Tatsuya Japanese Restaurant

For someone who doesn't take sashimi or try something different, Bento's a safe bet. :P

Tenpura Bento (7/10)



I would rate the food in this bento average, but the potato salad was exceptional! I can have just one whole plate of that for my lunch!

Salmon Sashimi

My hub enjoyed this dish, but felt that the salmon he had last year at Nogawa were better.

Don't you agree that it looks very appetizing with the flower? :D



Half Cooked Salmon Belly Sushi

My hub was full of praises for this...



... and this.

Half-cooked Scallop and prawn sushi

These half-cooked sushis, according to the waitress, are very popular in the restaurant.

Address

22 Scotts Road

Goodwood Park Hotel

Shokudo

Curry Pasta (6/10)

Place

Cathay Cineleisure Orchard

8 Grange Road

#02-06A

Ichiban Boshi

We have been to Ichiban Boshi for quite a number of times before. This post is specially dedicated to a very efficient and friendly staff at Suntec Outlet - Mary.

Thanks to her, our experience at Ichiban was even better than before. Just to cite one of the few things she did that night.

1) She was very prompt and efficient, to the extent that before we finished ordering our food, my favourite Chawanmushi arrived at my table - piping hot. Yes, it's that fast! She asked her colleague to bring it out while we were recollecting the food that we wanted to order. :P

2) She came to our table frequently to check if all our orders are here and rushed the kitchen staff even though we did not ask her to do so!

3) She helped me pick up a card that I dropped when she saw that I was in an awkward position to get it.

Overall food rating - 8/10

Just a few photos to share.

Mini Cha Soba


comes free from the 'stamps' that we have collected.

Place
#B1-062,

3 Temasek Boulevard Unit B,

Suntec City Mall

Price

$40+ (even after $20 'stamp' discount)

Bishamon Sapporo Ramen

Special Miso Ramen (3/10)

My hubby is the type who is always attracted to food labelled as 'special'. Sometimes, it doesn't pay to be adventurous. We both felt that this bowl of Ramen tasted a bit weird... oh well, you can still say it's 'special'. :P



Shoyu Ramen (7/10)

I am glad I am not so much of a risk taker. Hee...



Tonkatu (8/10)



Place
Raffles City Shopping Centre
#B1-17

Ichiban Sushi

Chawanmushi (8/10)



Tamago Maki (7/10)



Gyoza (9/10)

The crispy dumplings goes well with the sweet sauce!



Potato Croquette (8/10)



Salmon Sashimi



Place
AMK Hub
#02-01

Price
$40+

Ministry of Food (MOF)

I first heard about MOF from Ice. The first thing that came to my mind then was 'Ministry of Finance'? :P Soon after, I read and heard about it so often that I knew it's time for me to pay it a visit.

Green Tea (9/10)



Chawanmushi (9/10)

Comparable to that of Ichiban's!



Egg Handroll (8/10)



Chicken Karaage (8/10)



Some Beef set



Green Tea Sundae (9/10)

Love the waffle, the sundae, the green tea ice cream and the cereals!



Kanten Jelly

From the note that comes with the sundae.

These series contain Japanese Kanten Jelly at the bottom of the dessert. Kanten Jelly is amde from the room part of plant and is rich in fibre. Thus in Japan, it is believed to have slimming effect and is very healthy.

While Kanten Jelly is totally unsweetened & tasteless, native Japanese pour the sauce (either honey/black or white sauce) over the Kanten Jelly generously before eating. MOF Black Sauce for our Kanten jelly series ia made from Black Purnes & Black Dates. Both fruits aid digestion.

I gobbled up a few because it is believed to have slimming effect... Nah! Don't think it helps in a one-time affair. hehz!



We were pretty pleased with the food. Our conversation as follows.

"How's your beef set?"
"It's not bad!"

"My chawanmushi is good too!"
"You are right!"

"I like the chicken karaage"
"The sundae is fantastic!"

"The green tea also taste better than those I have drank before"
"Absolutely agree!"

"Even the waitresses here are also very pretty"
"..." >_<' LOL

Service
I love the speed. From the queuing, to the ordering, to the serving of food, to the billing, everything was done in a jiffy. All in all, we spent only about half an hour from the point we queue to the point we leave the place! Based on the turnover rate, MOF must have earned a lot!

Price
$33

Place
Marina Square
6 Raffles Boulevard
#02-138E

Ichiban Boshi

Chawanmushi (10/10) - Must Try

Silky smooth! Best I ever tasted. I like it so much that I ordered another immediately after I finished the first!



