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Teppanyaki anyone?
2013-12-17 687 views
Customers would sit around the teppanyaki table ( if ya dunno what I meant, just go foodcourt see lah!) wearing little orange aprons so that customers will be stain-free. Put aside how ridiculous we looked with the aprons on, isnt it thoughtful of the resturant owner? =)Garlic Fried Rice!Yup! I fall in love with this when I first ate it at Sakae Teppanyaki, simply delicious! I think it's nice on its own, even without any other dishes to go with. It was even true here because I couldnt finish my
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Customers would sit around the teppanyaki table ( if ya dunno what I meant, just go foodcourt see lah!) wearing little orange aprons so that customers will be stain-free. Put aside how ridiculous we looked with the aprons on, isnt it thoughtful of the resturant owner? =)
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 Garlic Fried Rice!

Yup! I fall in love with this when I first ate it at Sakae Teppanyaki, simply delicious! I think it's nice on its own, even without any other dishes to go with. It was even true here because I couldnt finish my bowl of rice as we kinda ordered too much... so I suggest to share 1 bowl between 2 pax just to have a taste of it... ^_^
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 Sliced beef in teriyaki sauce

This was not too bad, but best if consumed while steaming hot.
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 Tiger Prawns in processing...
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 The completed product!

Oh, definitely my favourite! It was amazing how the chef was able to shell the prawns using his "tools", and he did that with such skills! He even pan fried the prawn heads, even though I was not too sure whether we were suppose to eat the prawn heads as well or simply an act to allow the chef to display his performance further..
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 Assorted Mushrooms

We sort of regretted ordering this as well, coz our teriyaki beef came with mushrooms. Wasted $$$

So next time you come here to dine, strategize your order! Dun anyhow order like me and ended up wasting food and money... Keke.. I misplaced the receipt, but I remember the bill amounted to roughly $60+. The price came with the usual free flow of green tea, towel, dessert and charges.

And do please remember to make a reservation, coz even though it is ulu, you will be surprised that take up rate is kinda high... ^_^

To view photos and read more, please visit http://fun-hideout.blogspot.sg/2009/07/hill-top-japanese-resturant_28.html

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One of the romantic finds in Singapore
2013-12-09 448 views
Once again, I'm back at my favourite Hill Top Japanese Restaurant.When you face the entrance, turn left for Japanese dining and right for Indonesian dining.The interior of the Japanese restaurant strongly mimics a traditional Japanese tearoom. It's a really beautiful, and comfortable atmosphere to rest or even have an informal meeting with colleagues or clients.Ten Zaru SGD$12.00This delicious cold soba is genuinely authentic from Japan. With a slightly cracked pigeon egg at the centre of the no
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Once again, I'm back at my favourite Hill Top Japanese Restaurant.
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 When you face the entrance, turn left for Japanese dining and right for Indonesian dining.
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 The interior of the Japanese restaurant strongly mimics a traditional Japanese tearoom. It's a really beautiful, and comfortable atmosphere to rest or even have an informal meeting with colleagues or clients.
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 Ten Zaru SGD$12.00
This delicious cold soba is genuinely authentic from Japan. With a slightly cracked pigeon egg at the centre of the noodles, it is apparently a raw pigeon egg that you are supped to eat with the soba. Of course, I couldn't stand the idea of eating a raw egg, and didn't try it.
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 Here's a close-up of the raw egg, go on and eat it brave soldier!
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 The Ten Zaru also comes along with fried Ebi prawns, it was fresh and delicious but the size was rather small.
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 It isn't as oily as I thought it would be, and I guess they have dried the oil pretty well!
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 Teryiyakii Beef Ramen - SGD$9.00
This isn't as good as I expect it would be, the beef was tender and delicious but the soup wasn't thick enough. The noodles were springy but causes me to feel full after awhile.
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 Garlic Rice - SGD$4.20
One of the best garlic rice ever eaten! I could eat it plainly simply like this, its' really delicious and also quite filling with just one bowl.
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 Agedashi Dofu (Tofu) - SGD$6.00
It was a rather disappointing side dish because the glutinous texture of the skin was gross, chewy and drips off like a sticky glue. The tofu was rather soft and smooth, but the skin didn't fit it at all. I wouldn't recommend the Agedashi Dofu if you're particular about the skin!
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 Katsu Don - SGD$10.00
This katsu don is really worth every penny, the portion was huge and the restaurant was extremely generous with the chicken. The rice, topped with Japanese sweet sauce, was a heavenly match with my taste buds! The rice, sticky and chewy, went really well with the fresh chicken.

