I'm back here again for some affordable teppanyaki! The lunch set here costs only $9.90 and you get a whole plate of meat, lots of veggies and a bowl of soup too. The teppanyaki chefs here sure know how to do their thing. They cooked up 3 servings of veggies in a single swoop and equally divided them up into 3 plates.It's my first time trying the pork here. Although I still prefer the beef, the pork was tender and tasty too but it seems they use exactly the same type of sauce for all the meats. You could also add-on an omelette for $1 if you'd like. Overall, great place to have some pretty affordable teppanyaki.

Situated just at the entrance of Forum Shopping Mall, this ramen restaurant serves up pretty affordable lunch sets. For just $14+ you get to choose a bowl of ramen, one additional topping, one side dish and a drink. There is also this huge caligraphy painting in the restaurant which caught my eye because it kinda looks like 5 cute gyoza. I ordered the Tonkatsu Ramen which was pretty disappointing. The pork slices were chopped up into bits instead of served in thick chunky slices. Good thing the broth was pretty good and the noodles were springy too.For the side dishes, we shared a plate of 5 mini-sized Gyoza and Chicken Karaage. Nothing exceptional about these 2 dishes and the gyoza was also rather oily. Overall, it's a pretty decent place to have a quiet and quick lunch.

Located in a small coffeeshop beside Toa Payoh HDB Hub, this ban mian stall seems to be getting rather good business. We were there around 11:45am during lunchtime and the coffeeshop was already getting packed with office workers. For just $3.50, this bowl of ban mian was quite generous with the ingredients and toppings; and was also quite tasty! The mian was also done just right - not too thick and cooked just right. Yummy!

I've walked past this cafe several times before but this is my first time trying out the food here. It's one of those Japanese parfait cafes that make beautifully colourful parfaits, pastries and drinks.A friend mentioned that she has been addicted to Matcha Latte recently and I was curious to find out what so good about it. The Matcha Latte you get here is quite different from the one you get at Starbucks. It's a lot creamier and the distinct bitterness of the Matcha is more pronounced. It is also less sweet which is great!They have this pastry called the Chocoro. It's basically a croissant with various types of cream filling in them - from custard to chocolate and even red bean. The chocolate cream was rather rich and not as sweet, and it paired up really well with the Matcha Latte.

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.