MR Ramen and Tonyo's Litson House cooked side by side for months. Tonyo is what came out: a new MR Ramen brand of ramen, dons and rice wraps that taste like a Sunday at home, from $6.90.
Shoyu Adobo RamenCalamansi MisoKaraage DonNori Crunch WrapCalamansi GyozaSets from $8.90
Two kitchens, one chicken.
Tonyo didn't start in Singapore. It started at a charcoal pit in the Philippines, with two brothers who thought every family deserved a proper roast on an ordinary weekday.
Kitchen one · The Philippines, 2021
Tonyo's Litson House
The original rotisserie. Every bird marinated, skewered and turned by hand.
In February 2021 two brothers opened a small litson (roast) house with almost no money and one rule: the chicken has to be worth queuing for, and it has to be affordable enough that nobody needs a reason to buy it. They did everything themselves: marinating overnight, roasting each batch, bagging orders, sweeping up. The neighbourhood noticed. Then the next one did.
Five years on, the marinade hasn't changed: garlic, soy, cane vinegar, calamansi, a little sugar and a lot of patience. It's the flavour half the Philippines grew up on.
Kitchen two · Singapore, 2026
The Singapore test kitchen
Calamansi Miso Chicken Ramen: the first bowl that made the whole kitchen go quiet.
This year one of the brothers flew to Singapore and spent months in the MR Ramen kitchen at Edesia Casual Dining, working the line and asking one question over and over: what happens when litson meets ramen?
Adobo went into the shoyu tare. Calamansi went into the miso. Our karaage got the litson marinade before it got the batter. The nori crunch wrap borrowed the idea of rice-and-roast-in-one-hand from a thousand Filipino lunch boxes. Every dish was cooked, argued over, thrown out and cooked again until both kitchens said yes.
Tonyo is the result: a new brand from MR Ramen and Tonyo's Litson House. Japanese comfort food, built on a Filipino roast, priced for a normal Tuesday. Sarap.
Now served daily at Picnic food court, Greenwich V.
“We started with one rotisserie and a belief that good food should be within reach of everyone. In Singapore we found a kitchen that believed the same thing about ramen. That's the whole brand.”
Co-founder, Tonyo's Litson House
The Tonyo menu
Eleven dishes, three value sets. Everything is made to order. Ramen, dons and wraps, each with a Filipino accent.
We're launching at Picnic food court first and letting your orders decide what makes the final line-up. Leave your email and we'll tell you where the first Tonyo counter opens, before anyone else.
One MR Ramen Rewards wallet, both brands.
Tonyo is an MR Ramen brand, so your tier, points and vouchers work at the Tonyo counter too, and every Tonyo order counts as a visit.
$5 welcome voucher when you join (min spend $15)
Launch bonus: double points on any Tonyo dish this month
