Koh's grill and sushi bar

Hi All! This is a sushi post again!

And from the photos below, you'll know how shiok these sushis are!

First dish Shiok! Maki Generation 1, lightly fire blasted salmon, top with generous amounts of mayo and tobiko, roasted eel and avocado wrapped within! at $16.80 for 8 pieces, definitely worth every single bite!

Next up! Shiok! Maki Generation 2, pretty much the same as generation 1 except for the tempura prawn that is wrapped within instead of eel... This was "shiokgasmic" as well..

First try with this, foie gras maki, this cost about $25, was so shiok-gasmic, i honestly couldn't decipher the taste of foie gras, prolly cause i havent really tasted foie gras on its own before.. And if you wanna try something new, I'm sure most sushi stores don't have these variant, its their pidan maki! If you love century eggs then you'll definitely love this one! generous portions of century egg and tobiki dollops! Another Shiokgasmic experience!

It was my first try with their grilled puffer fish! $12 for a plate, sliced and served with mayo and tobiko, such a heavenly match... I've never had puffer fish before, so this was a first, amd honestly it tasted like bak kwa, and there wasn't any fishy taste... A worthy try!

One of their nicer carbos! Yaki udon at just $10! Why i love this? Generous portions of bonito flakes and eggs, make this dish my absolute favourite, not too salty, not too dry, just my kind of taste..


My must order teppan tofu dish at $6 whenever i visit them, its the sauce that makes me love this dish so much, even my friends love it... Not sure what sauce they use, but sizzling hot agedashi styled tofu with the awesome brown sweet and sour sauce is just heavenly!

That's all, im sure they don't need further reviews to prove how shiokgasmic their food are! I do wish they start to venture on their, like open a full fledge restaurant with a bigger seating area, instead of being squeezed at a corner of food republic... That way they'll be able to serve more customers and provide better service... :) they are located at food republic at wisma atria..

Xoxo,

CheryL

Sushi Express @ Westgate

Hi Guys! Its been a long long while, and i'm back this time with lotsa posts :)

I know alot of you have been to Sushi Express for their awesomely cheap sushi that costs $1.50 per plate, and probably don't need my reviews to justify your choice to visit them, but i'll prolly just give a brief on what I ate that i think is good, though they don't always have it everytime i patronize them..

I remembered when I first patronize their first store at citylink mall, i was so amazed by their awesomely big and fresh scallops, almost the size of a lady's fist... Nowadays, i rarely see them on any of the conveyor belts, be it at 313 basement or westgate, even if I do, they are way smaller than they were before...

There was this peculiar dish when I was at westgate, that looked like chicken liver, which after i ate, tasted like rather fishy, like the roe? or that piece of mushy stuff that is always on the rims of the scallop? this was awesome, the sauce they use and the onions made this a very pleasant appetizer..

Awesomely happy that they brought in their own brand of collagen, though the dosage here isn't alot, but $1.50 is still awesomely cheap, and the peach flavour was awesome.. reminds me of bkk and tw days, when collagen drinks when so cheaply priced at their convenience stalls..

Ever since I tried Amaebi from the old buffet restaurant at cineleisure during our sec sch days, I've always loved them.. But Sushi Express always have difficulty trying to serve me that, they are always not seen on the conveyor belt, and I have to ask for it, and sometimes even after I eat finish, they tell me it is not ready... Even if they have it they take about 0.5-1hr to thaw the prawns before serving it to me... -.-||| you guys should try to ask for this though, 5 pcs worth $1.50 is quite a good deal, compared to most japanese restaurants charging nearly $10 for 10-12 pcs...

























Next up, salmon, way smaller cuts than they used to cut before, abit not worth, but still must eat, otherwise nothing much valuable on the conveyor belt also... haha XD


Cooked Takos, of course this won't taste as flavourful as the ones that are stuck into your takoballs... But octopus is still worth my $1.50... :) there is always the choice of baby seasoned octopus as well :)

Awesome roes! My favourite kind, when you bite on them, they burst! XD

$1.50 for an awesome mini sesame dressing salad, definitely worth the try for those on diet :)

First time trying this, sometimes they have it and sometimes they don't... It some kind of blueberry milk pudding / panna cotta? But damn awesomely nice, love it ttvm... oh and not forgetting their legendary cream puffs, totally must it! ok la, i don't exaggerate, of course they are probably others who serve better cream puffs, but $1.50 for 3 pieces, nothing to hiam about also! XD 

yup that's about all for now.. 