In conclusion, not every menu item is consistently delicious; and the service there was alright, nothing too fanciful but not poor at all.
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A quiet stroll & good food :)
2013-07-16 76 views
Hill Top Restaurant is not an easily accessible place unless you have an automobile. It's really a great getaway from the city, in the city. I love the notion of stepping in and feeling like you're not really in Singapore, (but not really in Japan either), it's just such a great getaway and strangely it sort of brings me back to Taiwan where there's such tranquility and peace! Please DO NOT take these stairs when you see it. There is another way to get around it, just keep walking straight unti
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 Hill Top Restaurant is not an easily accessible place unless you have an automobile. It's really a great getaway from the city, in the city.
I love the notion of stepping in and feeling like you're not really in Singapore, (but not really in Japan either), it's just such a great getaway and strangely it sort of brings me back to Taiwan where there's such tranquility and peace!
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 Please DO NOT take these stairs when you see it. There is another way to get around it, just keep walking straight until you see a sort-of-look-like-a-multistorey-carpark and go all the way up! Anyway, there is really a beautiful view overlooking the shores of Singapore, so you can take your loved one there if you're a hopeless romantic.
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 The Japanese restaurant is located right beside the erm, Indonesian food restaurant. You can get the menus from both restaurant and sit anywhere you like, it's rather spacious and comfortable.
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 They try to mimic the Japanese-style but the atmosphere didn't quite put it well because of the Indonesian fusion in it. We didn't really have a friendly service crew helping us out, as we were quite blur initially on where to sit and which restaurant belonged to who, and they didn't explain to us but just handed us four types of menus which was really quite confusing.
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 Satay (6 pcs; Min order: 5 pcs) = $6
The first time I put this in my mouth, I really felt I was eating some stone. It was quite difficult to chew, but I really had no idea why the more I chew, the more I love it. It became much more chewable after awhile.
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 The sauce is the highlight of the satay, but they gave a rather small amount, slightly less than half. It should be sweet peanut sauce, and I love the outcome of my chunky meat soaked in the delicious sauce!
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 Teriyaki Chicken Ramen - $8
Twirling my noodles and fishing for delicious chicken chunks in the ramen is really fun. The ramen was nothing fantastic, I'd rate it quite averagely. I really enjoyed slurping down the soup, it was salty and it was sweet, making the bowl totally flavourful!
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 Tempura Udon - SGD$8
I fell in love with this! Initially thought it'd be just a preserved already-made Udon, but the texture tasted nothing like those that you can buy from supermarket. It comes with a standard, the udon. I was really disappointed that the tempura prawn.. was only ONE in quantity. The rest had fried capsicum (which was rather battered with the flour and all), green pepper, carrot and other vegetables. I wish they could give at least two prawns, but I guess it's because it's just $8?
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 Here's a close-up of the prawns as side-dishes, and I'm glad they didn't soak these deep-fried luxury into the soup as that would take away all their crispiness. It was really a crunch in my mouth!
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 Garlic Rice - $4.20
This is probably the highlight of the meal, the garlic rice was extremely a special and unique dish coming from the Japanese cuisine industry. Be sure to flush down all your garlic 'stench' with fluids! This dish could be used as a side dish instead (as you order your main meal) and be shared among your dining partners.
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 We were a group of three, and spent $32.80 in total. I must emphasize that I really feel it's rather affordable for a place and food like this.
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Jurong Hilltop Restaurant
2013-07-13 335 views
By the time we left Jurong Birdpark, it was already 3pm. We haven't had our lunch so I asked hubby to follow the signage that led to Jurong Hilltop Restaurant, which is a bit further up from the birdpark. Reached the carpark gantry, the parking fee is $3. We found our way to the restaurant which is at the basement of a swirling staircase. Reached the restaurant and we realized that we were the only customer!! Oops.. feel quite awkward. They served 3 types of cusines here and I requested for Japa
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By the time we left Jurong Birdpark, it was already 3pm. We haven't had our lunch so I asked hubby to follow the signage that led to Jurong Hilltop Restaurant, which is a bit further up from the birdpark. Reached the carpark gantry, the parking fee is $3. We found our way to the restaurant which is at the basement of a swirling staircase. Reached the restaurant and we realized that we were the only customer!! Oops.. feel quite awkward. They served 3 types of cusines here and I requested for Japanese Teppanyaki.

