Magosaburo is a high-end Japanese restaurant in Ion shopping centre on Orchard Road that specialises in Japanese wagyu beef. Prices for dinner are on average around $200-$300 per person but they have a very affordable daily lunch menu with prices starting at just $12.80. I went there on a Monday during lunchtime having a reserved a… Read More »
Ikkousha Hakata Ramen, a Japanese ramen chain from the Hakata ward in Fukuoka in Japan famed for it’s rich tonkotsu (pork bone broth) ramen, is one of the most popular ramen restaurants in Singapore with two branches, one in Tanjong Pagar Plaza and the other in Chijmes near City Hall. It had been a couple of years since I last visited Ikkousha but as I… Read More »
Akane is a Japanese restaurant situated in the Japanese Association in Singapore and I have to say that the food is possibly some of the best Japanese food that I’ve tried so far in Singapore but the only thing is that this restaurant is not open to the general public and you have to either be… Read More »
With the sudden popularity of tendon restaurants in Singapore and several openings of tendon restaurants over the past year or so, Tensho is the latest new tendon restaurant in Centrepoint shopping centre just opposite Somerset MRT that opened in autumn last year. I was excited to try this place as it’s just down the road… Read More »
Yokowa is a new Japanese fine dining restaurant in the Tanjong Pagar area that specialises in Kaiseki style food. Kaiseki is a very traditional Japanese multi-course meal that focuses on using fresh seasonal ingredients which are carefully prepared to enhance the natural flavours and are then beautifully presented. Their menu consists of lunch bento sets ($18 –… Read More »
Tempura Kohaku which opened in July this year is a restaurant that specialises in Japanese Edomae (Edo-era type) tendon (tempura on rice). Edomae tempura is fried in a mixture of sesame oil and vegetable oil rather than just vegetable oil to make the tempura tastier and more fragrant. The menu at Tempura Kohaku is simple, you can choose… Read More »
Sun with Moon is a Japanese restaurant and café that brings up feelings of nostalgia of my time living in Japan before I moved to Singapore. The interior alone reminds me of casual style restaurants in Japan where you can share an assortment of different types of Japanese food over drinks with friends. Sun with… Read More »
Upon entering Ginza Tendon Itsuki, you’re greeted with a delicious aroma of sesame oil which fills the restaurant and whets your appetite for what’s to come. Ginza Tendon Itsuki, a collaboration between Ramen Keisuke and Ginza Itsuki Sushi Japanese restaurants, specialises solely on tendon (tempura on rice) with just two food items on their menu – Special… Read More »
Kanshoku Ramen Bar is a Singaporean owned ramen chain with branches currently in Buona Vista and Orchard Gateway near Somerset. The usual tonkotsu (pork broth) ramen in Kanshoku Ramen Bar is nothing to shout about but if you’re going there for their Truffle Ramen (dry) then that’s a whole different story. It’s the first time I’ve ever come… Read More »
This weekend the Super Japan Matsuri (matsuri means festival in Japanese) 2016 is being held in Esplanade just outside Esplanade Theatres On The Bay. It promised to be an exciting night of traditional Japanese festival games and food but unfortunately it was a bit of a disappointment. Firstly there were only around 10 different food stalls… Read More »