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94 days ago
Recently I am into a playfish game called Restuarant City. There is a term introduced called "island layouts" where the tables are arranged, with the waiter in the middle, in a squarish or rectangular layout. The waiter is trapped inside so that he needs not move around and is able to serve customers faster. I thought, I just saw a restuarant which looks like it has the "island layouts" :P The menu in Sho Teppan is quite simple, there are 2 kinds of stone pots served, 1 is the soup kind (i think the menu mentioned sabu sabu / some sauce) and the other is dry (where you mix the rice, chicken and other vegetables in a little bit of sauce) which i think is very a popular menu item in many japanese restuarants. I have been intrigued by stone pots as i like the food served warm. However there is 1 thing to note when you eat in this restuarant, as the cooking is DIY. I am puzzled and wanted to ask the waiter why he offered to cook for the 2 guys next to me ...
94 days ago
We ordered the executive set for dinner on a Friday. There was 10% off for credit card promotion and i lamented that we should have come on Thurs as the discount would be 15%. :D Nevertheless, there were 4 of us and there are 7 dishes included: rice - nothing special to mention but it is listed in the menu so here i list it down ;p duck - which should be their signature dish and i find it quite tasty (with ginseng taste), some people may find it as salty. sharks fin soup - the quantity of the sharks fin is about a spoonful (not overloaded in spoon) but the soup did not give me deep impression. broccoli with scallops - i find the quantity to be very little, as it is meant to serve 4 portions. prawns - the prawns are just average tasty, and there are only 6 prawns served, which i find it puzzling as the set is meant for 4 persons. I think the restuarant should give equal portions :) fried cod fish - as usual, cod fish has its own standard to me and i find this tasty, ...
108 days ago
I was there because of a 1 for 1 promotion for the ala-carte Hong Kong Dim Sum Buffet. First of all, I am a bit surprised that they did not call to remind / confirm about my reservation a day before (which I thought most restuarant would do so). Anyway when we reached, the manager told us we can pick any seats we want, and it seems like a reservation is not really required (as they did not ask if we have reserved a table). The waitress asked if we wanted the 1 for 1 promotion which costs $44++ and gave us 4 small pieces of order form (each has at least 8 items). Luckily the promotion poster board at the entrance reminded me that the $44++ buffet is for dim sum buffet cum high tea (duration is from 11.30am to 4pm). I told her we wanted the other one, WITHOUT high tea (duration is from 11.30am to 2pm). Then she said we can help ourselves to the buffet reception and the order form is not applicable. (I happened to have a glance at the first order form and it contains dim sum ...
115 days ago
On the bill, it addressed itself as "BachMann Japanese Restaurant". On the exterior design, I remember the name as Manpuku. Nevertheless, I will share about my recent 2 trips to the restuarant, which has similar concept as Marche (you get a card upon entry and you can use the card to store all the purchases, which is being used for billing). In short, the prices are pretty steep and not every dish is a "WOW" to me. My favourite should be the salmon sashimi (5 pieces @ $8++) & wasabi. The salmon sashimi is fresh, the "ginger" is fresh (and "spicy" if i can use that term) and the wasabi is also freshly made! I am not a sashimi fan at all, since my trip to Fish Market @ Sydney, I begin to try sashimi whenever my friends ordered. I do not like those restuarants where the wasabi seems to have lost the taste (because they are not so fresh anymore). Anyway I also tried the inari sushi ($2++), tamago sushi ($3++) and a sushi set ...
193 days ago
I learnt of this (chinese cum thai) ala-carte buffet lunch promotion from a friend's friend and brought my family there, though we are not exactly big eaters. It costs S$158 for 5 persons (inclusive of all additional charges and free flow of chinese tea). The menu has 2 sections, first list has a limitation of 1 serving per table (and it iterally means each person has only 1 serving size or 1 piece, for countable items) and the second allows unlimited orders - and you can even customize the serving size / quantity being served. In the first list, I think I like the braised sea cucumber with yam most as I think the texture of the sea cucumber is just nice - not too soft or hard. The yam is a bit too dry though. Everyone gets a bowl of the braised shark's fin but the quantity of the shark's fin is not a lot, which is not surprising of course. Except for beef, we tried all other items and the least favourite should be the steamed tilapia with thai lemon sauce, we thought the sauce ...