On every table, you will find a folded orange apron and the staff will help you wear the apron once you are seated. =P

I ordered the garlic rice ($3.50) and venison set ($14).
The garlic rice tasted really really good! Really left me craving for more.
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 Hubby ordered the beef set.
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 The chef will divide our portion of venison and beef for us so each of us have a plate of venison and a plate of beef. The set also comes with a plate of beansprouts.
My suggestion for you is if you want to come and try out this restaurant, maybe you should come here for dinner. After dinner, you can have a very nice night view of Jurong/ Tuas area at the hilltop as well - Romantic?
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My birthday dinner
2013-04-03 205 views
FoodTeppanyaki on a hilltop - hmmm... the idea of having a birthday dinner over there feels good.The last time I have been year it's like 10 years back, well... I would say that nothing has changed... the thing that only changes is perhaps their staff faces... I dont know... Let's take a look at what my treat is all about. The "Ah Char" and Braised sotong are our starters after placing on our "bib/apron" provided by the restaurant.Look what we had ordered! A specific cook for the night will go t
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Teppanyaki on a hilltop - hmmm... the idea of having a birthday dinner over there feels good.
The last time I have been year it's like 10 years back, well... I would say that nothing has changed... the thing that only changes is perhaps their staff faces... I dont know...

Let's take a look at what my treat is all about.


The "Ah Char" and Braised sotong are our starters after placing on our "bib/apron" provided by the restaurant.
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 Look what we had ordered! A specific cook for the night will go to the kitchen, prepare the ingredients for our dish and place it near the teppan.
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 The cook prepare the Venison (deer) meat before our eyes, professional! Since we are the first customer of the counter, he is polite to asked if we want "slow-cook" or "fast-cook" of course, we have chosen the slower way.
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 The fried olive rice was cooked by the kitchen and not our designated chef. Comes only in a bowl and yammy! It's delicious! Every mouthful of rice scoop up using my chopsticks, I get to see the olive substances in it. Smells good! * Thumbs up*
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 Scallops over the Teppanyaki is different. Scallops are fresh, soft and tangy feeling. For every of portion the chef cooked, he will place equally amount on my plate and on my friend's.
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 We have a choice of chawanmushi or miso soup. We ordered both. As for the miso soup, there is nothing special in particular. For chawanmushi, I like the ingredients inside, mushrooms and crab meat given were ample. Crab meat provided are those better in quality - Japanese ones, you can tell from the taste, it tastes different and the color is different from the local made ones we had from the super marts/markets.
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 This is not pork! Maybe the presentation doesnt looks good but this is definitely a must try! Foie Gras! A little oozey with a slightly crispy outside. A bite on it and it so silky on your tongue. It's sooooo good!
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 The way the chef cut the asparagus into pieces are too skillful for me to mention.
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 Teppanyaki mushroom filled with garlic. Soft, flavorful and great as usual!
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 Beansprouts were compliments from the restaurant.
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 After a few plates served, there were more customers and they ordered beef! There was big flame over our counter and this is where majority of the smoke comes about.
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 Desserts are compliments from the restaurant too. We have chosen honey dew sago and mango pudding. Nothing to shout about but honey dew sago is full of coconut's taste.
. However we enjoyed our desserts over at the desserts corner - the staff will usually bring the customers over to this corner for desserts after the teppanyaki session.
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Service is definitely there - above average but not excellent. Once in a while, the waitress will come over to our seats and top up the tea for us. Also when we were seated surrounding the teppanyaki corner, they assist us to put the apron over our neck. Ha! I felt like a baby with a bib over my neck!


