Shin Kushiya

Located in a corner of Vivocity nearby the GV Cinema, Shin Kushiya caught my eye and I decided to give this Jap restaurant a try.


Shin Kushiya


Sashimi Moriawase... consisting of Maguro, Salmon, Mekajiki, Hamachi and Amaebi. $22.


Onsen Tamago - loosely translated as "Hot Spring Egg". This one is a soft boiled egg served in a cup of soba sauce topped with spring onions! Didn't really get to taste the yolk of the egg here as the soba sauce and spring onions covered the taste of the egg.


Agedashi Tofu - topped with yummy seaweed strips!


Buta Mentai Kushiyaki - Pork-on-a-stick, topped with spicy fish roe! The pork was served on a stick in neat rectangular slices, alternating between lean meat and some fats. The Mentaiko here, unfortunately, didn't taste like what you normally find in most restaurants. $3.20 per stick


Shishamo! Usual, nothing out of the ordinary here. $1.90 per pc.


Soft shell Crab! this one tasted crispy on the outside and squishy on the inside.


Niku Nabe (Meat Hotpot) - This one tasted quite ok, full of ingredients such as meat slices, mushrooms and other interesting stuff.


Mentaiko Spaghetti - This one was a disappointment for me as the mentaiko did not taste like it normally would in other restaurants. Or maybe it was just a different type that I wasn't used to.


And how else to top off a very satisfying meal - a scoop of nice Haagen-Dazs ice cream! =D

Overall the service was very polite and prompt, but the food was pretty ok-lah standard. Nothing special to shout about, but to their credit, they carried quite a wide range of Jap food for you to choose from. Not exactly cheap either.

I spent about $46 per person.

Sushi Tei @ Holland Village

This one's a two-storey building among the row of restaurants opposite the hawker center in Holland Village, and they don't take lunch reservations, so people interested in dining here can just do the walk-in.

Ground floor is the area where the sushi conveyor belt runs around the first thing that greets your sight immediately when you walk in - the lobster tank.

We were immediately led to the 2nd floor where the standard dining area is and I was surprised to find a nice corner with tatami style flooring.

When we got down to ordering, the nice colourful menu had many pages of different styles of Japanese Dining, such as Nabemono, Sushi, Makimono, Sashimi, and many more!

It took quite a long time for the food to be served, though. The wait was seemingly excruciatingly long for a hungry man, even though the restaurant only seemed 80% full.


Cha Soba - They put 3 ice cubes under the noodles to make it look like there's a big helping, but still left me feeling hungry after I had finished it. No quail egg here, too. $7


Nabemono.



Tofu Mentai Cheese - This one is a MUST TRY. The Mentaiko (明太子) is the spicy roe of the pollock fish, and can found in both Japanese and Korean fare. This one is tofu coated in mentaiko and topped with a generous helping of cheese. Try it yourself, bet you'll like it! $10.



Sashimi - The saving grace for this restaurant would be the fresh sashimi. Although I reckon we didn't really get a good cut of Maguro this time round (flesh was tearing apart at the lines), the Hamachi and Salmon were neatly cut into THICK slices and they tasted fresh and tantalizing! Good thing about Sushi Tei is that they allow you to make a choice from different combinations of sashimi, e.g 3, 4 or 5 slices at different prices. The different combinations also feature a wide array of selection for sashimi, even the rarer ones like sea urchin (Uni), amaebi and many others. 5 slices - $22

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The Shishamo here was disappointing though, as it was only served in plates of 2 pieces.

I spent about $28 per person.