One last hurrah for Liang Court and all the Japanese eateries there before they shutter up at the end of March 2020.

Hokkaido Dosanko Plaza is located in Meidi-ya supermarket food court. There’s a common seating area, so even while dining as a group you can order food from this stall or the Japanese Curry stall, or get sushi.

We got the tempura soba (hot), and added on a mini rice bowl to it (unagi don), plus 3pc chicken karaage. This was pretty filling for two people!

The soba was a little mushy, perhaps due to the type of noodle used, but with noodles I guess it’s personal preference. I would’ve preferred more bite in my noodles. The tempura came with three prawns, a green bell pepper, carrot and pumpkin. Love the tempura batter here, it’s just the right thickness, and retained its crispness very well. Wasn’t too oily either.

The Mini dons aren’t available for order on their own, so you have to order them as an add-on to the soba sets. There’s four different choices - two tempura based, and then the unagi or crab meat. They were quite pricey for add-ons given their size, but we definitely couldn’t finish a regular sized rice bowl so having this was a good option to have both noodles and rice in one meal. I enjoyed the unagi as it didn’t have a sandpaper texture at all!

What we thought was the star of our dinner: the chicken karaage. It cost $6 for 3 pieces, which works out to $2 per piece. A little expensive for a side, but bear in mind that the chicken chunks are really sizeable! I love love love how crispy the chicken karaage is, the batter is light and stayed crisp throughout our whole meal. If I’m not mistaken, they actually advertise their chicken karaage as champions in a food competition so.... if that’s not enough endorsement, I don’t know what is.

While the Japanese curry rice stall had a notice of closure and clearly stated that they will reopen when Meidi-ya moves to Millenia Walk, I’m not too sure about this stall. Hopefully they do, as I’d like to have their karaage again!