Ambience
The hilltop restaurant does offer other cuisine like the indonesian cuisine at the other end of the restaurant. The chairs over there were not as comfy as the Japanese restaurant. Atmosphere looks abit run down and like the restaurants in the shows during the 70s / 80s. During the teppanyaki dinning it will be smoky of course as customers are seated in front of the cook.

Price
Quite a bomb, spending about over $100 and average of $60 per person. It's a good for experience and maybe it's located in Hill area, that is why price are abit steep.

Recommendation / Tips
A quiet place for dinner and usually after dinner, we will smell of smoke.
After dinner, we can walk up and down the hills, however do note that you may need to bring insect repellant as I'm bitten by the mosquitoes.
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2013-02-19 151 views
i went there for lunch. We drove all the way from tuas to jurong bird park, LOL ... really a long way. but suprisingly there were many customers having lunch there even the location is far. climbed the tower after lunch, on top have a view of jurong shipyards... the view reduced my appetite, hahaservice is just so so maybe due to lack of manpower? feel the table is not very clean, can see oil mark... but for that price for that location, guess it is normal. food is normal
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 i went there for lunch. We drove all the way from tuas to jurong bird park, LOL ... really a long way. but suprisingly there were many customers having lunch there even the location is far.

climbed the tower after lunch, on top have a view of jurong shipyards... the view reduced my appetite, haha

service is just so so maybe due to lack of manpower? feel the table is not very clean, can see oil mark... but for that price for that location, guess it is normal.

food is normal
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Good hidden restaurant for a quiet dinner
2012-11-29 30 views
The restaurant sits above Jurong Birdpark, right on the top of the hill as the name suggests. Overlooking the entire jurong area Very pretty at night!Atmosphere feels a lil' old/run-down. Food looks so-so, but taste fine. The Teriyaki beef ramen is a MUST-HAVE! The soup is so sweet and fragrant, beef just to the right tenderness. The ramen itself is very unique too, has the smooth eggy taste to it Visit http://oyhz.blogspot.sg/2012/02/hilltop-restaurant.html for more photos
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The restaurant sits above Jurong Birdpark, right on the top of the hill as the name suggests.

Overlooking the entire jurong area
Very pretty at night!

Atmosphere feels a lil' old/run-down. Food looks so-so, but taste fine. The Teriyaki beef ramen is a MUST-HAVE! The soup is so sweet and fragrant, beef just to the right tenderness. The ramen itself is very unique too, has the smooth eggy taste to it


Visit http://oyhz.blogspot.sg/2012/02/hilltop-restaurant.html for more photos
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Sashimi
2012-07-25 33 views
I am a super sashimi fan and always love to try all ways to eat my favourite sashimi. This Japnese restaurant has really fresh and juicy sashimi available in their restaurant daily, which is easy for me to buy back home to create the version which I love to eat. have tried to roll them together and top it with fresh nice mayonise sauce and the taste is really nice and goes very well goether as well.
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I am a super sashimi fan and always love to try all ways to eat my favourite sashimi. This Japnese restaurant has really fresh and juicy sashimi available in their restaurant daily, which is easy for me to buy back home to create the version which I love to eat. have tried to roll them together and top it with fresh nice mayonise sauce and the taste is really nice and goes very well goether as well.
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Hill Top Japanese Restaurant
2012-01-14 20 views
http://thechosenglutton.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/hill-top-japanese-restaurant/A Teppanyaki Restaurant on a hilltop. Mhm, well, not too bad an idea, was my thought when thinking of where to head to for a nice, yet different experience. If you’re on a public transport, forget about going there. By its name you can already guess (and no prize for guessing) that it’s well on top. By that though, it also means that the view will be rewarding.Hill Top Japanese Restaurant is without a doubt, a hidden f
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A Teppanyaki Restaurant on a hilltop. Mhm, well, not too bad an idea, was my thought when thinking of where to head to for a nice, yet different experience. If you’re on a public transport, forget about going there. By its name you can already guess (and no prize for guessing) that it’s well on top. By that though, it also means that the view will be rewarding.

