”。

但为了与主题保持一致，这个空间里到处都是描绘从爱因斯坦到 P. Ramlee 等各色人物吃拉面的艺术作品。

讽刺的是，这些图像与人工智能生成的艺术作品极为相似。各位，媒介即信息。

我坐在吧台边，看着电视上播放的日本流行摇滚乐队的“现场”演唱会。随着时间的推移，我发现餐厅里的每个人都被困在了这支乐队永无止境的演唱会视频循环播放中。

但总的来说，情况还不算太糟。虽然我一句也没听懂，但这比被​​迫听艾德·希兰的歌好太多了。

我的手机一直监听着，后来发现他们是松村最喜欢的乐队 Mr Children，一些博客也显示，大多数 Jinrui 门店全天都在播放他们的歌曲。

菜单很简单：汤底有四种（特级、微型、大型和红色），干拌面也有同样的四种。

Red 是一款专为马来西亚人的口味而推出的辣味版本，而 Micro 和 Macro 则以 Mr Children 的合辑专辑命名，你猜对了。

招牌菜是高级面（RM29）：劲道的中等粗细的小麦面条，浸在蛤蜊鸡肉酱油汤中，上面淋着扇贝油。

配料很简单，包括低温慢煮鸡肉叉烧、葱片和新鲜的红萝卜苗（一种带有明显胡椒味的红萝卜苗）。

一份酱油腌蛋（3令吉）需另付费。清澈的米黄色汤底带有浓郁的甜味，蛤蜊肉质鲜美。

它不是那种咸香油腻、类似豚骨拉面的味道，所以如果你在拉面里寻找的是那种味道，那么现在就可以停止阅读了。

爽滑劲道的面条才是真正的亮点。不管软硬程度的比例如何，他们已经找到了完美的平衡点。

为了更充分地品尝面条的美味，我选择了干拌面。幸好拌面也有半份装，我点了一份小份的（15令吉）。

尽管名字听起来平淡无奇，但它却是一款名副其实的“风味炸弹”，浓郁的蒜香令人回味无穷。

这碗面很咸，面条的口感更是让人欲罢不能，但咸味有点单一，我一个人很难吃完一整碗。

用低温慢煮法烹制的鸡肉切成小丁，这并没有什么帮助。鸡肉丁很难粘附在拌好的面条上，尤其是在这种油量很少的面条上，最后碗底会积攒一堆像橡胶一样的碎屑。

如果用拉面用的厚片，效果会更好。

不过，看到更多地方特色拉面进入马来西亚市场，真是一件令人高兴的事。

在 2000 年代初期的第一波浪潮之后，市场对这道菜的理解变得狭隘起来，几乎完全围绕着豚骨汤展开。

但近几年来，像缘和水浜这样的概念的出现和成功表明，除了豚骨拉面之外，拉面还有市场。

金瑞是最新加入这一领域的品牌，它提供的拉面与我们市场上其他任何拉面都截然不同。

马来西亚金瑞拉面

F-LG-06，新白沙罗，

白沙罗柏兰岭，八打灵再也。

每日上午11点至晚上9点营业。

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