Japanese Food

18 Jul’25, Fri🌤️
📍Tanuki Raw (Orchard Central)
- Chirashi Don
- Truffle Yakiniku Udon
- Oysters
- Salmon
- Gin Tonic

Chirashi Don was on point, fresh sashimi and the grain rice is one of their signature. Friend was satisfied with her truffle yakiniku udon too.

Fresh oyster at $3 per pcs is quite a steal during happy hour with every drinks ordered. A little regret, we should have ordered more, the oysters were very fresh indeed.

Quality food, definitely will be back again.

Damage: $67.34 with Trust Card birthday 1-for-1 mains promo

14 Jul’25, Mon🌧️
📍Katanashi An (Boon Tat St)
- Tori Mentai (Grilled Chicken with Mentai)

Tender and juicy grilled chicken with a tad salty Mentai, goes really with with the rice. Can eat it with dashi broth or on its own, decent and comfort food indeed.

Damage: $19.25 incl. of svc charge

12 Jul’25, Sat🌧️
📍Man Man Japanese Unagi (Clarke Quay)
- Standard Hitsumabushi with hot green tea

Menu changed since the last I went but nonetheless, went for the standard hitsumabushi.

Fresh unagi, crispy and tender, to eat as it is (with the sauce) or with the dashi broth, tasted equally good. However, do note that fresh wasabi is not available, only wasabi paste is provided.

The outlet was a little shorthanded, meals and drinks are served pretty slowly.

Damage: $35.73 incl. of svc charge & GST

23 May’23, Tue🌤
📍Gyūnion (Oxley Tower)
- Chicken Don🍛

Hidden gem indeed…😋

Unassuming chicken don but it tasted better than how it looks, Japanese style chicken don yum~

Humble shop with 7 seats, and one person manning the shop, can take a while during peak hours…

Damage: $7.90 (Lunch set available that comes with tamago and drink with a top-up of $2-$3)

12 Apr’22, Tue🌤
📍Mr Samurai (Circular Road)
- Mentaiko Smoked Salmon Belly Don (Junior)🍱
- Hot Green Tea🍵

Like the aburi salmon belly taste, sweetness from the charred broccoli & carrot, savoury taste from the mentaiko & teriyaki sauce, and the crunchiness from the fried garlic, this bowl of Don was filled with greatness~

Am surprised that the junior portion was already good enough for an adult, satisfying meal really~

A quiet and cosy Jap restaurant, the svc was also good, staff was friendly, refilled our green tea without us asking, and even though we were done with our dinner!

Would recommend this place!

Damage: $15.90 (no svc charge & GST)

27 Mar’22, Sun🌦
📍Pepper Lunch (Compass One)
- Teriyaki Salmon & Saba (Set with green tea & ice cream)🍱
- Chicken Pepper Rice (Set with green tea & soup)🍖

Needless to introduce, the taste you and I knows, wanted to say their spicy teriyaki sauce was not bad, and set meal was quite value-for-$…

Just a little disappointed by their service, having to ask the waiter & waitress 3 times on getting me the ice cream, and still ended up, I have to walk to the counter to ask for it, then to know that the ice cream was out of stock…could have done better by notifying me upon placing order or after I asked them for the ice cream…

Damage: $36.50

16 Mar’22, Wed🌧
📍Raku Raku Japanese Dining (Stanley St)⁣⁣⁣
- Chicken Karaage Lunch Set 🍱⁣⁣⁣

Crispy, juicy and tender chicken karaage! Just as yummy as before~ Well-marinated, not that salty, and the chicken parts seemed to be the thigh meat, can’t get enough of them really!

Generous portion, super filling indeed, hence, asked for half bowl of rice only…

The side dishes were not fixed, this round were the pickled radish and cabbage, refreshed the tastebud totally~

Not forgetting the miso soup and tea…

Though price increased but the taste & standard were just as good…

Damage: $17.66

19 Feb’22, Sat🌦
📍Yakiniku Like (Compass One)
- Pork & Chicken Set (2 sets)🍖
- Add-on Pork Belly (1 set)🥓

Value-for-money bbq~

The pork & chicken were quite well marinated, pork belly was decent, chicken was equally good except that it takes longer to cook (due to thicker cut)…

The kimchi was a tad too sweet to my likings, the soup was filled with seaweed quite nice…

Given the price point, nothing to complain…

Note: Be prepared to queue roughly 30min during lunch hour…

Damage: $35.30

15 Jan’22, Sat🌤
📍Chirashizushi Shou (Bukit Timah Plaza)
- Aburi Chirashi Don🍱
- Kaizen Don🍣
- Oyster🦪
- Hot Green Tea🍵
- Complimentary Salad & Miso Soup🥗

Aburi Chirashi Don was so nice, the sashimi was fresh, thick cut & melt in your mouth with that char-grilled taste, so lovin’ it!

Friend had the kaizen don, cannot agree more that these are good stuff~ and the oysters were big and fresh, so much better than some of the other restaurants out there~

Will definitely revisit & recommend this Jap restaurant!

Note: A humble Jap restaurant, limited seats available, so do expect long queue during peak hours…

Damage: $57.85

26 Dec’21, Sun🌤
📍Suki-ya すき屋 (Square 2)
- Half Boiled Egg Yakitori Bowl & Green Veggies Combo🍱
~ Stir-fry Morning Glory with Garlic🧄
~ Miso Soup🍲

Oozing yolk with rice taste simple but so good~ with well marinated chicken chunks, tender and not too salty, yum~

The morning glory is pretty standard but compare to salad, I think go for morning glory is better.

Value-for-money set meal, can try if you are near the vicinity…

Damage: $8.90 nett

7 Apr’21, Wed🌤
📍Raku Raku Japanese Dining (Stanley St)⁣⁣⁣
- Chicken Karaage Lunch Set 🍱⁣⁣⁣
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Usually go for their salmon but decided to try their chicken karaage for a change.

Am surprised by how crispy yet juicy and tender the chicken karaage were! They were well-marinated, not that salty, and the chicken parts seemed to be the thigh meat, can’t get enough of it really!

Generous portion and because it’s so tasty, I wouldn’t mind the food coma seriously!

The side dishes were not fixed, this round were the braised radish with carrot, onion and some small chicken cubes, and pickled radish and cabbage, quite nice and well prepared too.

Not forgetting the miso soup and tea.

A satisfying and super filling lunch indeed~

Highly recommended~~~

Damage: $16.50

3 Aug’19, Sat⛅️
📍Omote
- Tamago Mentai Chirashi🍱
- Premium Kaisen Sashimi Don🍣
- Asari Garlic Flambé🧄

The sashimi was so good!

Pretty fresh and was marked at a reasonable price (of cos, the premium one is a little more pricey but worth it)...

They also offer normal chirashi and other varieties (including cooked options), spoiled for choice really~

Other than the asari, which I find quite sandy for some reason, not gonna order that again, the rest were gd...

Damage: $87.10 (for all dishes)
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