This place is really not that easy to find. Our GPS even led us into the cargo centre. They put signboards on the roads but it wasn't enough to direct us....nonetheless, we finally found it. As this is our first time dining in this restaurant, we didn't know what to order. So we went for the 2 pax set meal. This wasn't without trouble. The waiter serving us was from China....so either our mandarin sucked or his ears was problematic. We requested for the 2 pax set from the set menu. I then saw from the menu that it was only available for lunch. So I asked the guy if we can have the dinner menu as this was the lunch menu. He took the menu and never came back. We requested for the same thing from another waitress and she explained to us that only one of the sets is for lunch, the rest is available for dinner as well. She was better.First on the list was the pork ribs. Not really a big fan of pork ribs and this dish didn't change that.The salted egg yold prawns didn't taste as well as I expected. It is like one is more than enough that kind of taste. I went for a second piece only because I didn't want to waste too much food.Nothing special about the crackers. I tried eating it with the chilli sauce but it just didn't bring out the taste. I prefer those I have purchased from mama shop.Love the spinach. Not really a fish person so I wouldn't comment on that. I finish most of the spinach on the plate.This is probably the only reason we are here. We heard so much about the black pepper crab. Unfortunately, I find it abit over rated. It was as nice as what I thought it would be. I took only one claw and didn't want to eat the rest. Maybe I have tasted other better ones and was expecting the same kind of standards.
This is perhaps the best dish on the table besides the spinach dish. They put crispy rice on top of the fried rice which gives a different feel to the whole experience. The flavor was good as well. It was yummy.I think this was sago honeydew. It's completely tasteless.

To conclude, I think this restaurant is abit over-rated. I wouldn't go back again. The other interesting thing about this restaurant is that you can actually feed the fishes with milk bottles. As nothing in this world is free, especially in Singapore, you need to pay $4. It's worth a try if you want to know how it feels like to feed a fish with milk bottle.

After our dinner, the girlies decided to complete the night with dessert. We walked all over 313 but couldn't find something we like until one of the girls suggested Charlie Brown Cafe. Having been to the one in Hong Kong, I immediately agreed. First on the menu was the lava cake. It was slightly disappointing. We were expecting the chocolate to be flowing out but it was more cakey then flowy. Another point to note is that the 'lava' wasn't hot.The drinks were cute. They came with 4 different colors and flavors depicting 4 seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter. Spring is green (mint), Summer is orange (orange and pineapple), Autumn is red (apple) and winter is blue (lychee). The waitress will serve the drinks and wait for the sparkle to sizzle out before removing sparkle stick and leaving the table.We had autumn (there's a piece of apple in it), winter (there's 2 lychees in it) and summer (a piece of orange in it). It's only $5 per cup!

It was after our class in Katong area and we decided to try out the famous Ampang Yong Tau Fu (YTF). The ordering process is abit weird. Instead of getting to choose our own item visually, we get to choose the items from a piece of paper. So you basically need to be quite familiar with YTF food items, if not, you won't really know what to order without being able to see what to choose. The YFT came with yellow bean soup which surprises me. I always thought that Ampang YTF is dry with light brown sauce. So this is abit different. Also, I have to mention that they don't serve noodles. They only serve rice.Ordered ice lemon tea for our drinks. When we ask what drinks they have, the waitress replied that they have barley and ice lemon tea. So we choose the latter. Not sure if they have soft drinks though.

Not an experience I would like to go back to.

Walked past this stall a couple of times and tried their Peking duck as well as their suckling pig. But when I walk past today, I saw that they have started selling roast pork as well! So I decided to try. The price is $6 like that of Peking duck and suckling pig. I had always been a big fan of roast pork so I had my expectation when I took my first bite. I wasn't disappointed as the skin was quite crispy. I mean, after having hung on the rack for awhile, the skin of the roast pork is still able to maintain it's crispiness. However, the price is rather steep for that amount of meat. Then again, the price is normally dependent on it's location.

Chiso Zanmai opened it's doors to business on 23 February 2012 replacing the defunct Fishermans Market which ended operation on 13 February 2012. Not to worry, this 200 seater restaurant is still run by the same management team and best of all, the restaurant manager is still Mr Uyama. The Japanese cuisine in Chiso Zanmai is very authentic thanks to the hands of their their Japanese Executive Chef, Tatsuya Tamura.I personally don't find their salmon sashimi very fresh. It feels a little soggy. There wasn't much choices, only 3 types of sashimi. The mini steamboat pot is what I like best. The soup is tasty and flavored. I ordered the vegetable one. Normal vegetable soup is usually blend but for this one, you could actually taste the sweetness of the soup. I walked pass the cold soba a couple of times and decided to try it out. Didn't look fantastic and sure enough, it didn't taste fantastic either. Wasn't alot of choices for sushi so I only manage to grab a few pieces.I had always love salmon skin so I was quite thrilled when I saw that they had it. Had to wait sometime though because their speed of topping up food is amazingly slow. The gyoza wasn't too fantastic either. The tepanyaki squid was a twist for the night. It didn't look too appealing soaking in the gravy but tasted really nice. Best of all the squid was fresh so you get the springy feeling when you take the first bite. The pizza, well...not a big fan to begin with.They ran out of miso soup bowls and after walking around a couple of times and coming back to the same spot without finding any miso soup bowl, I decided to get creative...I took the sauce bowl to contain miso soup. Would be good if they can top up utensils fast.Chawanmushi was a little disappointing. I always thought that Japanese have high standards for taste and presentation when preparing their food. I like the taste and the smoothness but the presentation gave them some negative points. The egg is not suppose to sink in!Ended the dinner with a little bit of their desserts. The green tea brulee tasted awesome. I was standing there watching the chef (probably their dessert chef) burn the sugary top with her torch. After burning, she set the brulee aside and kept on chatting with her colleague. After going back to the station the third time, I was able to get hold of one. I can't say it's worth the wait. But I certainly don't like the feeling of standing there waiting while the chef was busy chatting with her colleague. She could, however, turn around and tell me that it won't be ready this soon. Maybe advice me when I can come back....something like that.

On the whole, it wasn't a perfect experience. Would be good if they clear the tables faster and top up the utensils and food faster as well.

We paid $24.90++ (dinner proper) plus $1.90++ (free flow of drinks) for the entire dinner. Would go back again if they can bring back the Fishermans Market's food and service standard.