Potato Croquette (8/10)



Can't remember the dish name
but I do remember that my hubby didn't like it. (2/10)



Ice Cream (8/10)

Sushi Tei

Nogawa

A day to celebrate! And because this is a special occasion in favour of my hub, I of course had to include his favourite Japanese food in the plan!

I did extensive research on Japanese food and chanced upon Nogawa again. Nogawa was what I have shortlisted for a feast last year but did not eventually go with it because of the steep pricing.

I have decided to go ahead with it this year... Anything for my hub! :)

I happily called up Nogawa @ Orchard a week before to make a reservation, only to realise that they are closed on Sundays! Grrrr... :( The other and only alternative is to have it at Sentosa. I really want my hub to try one of the better Japanese food around, so I compromised with the need to travel.

We were the only customers seated in the restaurant throughout, as all the other customers had their food delivered to them at the open area. :P



Set Lunch
Clear Soup · Raw Fish · Grilled Dish · Simmered Dish · Deep-Fried Dish· Mixed Sushi · Miso Soup · Dessert

I will only be showing pictures for the set lunch. No ratings as I did not try most of the food.

Appetizers



Raw Fish / Sashimi



My hub said it's the best he has tasted so far. Very fresh, he added.

Clear Onion Soup



Grilled Fish



I tried a piece and it was like 'wow!'. I never expect a fish to be grilled to such perfection. No charred areas, yet every inch of the fish has that nice grilled smell.

Simmered Dish



Deep Fried Dish



This is one of the two CMI dishes that my hub dislike. :P

The bones



Since it is a tempura, I would expect that the bones are edible. But... ew... I don't think I want to swallow that in!

Assorted Sushi



The eel sushi didn't work for my hub. It was like 'yucks'. The rest, according to him, was good.

Asari clam (short-necked) soup - (Thanks, Ice!)



Even with the additional ingredients, my hub find that it tasted the same as the miso soup I was having. :P

Dessert - Watermelon / honeydew



The honeydew is sooooo sweet and I enjoyed every bite I took.

Dessert - Kumquat (or kinkan)



The kumquat (Thanks,Ice!), a natural produce from Kyushu, was really nice. It's like a smaller version of the orange and the interesting thing is, you can eat the skin. In fact, we were asked to eat the skin as it's the sweestest part of the whole fruit. What an experience. Alas, we only had one to share because we only ordered one set lunch. :P

Rosemary tea / "hojicha" roasted green tea - (Thanks, Ice!)



Didn't like the bitter taste. I was told it was only served in higher end restaruants... :P

Katsu Don (8/10)



Katsu Don in Nogawa? Are you kidding?

But yeah... that's the $18 katsu don I had. hahaha What a huge contrast as compared to my hubby's $100 lunch set. Well, I guess I wouldn't have appreciated the lunch set with all the sashimi and stuff. So this good ol' katsu don is more than enough for me.

Taste wise, not so much of a difference when compared to the Japanese restaurants I have been to, but the meat is less fatty and that's a huge plus point already. :)

Price

$138



Place
Sentosa Golf Club
Nice place. I guess I will never have a reason to get near the place if not for Nogawa. :P

Sakae Teppanyaki

Salad (7/10)

Chef cooking our garlic rice. First off, the eggs.

I really like the little 'bin' at the side where the chef can dump the burnt and unwanted food into. If only I have such a big 'wok' with a bin at the side! Cooking would be such a breeze.

See the container on the right hand side? It contains the 'element' that I will be complaining on almost every single food item coming up. :P

Soup (7/10)

Garlic Rice (7/10)

Seriously nothing special. Shouldn't have spend a few dollars to 'upgrade' from the plain rice. :P

Salmon (7/10)

Not too bad! For someone who doesn't like salmon. There wasn't a strong fishy salmony smell. Tad too oily though.

Beancurd (8/10)

Probably the best dish of the day. Out of so many. :P The sweet sauce and mixed vegetables complements the tofu very well. My hub wasn't the least impressed. "It's just tofu". That's true. But when you had a whole series of food items that were only so-so and oily, this tofu really stood out. :P

Scallops

They didn't have any more oysters. So they used scallops as a substitute.

I really dunno how to describe the taste of this 'thing' they called scallops. My hub pushed the whole plate to my area after taking one bite. Ay, I also don't want! >_<

Chicken (6/10)

Wayyy too oily.

Mushroom (7/10)

This mushroom dish is pretty acceptable. But again, it's the oil that puts me off. I don't remember the food being so oily when I had Korean Teppanyaki in food courts.

Price

$49.40 for 2 (oily) chicken sets, upgrade to garlic rice and one cup of green tea

Place

Bugis Junction

#B1-05

Overall, a not so pleasurable meal and an expensive and unhealthy one at that. >_<

Total word count of 'oil' and the likes in this post: 6!