Istanbul Grill is a turkish restaurant set amidst loads of shisha places and turkish cuisine in the Arab street area. What sets this place apart is the quality food it serves, the alfresco setting and the view of the Sultan mosque. Food quality was good compared to the others I have tried along Arab street. I love falafel, so we ordered one of that. This was probably the more disappointing one because falafel is essentially a rather cheap cuisine, made from chickpeas into a small patty and then fried. Firstly, the dish lacked flavour because usually there are herbs added but I couldnt taste that at all. Secondly, it cost about $8 for 4 falafels. Seriously! how expensive are chick peas? 

The shish kebab was however alot better. I would say the meat is grilled well done and not dry, with the chicken still tender and flavourful. The portion was huge as well. You can choose from either lamb, chicken or beef, and the dish is served with pilaf rice and side salads. Chicken is slightly cheaper at $16.90 whereas the other 2 are at $18.90. 

Lastly, just for fun because we saw another table ordering it, we ordered this funny balloonish looking bread! This is called ballon Ekmek, and inside is just filled with air thats you it is puffed up like that. There is really nothing speicla about it, except its abit chewy.. reminds me abit like the tissue prata. 

Overall I think the food quality is good, price is rather reasonable for the quality although you can definitely find cheaper and similar dishes in the area. 

Watami never fails me as a quality casual Japanese restaurant - and i like to bring foreign friends here for a casual meal. As we were not feeling too hungry, we didnt order the set meals but the value for money dishes left us satsified!

I ordered a dish called the Beancurd roll with avocado and prawns. I really loved it because I love beanskin and the dish was very fresh and not too heavy, good for starters!  In fact, it reminded me of the viet fresh spring rolls. However, there fillings were not very generous as I felt like i only tasted a small piece of avocado in one of the portions and the rest were mostly just greens. I also liked their Katsu Rice Set which came with a choice of chicken katsu served with rice. The katsu portion was huge and very crispy on the outside. A portable stove is brought to the table and a raw egg is supplied so that you can add this to the pan when it is sizzling hot so one gets a scrambled egg gravy drenching the sliced katsu. I did find the sauce abit salty though, but eating it with the rice makes it less so. 

My friend ordered the Watami Tonkotsu ramen. I tried a spoonful of it, and needless to say, cannot compare with the other ramen places which specialises in Tonkotsu. The broth tasted quite watery and lacking the porky taste. The noodles were overcooked and the eggs were fully boiled (no runny yolks). I wouldnt recommend this dish if you really like ramen as I think you can get something better elsehwhere at the same price. 

Lastly, we also had the hot stone bibimbap. This dish was not bad, given that its a japanese restaurant. I like the fact that it is cooked on the hot stone, and you can really smell the fragrance of the rice cooking. Other than that, I think this is quite a fullproof dish as long as you have enough of the pepper sauce in it!

Well, generally I think I will always recommend watami for a budget friendly meal with good quality food.  

Came here for dinner after wanting to try it a couple of times because im a big fan of dumpling. Menu is rahter limited and one look at it you can easily tell its famous for its various types of dumplings, so please do order that if you come!

The decor of the restuarant is clean and no fuss, and food prices are relatively cheap. We ordered the xiaolongbao, which came at $9 per basket of 7. It was good but still not good as the ones from ,y favourite dingtaifung. Skin was abit thick though i must say the broth were very flavourful. We also ordered the gyoza, which i quite like and would recommend for anyone to try out! its pan fried on one side, and steamed on the other, just how gyozas should be! its also filled with chives and meat, and came at a very large serving of 10 on the plate. 

As a veg lover, I also ordered the spinach but this was very disappointing. the veg was rather tasteless, and comparative to the cost of the dumplings, give me dumplings anytime man!

My boyfriend ordered the chajiangmian, and i must say its not too bad, though the portion might be small if you are just eating that as a main. For us, because we had already had so much dumplings, the portion was good for him. The sauce was thick and they were not at all stingy on the amount of minced meat, though we could do with more greens in it. 

A good place for value for money chinese food I would say! 

Bosses is my foolproof place to go to when i want good quality dimsum at affordable prices. Each time, Im amazed at the rpice and how filling the dishes are! Almost everytime i eat it i order the same few dishes but i try to order 1 or 2 different ones to try. This time round, other than the usual signature stuff that I order like the egg lava bun and xiao long bao, I tried something different which was surprisingly good! 

Firstly, lets talk about the 'usual' dishes. The xiaolongbao is Definitely something i order each time because it just feels incomplete to not order xiaolongbao. I would say the xiaolongbao here is not bad, tasty broth and all, but I think i prefer the one from dingtaifung. Where it lose out is the skin texture, which is not thin enough. The egg lava bun is something I will never fail to order.. and I think bosses ranks in my top 3 of egg lava bun in Singapore because I like the saltiness of the egg yolk in it. The texture of the bun is very soft as well.. I like to just bite it a little and slurp the watery yolk in it. Slurps! This time i went, my boyfriend and I have' progressed' to ordering one basket each.. that shows how much we love it!

The Siewmai here is a must-do if you love siewmai. Beware though because they are really huge! Just look at the picture.. and the big succulent prawn on top of them just makes it so filling. I think its very worth the price and I like the fact that the meat in it is not too fatty.

The only disappointment this time round came from the har gow. It came in 3 different colours -white, black and yellow.. but they all tasted the same..

The star of today's entry is this!!The chilli crab tart. When I saw it on the menu, i was rather skeptical.. but wah.. the chilli crab filling is wonderful - fragrant, just right spicy and full of flavour! it even went very well with thr tart crust! I only wished I had the stomach space to eat more of this..

Remember to go on mon-sat between 230 to 5pm for 30% discount and eat to your heart's content!

 

Washokudokoro Waraku concept is an extension of Waraku's original restaurant but its abit more high class. We ordered a couple of dishes and they even had exclusives at Vivocity branch only. We had the ramen with tempura.. which was so-so only.. because I think now that I frequent tonkotsu ramen places 'normal' ramen just didnt cut it anymore. 

The ramen taste was rather bland even though the soup looks thick; ingredients were rather sparse and the tempura that came with it was too oily for our liking. The Seafood nabe was very delicious.. with pieces of scallops and lots of veg and mushroom.. making for a deliciously healthy meal. Broth was light but you can taste the falour of seafood and mushrooms in it

My boyfriend ordered the salmon sashimi, which comes in thick slices of succulent fish.. I would say the quality is mid-range, abit short of those at Sushi tei.

I find that the portions were abit small for the price they charged.. so in the end we ordered another okonomiyaki to share.. which then became too filling. The oko was huge comparatively, but i didnt like the mayonaise on top because it was abit too much. Other than that, taste is quite normal
It was good but nothing too memorable. 

Overall I would say it makes for nice place to dine.. atmosphere is quiet and romantic but I find the food rather overpriced.