Hill Top Japanese Restaurant is without a doubt, a hidden find. You already get a treat (to your eyes) even before you enter the restaurant. The feeling is just, carefree. Whilst at the carpark, you’ll see a long flight of stairs leading up – don’t go up, just go past the stairs and there you’ll see the restaurant, tucked in a corner.
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 Don’t you feel that it’s always a feast to the eyes when the chef plays around withe the spatula, the oil, and the sprinkles of salt. It’s such a pleasure to be seating right in front witnessing it (although you will have to put up with the smell of it all at the end of the day).
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 Fried Garlic Rice ($3.80++) :: The smell definitely aroused the senses, but the taste didn’t match quite up there. It was forgettable and only average.

Kurobita Pork Belly ($23++) :: Pork Belly, yummmyyy. Love its tender meat, and well, I don’t know about you, but Pork Belly, rarely, goes wrong. Everything can be said to be fine except that its portion is disturbingly disappointing. Which goes likewise for the next course.

Black Pepper NZ Fillet Steak ($30++) :: Maybe it’s because we shared the courses we ordered between a couple of people, but still, that would have to add up to equal if we ordered a 1:1 ratio of main courses. But still it didn’t fill our stomachs much. Quantity aside, I thought the quality was up to standard for this meat here too. It’s chopped into cubes for us – easy bite size, and tasty.

Beancurd ($4++) :: I tell you, this, coupled with the soy sauce, is WIN. The beancurd itself doesn’t come with much taste to it, but with a little company with the aforementioned, it brings out the personality in the beancurd, if I may. Worth giving this a try, as ordinary as it may be.

Service is above average though not excellent. And that applies to the ambience of the restaurant too. It’s probably the view and the location that makes the restaurant somewhere worth going to at least once. The quality is there, but not the quantity. Matched with the super steep prices, it’s not somewhere I’d be back anytime soon, at least.
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 Oh yes, they have a complimentary dessert for each guests too. You get to choose between Mango Pudding, Sago Honeydew, Chin Chow, Almond Beancurd, and Green Tea / Strawberry / Vanilla / Chocolate Ice Cream. We went for the Sago Honeydew. Well, it’s not too bad, although nothing much to highlight.
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VIP dining with a view
2011-04-12 26 views
Jurong Hill overlooks the Jurong Industrial Estate and is surrounded by a garden of trees planted by VIPs around the world, from Queens and Princes to Presidents and Prime Ministers. Everytime I visit the hill, I imagine former Finance Minister Goh Keng Swee with VIP guests gaining a vantage view of the vast symbol of development in Singapore from the highest point in the area. After a tour of the area, the best place to dine with these VIP would definitely be the only restaurant on the top of t
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Jurong Hill overlooks the Jurong Industrial Estate and is surrounded by a garden of trees planted by VIPs around the world, from Queens and Princes to Presidents and Prime Ministers. Everytime I visit the hill, I imagine former Finance Minister Goh Keng Swee with VIP guests gaining a vantage view of the vast symbol of development in Singapore from the highest point in the area. After a tour of the area, the best place to dine with these VIP would definitely be the only restaurant on the top of the hill - the Hill Top Japanese Restaurant.
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 This teppanyaki Japanese restaurant is one of the best teppan places in Singapore. It may look straight out from the 70s but that's most likely because it's been there since the area was first developed in the 1970s. But the food is not outdated that's for sure!
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 You can tell that the restaurant is one of class as it comes with careful and elaborate attention to detail. From the orange apron that they give all guests to prevent you from dirtying your clothes to the complimentary pickles, to the sprinkling of sesame on your plain rice and the complimentary teppan vegetables at the end of your meal. The menu comes with a single column of different cuts of meat and no other explanation. It is quiet refinement.
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 The food is generally delicious and the beers are cheap. Try the garlic rice which is supposed to be one of their specialties. But white rice is just as good, depending on your preferences. When I was there, we were also served free ice cream or pudding (nothing fancy) at the end of the meal in an adjoining room to free up space around the teppan tables. It was definitely an experience.
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