Shop 194, 81 Hopkins St (Footscray Market ), Footscray
Phone: 9687 1088
A while ago, I dislocated my big toe playing soccer. Yeah, I know, gross; not the way to start off a post about ramen. But you should know that on the day I went finally got down to Sekai Japanese Ramen, in the Footscray Market, I had swung down Hopkins Street on crutches, because despite sporting injuries, recipe testing for the Melbourne Foodblogger’s Dinner had to go on, and I needed more pork belly (and Penny needed more ox tongue).
So I figured since I had to endure the indignity of traipsing through the market on crutches, with one foot in a half-cast and a backpack full of meat, I at least deserved a decent lunch beforehand. I’d been meaning to visit Sekai ever since Lauren wrote about it not long after I moved to Footscray. Having good options for both pho and ramen within walking distance of my new home? Surely life couldn’t be that good…
… sadly life isn’t quite that good. While Sekai produces a passable effort, it’s far from what I would call good. On this occasion, I tried the Sekai Ramen, with the shoyu (soy) based broth. I’m not going to go into detail about the Chinese-owned Japanese restaurant issue, but Sekai is clearly Chinese run.



All in all, if you’re hankering for a soup noodle in Footscray, you’d be wasting your time with Sekai Japanese Ramen. I’m hereby expanding the theory of proximal pho to the theory of proximal soup noodles. Mediocre just isn’t good enough in Footscray.
I walked past it so many times and never thought of trying. It's Footscray. Stick to PHO.
Boo, hiss! I found the noodles overcooked too. I do like the novelty of having Japanese to choose from… but is it Japanese?
I have a hot tip about two other Japanese places locally so after Christmas we should go check them out!
Oooh, one of them is Ebi, I'm sure, but what's the other one!? Exciting…
Also, I got word there's a new Indian place on Victoria St near African Taste, so let me know if you're up for a bit of a curry explore.
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