This japanese restaurant serves a wide variety of jap dishes and many different yakitori! The food served are pretty tasty and nice. The price may be slightly higher compared to other restaurants, but i think its pretty worth it. I’ve been there a few times and definitely will go back again!

Location: Vivocitty

Cheers,

DOn!

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Its been a couple of years since i went to Sun with moon, a nice japanese restaurant, for a meal. The last time was with the wonderful TS gang and this time, surprise surprise, its with them again! haha. This time, however, we headed to the one at Chijmes! Why? ‘Cos, they are offering 30% off your meals over at that outlet!!

When we reached Chijmes, we were unfamiliar with the layout and we wondered abt searching high and low for the restaurant. We saw a Jap lady who seemed to be lost too. Steph said “She must be looking for Sun w/ moon, lets follow her”. I was thinking “What are the odds of a Jap lady in Singapore, food paradise, having Jap food again? boooorrrring!” So I took her on and bet with her a drink. Need i say more, who lost the bet? What the heck? You come all the way to Singapore and you still stick with japanese food? Go try something else for petes sake.

Anyways, 6 of us and we spent S$100 bucks only! The food we ordered were done nicely and we enjoyed the food. We wanted to order desserts, but the selection is very limited and the portions really small. So, we headed somewhere else for dessert.

This time we really walked north south east west for a nice place to have dessert. We first headed to Killiney cafe at Raffles city, but there were no available seats. Nearby there was Shokudo, but the queue was too long. We headed up to MOF, but steph said the standard there is not too good. We went to Citi-link next to look for Waraku, but realised it has changed to some hong kong cafe. Finally, we settled down at Max Brenner at Esplanade mall. You can imagine how relieved we were.

Chocolate Haven, i must say. Stepping into the place and the cocoa aroma lingers around you. Their selection is pretty wide and thus spoiled for choices. As you can see from the last 4 photos, 6 of us shared 3 desserts and had a cup of chocolaty drink each! Sounds little? You are so wrong!! We almost died from overdose of chocolate. haha. I ordered a Peanut butter chockie. It was like drinking plain peanut butter down! Lovely initially, killer at the end. I suggest you share it with some friends. We ordered the truffle which is very good and the chocolate banana crepe is nice too! Oh you can purchase their glass cup too, which looks quite nice. Their small fondue set can be bought too. Enjoy!

Happy Good Friday to all!!

Cheers,

Donovan

Location: Sun with moon - Chijmes (Victoria Street), Max Brenner - Esplanade Mall (Esplanade Drive)

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This is another restaurant i love to patronise. The food served are always nice to savour! The crab fried rice which i bought is really tasty and the crab meat is fresh and succulent! Yum! The green tea cold soba’s texture is nice and smooth. Dip it into the sauce and slurp it down ur throat! Careful not to choke! The tempura, unagi and chicken were really good too! Haven been to Sushi Tei?? Head down now!

This time round we headed to the one at Paragon, Orchard Road, Singapore.

Itadakimasu!
Donovan,
TS.

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My top recommendation for your Ramen fix! Located at CENTRAL, this restaurant is small, and there is always a long queue during peak hours. My longest wait was 1 hour and it is always worth it!

Firstly, the place was nice and cosy. Service was good and fast. The ramen texture was great, really springy and the soup was what steals the limelight. There are 3 soup base to choose from- 1) Muratama (chicken soup), 2) Karashi (spicy chicken soup), 3) Aka (with Nuts). I always go for the spicy one. A standard bowl of the ramen for $12 consists of 2 slices of char siew (don’t expect it to be enormous though), spring onions and seaweed. Add ons don’t come cheap- just a few slices more of char siew cost $4, an egg (the runny york, salty kind) for $1, seaweed $1, and even spring onions cost $1 as well. The price is a tad bit steep, but it’s absolutely worth it! My definite add on is the egg. And, when I feel rich, I’d go for the char siew as well. You can top up your noodles for $1, but that doesn’t come with soup, so you gotta make sure you still have soup left in your bowl! There is not much variety on the menu, but the quality of the food is really worth it all. A friend of mine once said, “you don’t know real ramen until you’ve been to marutama”. That is oh-so-true!

However, with the prices, please dont expect a fine dining experience. Its pretty much a eat and go kind of restaurant (I guess we gotta spare a thought for the long queue outside!).

