It's hard to miss this homey, cosy Japanese izakaya on the first floor of Orchard Central. Resembling the entrance of a Japanese home with its wooden fixtures and stacked sake barrels, this is a great place to head to for affordable lunch sets and pocket-friendly drinks at night. Available daily from noon to 3pm, set meals start from just $15, and each comes with complimentary salad, appetiser, miso soup with clams and ice cream. Go for the tasty Yakiniku Onsen Tamago Don ($15) — simmered beef slathered with yakiniku sauce and served with a wobbly onsen egg, or the Kaisen Chirashi ($20) — 10 kinds of sashimi served freshly sliced or grilled, atop a bed of En's pink sushi rice that "has been mixed with a special Japanese condiment". Drinks start from $8 for a glass of shochu and $10 for cocktails all-day — a pocket-friendly way to let loose after work, with some grilled-to-order skewers to munch on, of course!
Avg price: $15 per person
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