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.

Sapporo Bishamon Ramen @ GWC

Had lunch at Great World City's Sapporo Ramen Bishamon with a colleague today, and was quite surprised at being able to get a table immediately. Which may translate into alot of negative things which I will decline to mention here.

But to be fair, service staff were prompt and courteous enough to greet us on our way in.

Here are a few pics to (hopefully) whet your appetite:


My observations about this place are best described in this picture, a blurry cup of green tea.


My colleague ordered a bowl of Shio Ramen... at least this looked appetising. $11


My Spicy Beef Ramen set, comes complete with seafood tempura, 3 slices of Salmon Sashimi and some fruits. $15.90. This was Tuesday's set meal of the day (yes, they have one for each day of the week).


Close-up of the Spicy Beef Ramen. Not very spicy, not too many slices of beef (I counted only 3.5 slices) that tasted overcooked and ramen looked suspiciously like instant noodles.


The seafood tempura, which I suspect only consists of prawn meat.

The only saving grace of the day was the fresh salmon sashimi. Then again, their wasabi was below standard and not the usual nose-clearing, strong stuff that I'm used to. Good for beginners, though. =)

While being a ridiculously affordable place for Jap food, quality of the food left much to be desired.

I spent $16 per person.