Whenever Mummy and Daddy and Me go to the "middle" Orchard area, i.e. Shaw Centre, DFS, Ion, etc..we'll park at Shaw Centre cos' the parking there is cheapest in Orchard (i think)..but the carpark is crowded most of the time and we'll end up driving all the way up to the 10th or 11th level before getting a lot..but sometimes we get lucky and manage to get a lot at level 3 or 4..and whenever we do that and walk into Shaw Centre from the carpark..we'll pass by this Japanese restaurant which is located right at the carpark entrance..which looks pretty atas..and seems to be quite populated by REAL Japanese customers..but we never realli got down to trying it until last year when Daddy and Mummy were craving for Japanese food and decided to give this place a shot! It was then that we found out that the restaurant was actualli Kuriya..which is a chain of Japanese restaurants run by RE&S (Shimbashi, Ichiban, Kuishin Bo, etc.)..which got us rather doubtful since chain usualli means not that authentic/maybe mass production/varying standards across outlets..right? =p
There were alot-alot of different dishes/combos/items on the menu..so Daddy and Mummy went for the easy choice and decided to order two set dinners instead..Mummy went for the shabu-shabu set and Daddy went for the sushi set. Whatever the case..both sets started off with this large bowl of salad. The veggies were..well..veggies lor =p But one thing hor - the sauce was very good! This seems to be the standard Japanese sauce for salad at Japanese restaurants (me remember having this at Akashi too)..wonder what it is! =p
Will start with Mummy's set first..which came with a serving of salmon sashimi, served on alot-alot of ice! Hehehe. Looks realli yummy hor..and the salmon was realli fresh and yummy! Melt-in-the-mouth too! =p
And this was the rest of Mummy's set! Got a hotpot full of goodies..like mushrooms and veggies..and got lots of slices of fatty, tender beef to cook! Yummy! The set came with a small bowl of chawanmushi and some rice too..but of course..the highlight was the beef lar!
And then over to Daddy's set! Daddy's set was more exciting..Hehehe. Got more dishes, more appetisers..starting with a chawanmushi! Daddy's chawanmushi was much bigger than Mummy's..Hehehe. Can compare here! =p
Chaaaaawanmushi! Daddy is not crazy over this dish lar..so he didn't find it too fantastic or anything..
And then there was THIS...
Daddy's dilemma - how to eat this? Can pour out the soup..but what about the liao inside? They'll drop to the bottom and get stuck lor..and the teapot hole is so small that u can't put a spoon in! Then scoop the liao out while there's still soup ar? But the spoon cannot fit in leh! Hehehe. In the end..Daddy just poured out the soup and used his chopstick to "dig" out the liao..Hehehe. Any idea how to eat this? =p
Daddy's set also came with a mixed sashimi..which was again on lots of ice..but had 3 or 4 varieties of sashimi! This was fresh and yummy too! The sashimi here is gooood!
And the "main course" for Daddy's set..SUSHI! This was reallirealli good..i tink close to one of the betterest sushi we've had in Singapore! Everything was fresh and yummy..and the rice was well-prepared too! Compact but not too sticky! Only complain - there was a little bit too much wasabi within! And Daddy asked for NO wasabi lor..
Another look at the suuuuuuuushi...
So we had a realli good meal at Kuriya..the food was good, the servings were pretty generous..although the prices were fairly high also lar..i think each set was like $60 or $70? Something like that bah..but in terms of the quality of food..definitely good and much better than all the other Japanese restaurant chains out there! The place was quite nice also..somehow it gave a rather relaxed and not-in-Singapore feel..maybe cos' all of the Japanese people there lar..BUT hor..now the bad news..the Shaw Centre outlet closed down a month after we visited it! =( Think cos' Shaw Centre is going to undergo renovation..so that was our one and onli time there! Guess we can try the other Kuriyas around bah..hopefully the food is just as good too! =)
There were alot-alot of different dishes/combos/items on the menu..so Daddy and Mummy went for the easy choice and decided to order two set dinners instead..Mummy went for the shabu-shabu set and Daddy went for the sushi set. Whatever the case..both sets started off with this large bowl of salad. The veggies were..well..veggies lor =p But one thing hor - the sauce was very good! This seems to be the standard Japanese sauce for salad at Japanese restaurants (me remember having this at Akashi too)..wonder what it is! =p
Will start with Mummy's set first..which came with a serving of salmon sashimi, served on alot-alot of ice! Hehehe. Looks realli yummy hor..and the salmon was realli fresh and yummy! Melt-in-the-mouth too! =p
And this was the rest of Mummy's set! Got a hotpot full of goodies..like mushrooms and veggies..and got lots of slices of fatty, tender beef to cook! Yummy! The set came with a small bowl of chawanmushi and some rice too..but of course..the highlight was the beef lar!
And then over to Daddy's set! Daddy's set was more exciting..Hehehe. Got more dishes, more appetisers..starting with a chawanmushi! Daddy's chawanmushi was much bigger than Mummy's..Hehehe. Can compare here! =p
Chaaaaawanmushi! Daddy is not crazy over this dish lar..so he didn't find it too fantastic or anything..
And then there was THIS...
Daddy's dilemma - how to eat this? Can pour out the soup..but what about the liao inside? They'll drop to the bottom and get stuck lor..and the teapot hole is so small that u can't put a spoon in! Then scoop the liao out while there's still soup ar? But the spoon cannot fit in leh! Hehehe. In the end..Daddy just poured out the soup and used his chopstick to "dig" out the liao..Hehehe. Any idea how to eat this? =p
Daddy's set also came with a mixed sashimi..which was again on lots of ice..but had 3 or 4 varieties of sashimi! This was fresh and yummy too! The sashimi here is gooood!
And the "main course" for Daddy's set..SUSHI! This was reallirealli good..i tink close to one of the betterest sushi we've had in Singapore! Everything was fresh and yummy..and the rice was well-prepared too! Compact but not too sticky! Only complain - there was a little bit too much wasabi within! And Daddy asked for NO wasabi lor..
Another look at the suuuuuuuushi...
So we had a realli good meal at Kuriya..the food was good, the servings were pretty generous..although the prices were fairly high also lar..i think each set was like $60 or $70? Something like that bah..but in terms of the quality of food..definitely good and much better than all the other Japanese restaurant chains out there! The place was quite nice also..somehow it gave a rather relaxed and not-in-Singapore feel..maybe cos' all of the Japanese people there lar..BUT hor..now the bad news..the Shaw Centre outlet closed down a month after we visited it! =( Think cos' Shaw Centre is going to undergo renovation..so that was our one and onli time there! Guess we can try the other Kuriyas around bah..hopefully the food is just as good too! =)
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