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Dinner at Z'en Japanese
2014-09-15 139 views
Having dined at EN Japanese Restaurant (the branch at Coronation Plaza) several years back, I suddenly feel like having it again, just because I recall it had been good. *Celine, *Charliez and I visited the sister outlet, Z'en Japanese Restaurant - blending tranquility with a touch of modernity to create some of Z'en's popular signature dishes.We started with the Shabu Shabu - with thin slices of Beef that tasted like cheeseburger's patty literally, except a whole lot more tender and fresher. We
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 Having dined at EN Japanese Restaurant (the branch at Coronation Plaza) several years back, I suddenly feel like having it again, just because I recall it had been good. *Celine, *Charliez and I visited the sister outlet, Z'en Japanese Restaurant - blending tranquility with a touch of modernity to create some of Z'en's popular signature dishes.
Shabu Shabu Beef
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 We started with the Shabu Shabu - with thin slices of Beef that tasted like cheeseburger's patty literally, except a whole lot more tender and fresher. We also threw in the mandatory must-have platter of Vegetables for a balanced meal - and to add some crisp sweetness to the soup. And fine slices of Pork to further sweeten the deal.
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 We had one fo the unique delicacies here - the Asparagus with Bleu Cheese - we are not fans of blue cheese, but the lightly-infused method worked really well with this sweet vegetable with a stronger hint of "grassy" taste. This was a keeper.
Bacon Wrapped Mochi
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 Another specialty of their - crispy Bacon-wrapped Mochi - a beautiful play of textures, the crispy against the sticky chewiness of mochi, of mochi's plainer flavor balancing the bacon's sapid saltiness out. We enjoyed this creation as well.

All in all, the quality of food was so-so (average), with some outstanding and creative items which I'd pointed out specially above. Each of us spent SGD$68.00 (including our SGD$6.00 drinks) - I'd recommend that one comes here for the wide variety of food and never mind the service.

For more detailed information and photos, please feel free to pop by:
http://thearcticstar.blogspot.sg/2014/09/dinner-at-zen-japanese-restaurant.html

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Shabu Shabu Beef
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Quality + Great Value Alacarte Lunch Buffet
2014-07-21 46 views
See my full reviews & photos at = http://chefquak.com/2014/07/21/quality-great-value-alacarte-buffet-zen-on-21jul2014/bought 2xS$33.80 groupons & went with sis to zen at ue square for ala carte lunch buffet on 21.7.2014. normal lunch buffet is priced at S$42++pax. i had also taken their lunch sets starting from S$16++pax (but some years back) & they are pretty good. quality of food & cooking had always been good here.for the ala carte buffet, the main event was the wagyu shabu shabu. there was a
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bought 2xS$33.80 groupons & went with sis to zen at ue square for ala carte lunch buffet on 21.7.2014.

normal lunch buffet is priced at S$42++pax. i had also taken their lunch sets starting from S$16++pax (but some years back) & they are pretty good. quality of food & cooking had always been good here.
for the ala carte buffet, the main event was the wagyu shabu shabu. there was also pork & whole array of jap dishes. only set back is the lack of good sashimi other than salmon for the buffet. you could order them as additional ala carte orders & they were at good discounted prices too e.g. what looked liked a very good 10 piece sushi set was going for like S$18. i wouldn’t order that while i was having a alacarte buffet lunch though.
the salmon sashimi was good, probably about chikuwatei & momoya standard. anyway these days many places served good salmon sashimi. the aburi salmon sushi & maguro sushi were both good but the rice was so huge you could not order more w/o leaving the rice. anyway i set aside the rice for later dishes like the kimchi but a & ebi ika basil dish. 
both the broiled oysters & the breaded oysters were good. we did not order additional as could not finish so much food!
also ordered 2 pieces ebi tempura (forgot to take pictures). good too. flour a bit much. we did not add orders.
unlike the sister restaurant en japanese dining bar, they did not serve beef carpaccio, but the wafu steak was really very good, very tender & sweet.
the 2 thai & korean dishes showed the quality of cooking here. kimchi but a was just ok but with lots of pork & belly pork. the basil prawns & squid was very good, the standerd of a good thai restaurant. i kept my rice for these dishes. for the main event wagyu shabu shabu, the beef was excellent. perhaps azmaya was better. hard to tell, but this was very good anyway. 
it came in 1/2 & full portion (200g). we had the full portion for 2pax but could not add more. we also ordered 1/2 portion belly pork. it was just 6 slices & it was very good. we just could not add more.
decided to take 1/2 portion of unagi chahan to share. it was still very large portion & we took about 70%. it was very flavourful with unagi pieces but no better than a good fried rice at imperial treasure or crystal jade lamian xiaolongbao.
also shared a tofu cheese cake & a creme brûlée. both were good. creme brûlée a bit sweeter & we did not finish it.
the normal weekday lunch buffet price is S$42++pax & dinner S$52++pax. still ok i guess if you take a lot of beef. the S$33.80nett groupon deal was of course superb value.