Address:
6 Eu Tong Sen Street

#03-90/91 The Central

Singapore 059817

Tel: 6534 8077

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This japanese restaurant was much talked about in the papers, and with the convincing long queues, I decided to visit. Surprisingly, the wait was pretty short. There were around 15 groups infront of me but I queued for barely 15 minutes.

However, the food was really kind of disappointed. I was expecting it to be much better, after all the rave. I ordered Ebi-mayo, Shio Seafood Ramen, and Shoyu Taro Ramen. All were too salty for me. Extremely salty, so much so that I couldn’t finish the food. At one point, I felt like I was eating plain salt. Even my partner, who loves everything extra savoury, finds the food a tad bit too salty. He loves it though, as anything-salty goes for him.

The ramen texture itself was pretty good though, and thats really all about it. The quantity wasn’t something to rave about as well. Price wise, it was an average to $13-$20 for a bowl of ramen. They had a 10% discount for Citibank card holders.

Doesn’t hurt to try this restaurant out I guess, but of cos, I dont highly recommend it for people who have light tastebuds.

*I apologise for the poor resolution of the photos! I forgot my trusty camera that day!

2 Orchard Turn
#B3-25 ION Orchard

Tel: 6509 9394

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You’ve probably seen their commercial on TV before - three small little kids enjoying their food with their very own pot. Yes, that is what JuJu Hokkaido Hotpot is trying to sell. Their unique selling point, you won’t have to share your hotpot with the rest. You will have your own hotpot by yourself.

They work on couse meal concept, serving 6 course meal for Lunch and 7 course meal for dinner, with prices ranging between $19.80++ for lunch and $29.80++ for dinner. They serve anything from beef to seafood to fish and oh boy, they are really fresh. You will definitely be spoilt for choices. Moreover, their concept of semi-refined dining would amaze you. Probably with their first course which is the 70% cooked egg.

Nice concept and bravo to the ‘a pot to yourself’ concept. More infomation can be found at (http://www.juju-restaurant.com/menu.html).

Location: 1 Selegie Road, PoMo (Formerly known as Paradiz Centre), #B1-18, Singapore 188306

For reservations, please call 6336 6689

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Douzo Meshigare means Bon Appetit in Japanese. Here in Hokkaido, one of the nicest city with beautiful scenary. Of course, which such a beautiful scenary, food here should be nice and indeed, i discovered some of the nicest food in Hokkaido itself. Not forgetting some of the MUST-TRY food when you land yourself in Hokkaido itself. This part shall features some of the nicest tidbits in Hokkaido.

One amazing thing in Hokkaido, some or rather most of the tidbits available here aren’t readily available in other parts of the world. So should you managed to come to this wonderful land, do yourself a favour, of course, it wouldn’t be possible to bring them all back, but at least, you can try them.

Just KitKat alone comes in tons of flavours which you’ve never seen before, ranging from Green Tea to Read Bean to Melon etc. Of course, not forgetting the corn chocolate and potato farm (photo not available). Lastly, one more biscuits which i want to introduce. This biscuits has a great history. It’s called “白色恋人”. It’s two crispy sweet biscuits sandwiching either a layer of chocolate (white or milk). And it’s only SOLD in Hokkaido itself. Looks normal, but taste heavenly.

Kelvin,

TS.

The largest Hokkaido Fair held outside of Japan! Last day on 12 july! Head to Tampines Mall Atrium Level 1 now!

Donovan,

TS.

The japanese food here is not too bad. Tasty and reasonable. Lots of variety to choose from and worth going back many more times! Just check out the spread!

This outlet is the one at Novena Square! There are a few outlets around Singapore like Esplanade Mall.

Ichiban!
Donovan,
TS

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Attention all Jap food lovers! Heres a jap restaurant which you will want to head to to try all the japanese food u ever want to! Its like a mini jap food market! They serve sushi, sashimi, teppan yaki, bbq seafood, ramen, jap pizza and burger and much much more. The style is similar to that of Marche, where u are given a ticket to make payment for ur food. At the end of ur meal, u just pass the ticket to the cashier and make ur payment! Lots of variety and tasty. Nice ambience too. Check it out!

Location:

252 North Bridge Road
#B1-44E Raffles City Shopping Centre

Tel: 6837 3793

Sayonara,
TS!

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