Owned by Japanese chef Haruhiko Yamamoto who also owns two Michelin star kaiseki (traditional multi-course Japanese meal) restaurant Seizan in Tokyo, Nabe Seizan is Chef Yamamoto’s first venture overseas specialising in nabe or Japanese hotpots. When Nabe Seizan first opened in Japan Food Town in Wisma Atria shopping centre last year, the menu consisted of… Read More »
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 »
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 »
Described by one of my Japanese friends as the best Japanese restaurant in Singapore, I just knew I had to go there and try it for myself. Suju Japanese restaurant in the Mandarin Gallery shopping centre on Orchard Road is an upmarket Japanese restaurant, prices can be quite steep at dinner time but during lunch… 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 »
Ginza Kuroson is a Japanese restaurant just next to the river at Robertson Quay that specialises in sushi and sashimi. They also have a branch in Takashimaya on Orchard Road and they have fish flown in three times a week from Japan that tastes like it’s just been caught. Dinner can be pricey there but they have a… Read More »
Monster Curry specialises in Japanese homemade curry served with fried meat or seafood. They have a branch of their restaurant on the basement floor of Ion shopping centre on Orchard Road which is quite near to where I live but for those lazy days when I don’t feel like cooking and just want to veg… Read More »
Sumire is a cosy yakitori restaurant situated on the outside of Bugis Junction shopping mall close to Bugis MRT. It doesn’t serve up yakitori like the yakitori-ya in Japan where customers sit at a counter and are served yakitori straight from the charcoal grills but the yakitori is nearly just as tasty cooked on their… Read More »