XOXO, 

CheryL

Dolce Tokyo @ Somerset 313

Japnese food makes me pretty happy, whenever i get to see anything on the menu with the word MATCHA!!! So here's a review on them;

Honestly didn't do much of a research when bf and I went there, so we had no idea what was nice and what wasn't.. Bf decided to be safe and ordered their Essential British all Day breakfast dish... I loved their baked beans the most, not your usual canned flavoured ones, this had a home make taste to it.. All else was averagely good... Sausage wasn't too deep fried...

Bf's mango milkshake, apparently quite nice, even more awesome cause it was served with an ice cream on top, so beware not to order too much food, and this will make you feel quite full..

As you guys can already tell, my addiction with tea is quite serious... XD order gen mai cha that was served in an awesomely pretty glass teapot and teacup... The art of tea appreciation, so cute can! tea was awesome, if i remember correctly, i think the menu stated that they used TWG tea leaves, so i guess it was worth my every cent, taste was awesome...

And the highlights for the day is their cakes served in bird cages, as they are known for it.. this is their matcha sesame cake... my verdict? pretty? my answer is yes? nice to eat? =.=||| totally fall out of my expectation, their matcha tasted so artificial, and the match with sesame cream is just meh... Other places mediocre matcha cakes taste way better, but I finished it still... 

Well, I didn't order a main course, so 2 desserts were just right to satisfy me... I ordered a matcha panna cotta,wanted the matcha creme brulee but they went OOS on me :( Panna cotta was awesome, with the somewhat runny green tea sauce, and awesomely sweet red bean... what they could improve on was to make the green tea sauce more creamier stickier texture so that it sticks on to the panna cotta instead of glide off into the bottom of the plate... and the agar could use some taste, it was practically tasteless agar -.-|||

I do not remember how much each of this dish were but i know the cheapest was my panna cotta, and the cake was the most expensive I've eaten for a matcha cake $11.50, price ranges between $5-20+ per dish.. at most only come back here for drinks and mains, not for desserts, quite disappointing... they are located at;

Dolce Tokyo
313 Somerset #03-23 
Singapore 238895 
Tel: 6836 5612
11:30am – 10:30pm (Sun-Thurs)
11:30am – 11pm (Fri-Sat, Eve PH)

XOXO,
CheryL

Sushi Airways @ Baghdad Street

Hello Everyone! after 2 weeks and i'm here to post again, pardon the delay, kept putting it off for my US and Korean dramas...

So I've been wanting to go to this restaurant ever since I saw their photos on instagram, think it was last year, and I finally got to try this on the 1st week of July... Look at the pretty lighted steps leading to the 2nd floor where SushiAirways Sushibar is located at;

Look at the awesome menu! Comes as a Flight Manual, and my flight ticket cause i made a reservation, so they indicated my name :)

 & here's a fun fact for the reason behind their awesomely fresh food!

Pretty lighted bar :)

Paid $11+ for this 4 thick pieces, but I reckon it was every inch worth, super succulent & fresh!

And my favourite, the larger version of my usual amaebi order at sushi express, paid $15+ for this 4 pieces, again super freshness and sweetness that I reckon was worth every cent.. :)

One of their signature dishes, the Double salmon roll, 8 pieces at $30+, way pricier than Shiok Maki at koh's grill & bar, but it was every piece worth with this dish as well :)

Look at this pretty close-up, and the flowers can actually be eaten, I didn't taste any unusual taste with the flower, you can almost say it almost wasn't there.. Of course if you guys prefer your maki to be drizzled with dollops of "fatteningly" awesome mayo and ebiko then well shiok maki would be the one for you, otherwise this was a fine dish as well, the crispy skin on top was a surprising combi...

Wanted to order their other signature dish, some mango lobster roll, but bf didn't quite like lobster, so we ordred the kani mentai cheese maki at $30+, another one of their dish recommended by the super friendly waitress...

