A similar concept to that of Xin Wang and a typical HK cafe. Selling bread and butter stuff, with the caffeine drinks of Coffee and Tea, there are also the blended drinks and smoothies to cater to the Singaporeans.

The outlet here is rather cramp and seating was a little tough. The staff are also not very attentive to you, it would require some bit of waving to get their attention.

Ordered the Fried wanton noodle meal and the Sardine tomyum noodle soup.

The Tomyum was ahhh.. spicy! It was very much like those you find in Malaysia.. looks mild but, hard on the tongue. Clear soup, it was light though.

The Wanton noodle, as usual, I have gripes about the fillings in local wantons. I feel as if I'm just eating the fried skin, with maybe just a drop of minced meat. Liked the noodles though. It was not soggy and had a light 'spring' to it.

On the 3rd level corner of the shopping mall (new wing), there is a cluster of Japanese stalls, selling a variety of Japanese meals. A buffet concept recently opened up as well, which I have not got round to trying.

The place is rather dark, lighting is dim though the ambience is certainly set apart from the usual foodcourts.

The place is largely run and managed by Chinese. There might be one or two authentic Japanese chefs still, though I cannot quite tell who is who. They are all shouting out Japanese greetings and phrases. To a lesser extent than what you would hear in Japan.

Here, we tried the Pork Belly garlic fried rice. Served in a really hot ceramic bowl, the dish came smelling really fragrant. The food got a little too salty for the taste-buds after a while. The garlic fried rice could have been better, taste wise. It was bland. Lacked the omph.

Like how the Japanese have an electronic scale machine to weigh out their rice. Just press a button (which I assume specifies the portion of rice), have an empty bowl at the collection point and.. wala. Always equal portions of rice for each customer.
Which for Singaporeans, makes it tough to say, "less rice, more rice". The Japanese just takes whatever is served, and, finishes up every morsel!

If you want a choice of Japanese meal without having to walk far or fret that your companion might want something other than what you wish, try, Ishi Mura.

So much reviews and adverts for the place, but, I left disappointed.

Certainly, nothing beats the 'real thing' after having tried them in Japan. Far from it.. although the name claims the Gyozas are hand-made, and authentic from Osaka.

Most of the rice/noodle sets came with a plate of 3 gyozas.
We had ordered a Fried rice set (fried rice + soup + 6 gyozas) and a Pork Cutlet Toji to share.

Food service here is prompt and good. It took a few minutes for the dishes to be served.

The fried rice was very fragrant and very tasty too! Absolutely loved it. I might visit the place again just for the fried rice.
The gyoza, I could not tell if they were really hand-made or mass produced in the factory. There was nothing extraordinary about the taste or presentation or fillings. In our opinion, they were like most gyozas we find in other Japanese eateries around the island.

When the Pork cutlet arrived, we wondered if we had ordered the wrong dish. It was like a bowl of egg soup, with slight sightings of some meat, served in a claypot. It was soupy, wet. A little too eggy for us.

Well, the visit was disappointing as I was expecting slightly more than what I got.

This is one interesting eatery. It is not a Malay restaurant.. yet, most if not all the staff are Malays or Indian Muslims.
So you have Malay crew staff with Korean MTVs playing on the overhead televisions.

Not that I have anything against this setting. It just felt, extraordinary.

BBQ Chicken often has promotions that entice patrons; the best I like from them is the buy 1 get 1 free offer. A choice of main dish from their listed and you can choose another listed dish as the free item.
Obviously, being the typical Singaporean, make the money's worth, I went for what was supposedly the most worth it meal.. ordering the Fish & Chips as the free dish.

The friend tried the 'signature' fried chicken wings.

Seriously? The meals were too big for us to stomach all, without bursting our stomach seams.
I could barely finish the fish and the friend could barely finish another part of the wing.

The fries were alright, not too burnt or 'empty'. The coleslaw was fresh.

Ice water is not served at this restaurant.

The place is perpetually crowded and seats are generally hard to come-by. Good thing though, customers rarely stay long. They eat and they go off.

The service staff I've encountered in most Qiji outlets are disgruntled Chinese foreigners. Rather bad service attitudes I have to say. Not just a few of them, but almost ALL I've met. I'm still patronising Qiji, because of the food and sometimes, lack of choices.

No doubt, their Mee Siam and Nasi Lemak are their best sellers. I love them too.

One (very hot) otah, a chicken wing pair, some ikan bilis and peanuts, flattened scrambled egg, cucumber and a minute serving of nasi lemak… all for S$4.
The chicken wing was well fried topped on fragrant coconut rice.
Their chilli... powerful. Don't try if you can't stomach the heat.Pricey? Well, its considered reasonable for a 'branded' eatery.