For Soba lovers, and those who have yet to try Japanese soba, forget the rest of the conventional, grade B soba you get at otherJapanese restaurant. If Shimbashi soba does not have the soba you like, you are probably not fated to savour soba.

At Shimbashi @ Paragon, there is usually a dinner time queue, but it will eventually fade to short waits. The soba is made from freshly grind buckwheat flour at the same time you place your order for food.

I personally enjoyed soba in warm duck soup. Like a salad, they offer cold soba too! With generous servings of Japanese wild vegetable and kelp.

Also try the salmon slices topped with raw quail's egg.

Needless to say, service and environment at Paragon is excellent.

At the end of the meal, they serve bowls of soba water, which is water used to cook the soba noodles in. It is a nice warm soup like the water you get from cooking porridge in. It has all the essential nutrients that soba has to offer.

For the meat lovers, yes the food is awesome. But do care for your wallets coz you're paying premium for the meat that is served a-la-carte style.

I recommend the marinated beef and pork. Forget fats! Think slurps! The charcoal BBQ melts aways the fats and what is left is a brilliantly tender meat, accompanied by kimchi of all kinds.

It will leave you wanting more, and also leave you smelling like a greasy tard. Perfumed dates are not advised.

Once you are hooked, try Jang Shou Korean BBQ in Buffet style at Katong Village. Definitely more satisifying!