Honestly, this was an intriguing dish, as I never had such a maki in this variant before... Then again, where was the mentai, couldn't taste much of it, it was more of the melted cheese top and the teaspoonfull of ebiko that was the highlights, should order to try but i'm definitely not a fan of it.. but we finished both plates of sushi though... :)

The verdict for this? Pleasant atmosphere facing the nightlife of haji lane, old japanese airplanes interior design, pleasant and attentive staff, even the boss asks us if we liked the food, and we see him patiently mentoring his chefs... GST already included in their pricings, and they only charge 10% service charge on your total bill.. this meal amounted to about $100 for 4 dishes, pricier than Koh's Grill & Sushi Bar, but this restaurant was every bit worth, you guys should give them a try.

Area of the restaurant is quite small, so it'll be good to call for reservations, they are more known for their value for money weekday lunch sets which I will never get to try unless I get an off day, i heard it was priced less than $20, you guys can google other reiews.. They are located at;

20A Baghdad Street
Singapore 199569
Tel: 6291 1151

Osaka Ohsho @ Westgate

Whoopees! Today I tried a new place! I brought my myanmar classmate to try this osaka famous gyoza at Westgate. We only picked this restaurant as it was the only one that didn't require us queuing at all, when we went in at 7.45pm, it was practically 75% vacant, as compared to the other famous restaurants which had like 100% occupancy and some queue outside..

The menu horrendous lor, famous for their japanese gyoza, and yet like 30-40% of their menu items had like "not available" sticker pasted on them, which is their toji dishes and I was like -.-? How to do business like that? However, they are really "techy" though, order thru their ipad mini. Look through their drinks, and i think they are from the same company as kazokutei that I previously had at bugis. 

Ok so I always check for food reviews first before I decide to try a place, and apparently this place has bad reviews for service and mediocre food. But true enough, not much service staff la, order thru ipad mini lor, pay $ ownself walk to cashier lor. But the food on the other hand, i tried only one dish, and i think i will only come back for this one dish! So superb even my friend fell in love with it!

Tada! This is what we both ordered, "Fuwa Tenshin Han" set at $12.90 and my friend ordered the variation that had chicken pieces in the rice underneath for a dollar extra. We both added a dollar for their Houji Cha. 

This is superb ok! If you love fluffy eggs, you will love this! This is neither omu rice, nor fried omelette! Its like some scrambled-fluffy-soufflé-omelette-like thingy that wraps around the grainy not mushy japanese rice grains, and soaked in that rich thick broth like sharkfin soup or like tzechar version of "mui fan", the egg so thick and too fluffy to not love!

I'm a chilli flakes freak, so when i see a bottle of chilli flakes, that is practically what happens to my dish of rice, all sprinkled with flakes like its free. But even when i put so much, also not spicy lor, like pepper.. XD

Now the key highlights, the famous gyoza. They had this panfried golden brown color when it was served to us, but all stick together, as if like they fried all 6 gyozas together. Our local chinese guo tie are definitely way crispier and meatier than this one. This just has a crisp base on the brown side, the rest of the skin is pretty soft, slightly more vegetables. 

And this was the vinegar that you could choose to add the chilli oil if you want a spicy version. Basically, after adding the chilli oil, it reminded me of the szechuan delicacy "红油抄手" that i absolutely love at bedok 85 by the chinaman store that sells xiao long baos. Spicy and sour, just my kind of dipping sauce for guoties! So yeah this japanese version doesn't come with ginger shreds, and though it wasn't as crispy as I would have prefered, but i still loved it anyway. 

Located at level 2 of Westgate, just beside paradize dynasty, shouldnt be hard to locate it. I didn't try the other dishes, but i dont think i would anyways, cause only the tenshin han and the gyoza looked and tasted appetizing!

Kazokutei @ Bugis Junction

So lé gf and i went shopping at bugis, then was hungry, so we were walking around the level 2 food level at bugis junction to recce some interesting menus, and see which ones to try. So we came across kazokutei, which had pretty appetizing set menu displays as well as pictures, and had a variety of dishes in one set, so we thought we gave it a try. Got a table for two, and at 5pm, there were only 3 tables occupied, inclusively of ours. Ordering system was thru the ipad mini on every table.

Pardon the blur picture, but i ordered their lowest value set meal. The chicken wappa gozen set that cost me $11.90 with $1 top-up for their refillable hot houji-cha that i didnt bothered refilling. I thought that since there were so little people in the restaurant, sure serving time will be faster, but we waited a good 15-20mins for our food, i think cause their rice is freshly prepared and steamed for us upon ordering. 