just to add that the service was overall good. not always the most attentive, but very polite friendly when they served you. ice water was free unlike other places (tajimaya does not serve tap water & charges S$5.90 for 1 litre bottled water), so the S$33.80 groupon was all we paid.
broiled oysters
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zen japanese cuisine restaurant
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aburi salmon sushi
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breaded oysters
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wagyu beef shabu shabu
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belly pork for shabu sahu
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salmon sashimi
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wagyu beef shabu shabu
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wagyu beef shabu shabu
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broiled oysters
zen japanese cuisine restaurant
aburi salmon sushi
breaded oysters
wagyu beef shabu shabu
belly pork for shabu sahu
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wagyu beef shabu shabu
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Z'en Japanese Cuisine ( Beef Shabu Shabu and Ala C
2013-01-30 39 views
Do you like Japanese Food?You will like this placeZ'en Japanese Cuisine http://www.endiningbars.com/zen/We had this Beef Shabu Shabu and Ala Carte Buffethttp://www.endiningbars.com/zen/promotion/Adult Dinner$52++ /pax (Mon to Fri / PH Eve)$48++ /pax (Sat, Sun, PH)Adult Lunch $38++ /pax (Mon to Fri)Child$18++ /pax (6 - 12 yrs old)Here's the menu of the buffethttp://www.endiningbars.com/zen/buffet/zen_buffet.pdfIt's very easy, you order dishes and they will serve to you.They had so many variety of
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You will like this place
Z'en Japanese Cuisine
http://www.endiningbars.com/zen/
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 We had this Beef Shabu Shabu and Ala Carte Buffet

http://www.endiningbars.com/zen/promotion/
Adult Dinner
$52++ /pax (Mon to Fri / PH Eve)
$48++ /pax (Sat, Sun, PH)
Adult Lunch $38++ /pax (Mon to Fri)

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$18++ /pax (6 - 12 yrs old)

Here's the menu of the buffet
http://www.endiningbars.com/zen/buffet/zen_buffet.pdf
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 It's very easy, you order dishes and they will serve to you.
They had so many variety of Japanese food !

First thing we ordered Salmon Sashimi
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 It's my all time favourite when it comes to Japanese food. And this is real good!

some of the buffet ala carte food we ordered
Fried Rice, Squid, Chicken Meat Skewer, Beef Shabu Shaubu, chicken shabu shabu
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 This rice was alright for me, I think is too salty but my friends like it. (I got picky mouth)
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 Sirloin steak. this is real good ! very juicy and soft!

We also had deep fried oyster
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 I like the fresh osyter inside. I'm not a fan of fried stuffs but this is good.

You can order as many times as you want.
and chicken heart skewer

We had a lot more food. And this is really good.
It might be pricey but it's so good !
Highly recommended !

Not forgetting they have desserts too
and this is a must order!
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 TOFU CHEESECAKE !!!!!
THIS IS SO YUMMYLICIOUS !!!!!!!!
must order!

Z'en Japanese Cuisine
205 River Valley Road
UE Square #01-75
+65 6732 3110

Monday to Friday 12pm to 2.30pm, 6pm to 12am
Saturday, Sunday, Public Holiday 6pm to 12am
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Z'en Japanese Cuisine
2011-10-25 16 views
Zen has a pretty killer a la carte buffet comprising both shabu shabu and regular items. The one dish that I think makes the whole buffet worthwhile is the aburi salmon sushi. The sushi is perfectly sized and small amounts of rice with fairly decent slices of salmon belly, lightly torched for a smoky flavour and topped with a dollop of mayonnaiseTwo other items which are worth ordering at least one portion each are the grilled sirloin steak with ponzu sauce, and tenderloin beef cubes with mashed
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Zen has a pretty killer a la carte buffet comprising both shabu shabu and regular items. The one dish that I think makes the whole buffet worthwhile is the aburi salmon sushi. The sushi is perfectly sized and small amounts of rice with fairly decent slices of salmon belly, lightly torched for a smoky flavour and topped with a dollop of mayonnaise
Two other items which are worth ordering at least one portion each are the grilled sirloin steak with ponzu sauce, and tenderloin beef cubes with mashed potato. The tenderloin cubes are so tender they really melt in your mouth, but I actually prefer the sirloin because it has a bit more texture and more importantly, a more pronounced beefy flavour
Desserts are included in the buffet too – cheesecake, coconut crème brulee, and vanilla and chocolate ice creams. I like the cheesecake, which was light, not too sweet and a perfect end to the meal.
The service can be a bit slow though so place a big first round order and be prepared to wait!!
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