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Kanda Wadatsumi located at Tras Street is few minutes walk away from Tanjong Pagar MRT Station. The Japanese restaurant is a restaurant from Kanda, Tokyo and currently helmed by Japanese Chef Hara Shinji. The ingredients here are imported freshly every week from Japan. They also make it a point to get ingredients from different Prefectures of Japan every month. Thus, you can expect surprises whenever you visit the restaurant. Read More

Aburiya & The Container Bar is a newly-opened restaurant and bar located at Boat Quay. The Container offers tapas and alcoholic drinks while Aburiya offers Japanese casual dining experience. So, why is it called The Container? The name comes from the shipping container Izakayas that Wagyu farmers in Hokkaido gathered regularly to chit chat over small Wagyu dishes and alcohol. Customers/ Diners can always have a drink at The Container alfresco concept before heading into Aburiya restaurant for a good meal. Read More

Tamoya Udon located at Liang Court Mall offers different types of udon dishes. The brand has 31 outlets across Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Indonesia and Singapore. This is my first time visiting the outlet even though I passed by whenever I am at Liang Court. Tamoya Udon was first established in 1996 by Chef Tamotsu Kurokawa, who was crowned the sanuki udon champion when he entered TV Champion, a reality cooking show in Japan. Read More

Teppei Syokudo Plaza Singapura and Man Man Unagi have a pop-up collaboration for the month of July and August 2017. For those who know about Man Man Unagi, you will definitely know about the crazy queue. Fret not; you can now enjoy it at Teppei Syokudo without queuing. Read More

I visited Sens located at the basement of Raffles Holland Village a week ago. This new Japanese restaurant is within the gourmet grocer TASTE. This 42-seater dining joint offers contemporary Japanese cuisine such as sashimi, sushi, teppanyaki, yakitori and also Japanese craft beers and sake. Read More

Tengawa Hokkaido White Curry located at Millenia Walk is the first Japanese restaurant in Singapore that serve white curry. The shop is at the entrance of Nihon Street. Nicholas and I visited the place few weeks ago ( 24 February 2017) for dinner. I was surprised to see my ex-supplier, Bobby around and only get to know that he is one of the owners of the restaurant. Read More

Are you a fan of tendon? Don Meijin located within Ramen Champion at Bugis+ is the latest addition to the tendon family. The stall offers the similar tendon just like Tendon Kohaku, Ginza Tendon Itsuki and Tensho Japanese Speciality Tendon House by MOF. The difference is that they included a local twist of spicy chilli crab sauce into the tendon. Read More

Saboten has expanded to third outlet located at 100AM mall which is a walking distance from Tanjong Pagar MRT Station. I remember my first visit was during their opening at Millenia Walk sometime back. The restaurant imports fresh grain-fed pork to ensure its cutlets are juicy and succulent and their breadcrumbs which are specially imported from Japan. Read More

Sometime back I visited Shukuu Izakaya located along Stanley Street on one of the weekend. The street was very quiet on weekend because it is right in the CBD area. However, the 60 seater restaurant was full house that night. It was noisy and packed with people and the space between tables was kinda squeezy. That’s how most Izakaya restaurants works. Read More

Eat At Seven located at Suntec City has finally launched their newest concept, Tonkatsu Agedoki.”Age” means fried and “Doki” means time. The outlet specialized tonkatsu and takes pride itself on preparing pork cutlets that are fried to perfection. The shop is just next to Tempura Kohaku that I queued for an hour plus the other day. Read More