Takagi Ramen Launches Prawn Mee With Mealworms To Prank Your Friends With

Takagi Ramen has prawn noodles with mealworms

Takagi Ramen is no stranger to odd, wacky creations—cue their cockles milk tea launched in July 2024. They have outdone themselves this time with their most unusual launch yet: mealworms in prawn noodles! Although this isn’t exactly the ramen for the average Singaporean as they claim to be, we had to give it a try to see how the weird combination fared. 

That’s right, the popular 24-hour ramen joint is introducing a new topping—mealworms—that you can add to your ramen this Halloween. And before you go into a frenzy—yes, mealworms are part of the 16 species of insects that have been approved by the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) for consumption. They’re also said to be a great source of protein!

Aside from the unconventional topping, they are launching two new ramen dishes for their Halloween menu: Fiery Dry Prawn Noodles ($10.90) and Mysterious Prawn Noodle Soup ($10.90). 

Takagi’s Japanese-Singaporean version of prawn mee stars prawns, spring onions, shredded pork, fish cake slices, and the ramen chain’s signature freshly made ramen noodles. 

Both noodles have the same ingredients, but the dry edition gets a separate bowl of the prawn broth.

The Fiery Dry Prawn Noodle came with a pungent chilli paste reminiscent of the sambal that comes on the side with your dry prawn mee. 

When the chilli sauce was mixed with the noodles, it packed quite a bit of heat. The Mysterious Prawn Noodle Soup also had an equally fiery prawn-laden broth. 

Tip: get their new iced drinks alongside your prawn noodle dishes as the spice can get quite overwhelming. The two new drinks in the series are the Enchanted Fruit Talisman ($3.90) and Divine Soursop Potion ($3.90). Both drinks were on the sweeter side and had a slushy-like consistency.

On to the mealworms, you can order it alongside your noodles as a topping for free! They serve the mealworms on a separate plate, so you can control how much to dress your noodles with.

In terms of texture, the mealworms were deep-fried so they boasted a crunchy texture similar to ikan billis. Flavour-wise, they were generally tasteless but tinged with a subtle umami flavour. Personally, it was not as off-putting as you would expect so don’t knock it till you’ve tried it.

But if you’re still too freaked out about crunching on tiny bugs, you can always order it to prank your friends! FYI, the new items are available at all Takagi Ramen outlets. 

If you’re not already put off by eating ramen, read our guide to the best ramen spots in Singapore. Else, check out Mensho Tokyo for Michelin-approved ramen. 

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Takagi Ramen is not a halal-certified eatery.

Photos taken by Marcus Neo.
This was a media tasting at Takagi Ramen.