And this is how i eat my jap food, when i see a bottle of chilli flakes on the table! XD, #justspamonly I used to do that in yoshinoya, super major love with chilli flakes and piping hot japanese rice! The dimsum bowl rice was surprisingly good, its my first time eating steamed japanese rice, it had bits of carrots, french beans, shitake mushrooms, and chicken bits in it, which made it fragrant, and steaming it, made the rice super moist and fluffy! Chawanmushi was pretty average. The "amazing" 2 slabs portion of milk pudding dessert was so good! But they damn stingy, instead of give like maybe half a cup, they give 2 spoonful niah.. Miso soup quite palatable not too salty. Chicken karaage quite crispy and tasty, but 2 piece only :(

And my gf ordered a variation of my set, Duck wappa gozen that cost her $14.90 then a dollar top-up for hot tea. This shouldn't taste much difference from mine, since they just place 3 slice of duck on top, all else remains same. I jokingly disturbed her though, i told her, "eh u joke lei! Paid $3 more than mine, for 3 pieces of duck, 1 slice $1, so ex siah?" Didn't tried her duck, but she finished it, so i think it should taste pretty palatable.

Didn't know about this restaurant before i went today, and didnt know they were famous for their udons and not their rice, until i searched for their website. Overall, i found the food pretty yummy, will definitely come again to try their udons or their other value for money setmeals. ;)

BUGIS JUNCTION
200 Victoria Street, #02-49, Singapore 188021 
Tel: 6338 0187

Xoxo,

CheryL

Watami @ JCube

Hi guys! It has been a week since i last posted! So here's today's entry;

Had a date with lé bf at watami at level 1 of jcube, there is no reservation system here, but they have it at their star vista outlet. So the system here is pretty much like itacho sushi, at the main entrance there is a touch screen machine where you select the no. of pax dining in, then you get a queue number, though it was a friday night the crowd at jcube is usually quite mediocre, so i only waited 5 mins... I super love watami cause of their salads! And i have been bringing a number of my friend to try watami, partly also cause i had some promotional coupons. ;)

So here's our 1st dish, beef sukiyaki at $5 cause i had a discount coupon that jcube & imm co-launched in their food discount coupon magazine. It was worth every cent! Though the broth is really not for drinking, just to let the ingredients soak up the flavour so you can have some taste. But i super love the broth, so i always get a cup of hot water to dilute the salty sweet sukiyaki broth, just so i can drink it! I can add like 4 cups and it is still salty, but its the salty sweetness that makes me love this dish so much!

 

So with the sukiyaki, you can either get it with rice or noodles, there are a few selections, but the udon noodles we ordered, came with an egg, and cost us $4.30 extra. A little pricey just for plain udon and eggs, but you won't regret! The noodles were so chewy and had this bouncy texture when we cooked it in the sukiyaki broth.

So here's the 2nd dish, the signature watami half salad! They have two sizes, half and full, the usual price is about $7ish for half and $12ish for full. But i got the half salad at $2 cause of the coupon! ;) Major love with this dish, regardless of price. Since i 1st tried it, whenever i'm at watami, i sure will order.

Well, this 2 dishes were super worth as i had a coupon that gave me a combined price of $10 for both. The sashimi was so thick and smooth, you'll adore it! They didnt stinge with the portioning, and i counted 7 thick slices. Imagine one slice of watami being equivalent to 2-3 small slices you get at sushi express. The chicken wings were crispy, but they sliced one wing into 2 so it looks like there's alot, when it is actually just 4-5wings, but still worth at the discounted price i was paying for...

Last but not least, my $1 scoop of matcha ice cream, cant complain much since its my favourite flavor of ice cream plus its only $1. But of cause, paying $4+ for my tsujiri version is tons better than watami's, practically incomparable. :) 

Hot tea is also served free and free-flow to all, kudos to that! :) In total, plus svc and gst charge, lé bf & i only spent $29.50 for this 5 dishes and a drink that he order. Cheap and awesome japanese food. Even without coupons, i will willingly pay full price cause of the value and portion of the food. Service staff are pretty pleasant here, i notice most customers here order the sukiyakis as they have 3 variants, chicken, beef, and korean army stew style...

That's all for now, will update soon!

Xoxo,

CheryL