This interesting Japanese restaurant at the basement of Vivo City offers an extensive range of menu items - so much so that I couldn't decide what to eat. After asking the staff what was the popular favourites there, I ended up ordering the Dry Ramen with Kurobuta Pork.When the ramen arrived, I was quite disappointed that the Kurobuta Pork was deep-fried, and knew immediately that it won't be nice. Deep frying the pork loses its natural sweetness and flavour. It tasted more like crunchy salmon skin without any traces of Kurobuta Pork in it.

The ramen sauce was also rather unique. I expected it to be savoury, but to my surprise it came out zesty and citrusy as if they had added lemon to the sauce. Even after a few mouthfuls, I couldn't figure out this strange mixture of tastes.

I heard that the sashimi here is really fresh though. And if you're lucky, they sometimes offer a discount at the end of the day if they still have any sushi/sashimi left.

It's been a while since I ate at 4-fingers Crispy Chicken. Well, the food here isn't fantastic but it's a good place to satisfy your cravings for fried chicken. My favourite is the soy-garlic sauce since I don't take spicy food. However, I felt that the standard has dropped. The chicken turned out to be hard and not as crispy as before. Service was quick though I recommend going early to avoid the lunch crowd.

Supposedly Bangkok's Best Restaurant from 2006 - 2013 (by Tatler Magazine), Nara Thai has finally opened its doors on the shores of Singapore. Considering how many people love going to Thailand year after year, I'm sure this restaurant will be quite a big hit amongst Singaporeans.Decorated in lavish tones of royal purple and hints of gold, the restaurant exudes a mystical elegance that catches your eye when you walk past. The restaurant can get pretty packed during lunchtime, but the good thing is that they accept reservations so be sure to make one if you want to guarantee a table.For starters, it's always a delight to have some Thai Iced Tea ($6) if you're looking for something extremely sweet and creamy. The unique thing about Thai Ice Tea is that they usually add in some herbs such as tamarind and star anise to give it a kick.We also shared a plate of Pandan Chicken ($12.90) which consists of succulent chicken meat wrapped in fragrant pandan leaves and barbequed. It comes in 6 pieces and is accompanied by a soy-sesame sauce if you need added salt, though I found the chicken well-marinated enough and very tender.Pineapple Fried Rice is another one of my childhood favourites and I would always look forward to it when I visit any Thai restaurant. The Pineapple Fried Rice ($13.80) at Nara Thai is quite disappointing as it did not contain many ingredients and was rather bland too.

Overall, I probably wouldn't rate it as the best Thai restaurant I've tried before, even though I'm not much of a fan of Thai food.

What I like about the cinnamon roll here is that it has raisins in them! The texture of the cinnamon roll here is very rich and closer to a cake's texture, with a very sweet suggary glaze on top. I don't remember tasting much of the cinnamon though.I also decided to try their Chocolate Loaf bread since it seemed quite popular amongst the patrons here. The skin of the bread was a bit on the tough side and it wasn't all that fluffy which is quite disappointing.Their mini Sugar Doughnuts were quite a letdown too - they turned out to be rather tasteless. It wasn't sweet not salty and there isn't much of that doughnut buttery goodness to it.

I've not heard very good reviews for this place, but decided to give it a try since there are not that many Japanese joints around Toa Payoh HDB Hub.We were seated in a nice cozy booth that accommodates 2 persons comfortably. They have a wide selection of sushi but not that many choices for noodles or rice. I decided to go for their Tenzaru Chasoba ($13.90) which consists of tempura prawns, lady's fingers, and sweet potato.The chasoba was pretty ok - not overcooked and chewy, but I felt that the sauce was a bit too salty. I usually prefer my soba sauce to be less salty and they also didn't provide any radish to put into the tempura sauce. The tempura batter was not very good either and was quite hard, which meant that the oil wasn't hot enough when they deep-fried it. The only good thing about this restaurant is that the staff were quite attentive and re-filled my glass of iced green tea whenever I finish it.