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2013-12-25
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J-Dining is a new Western delicatessen serving take-away meals at Isetan Basement 2. As such, there are no seats or tables for dining in. There are three sides to the delicatessen each selling different types of food, which I was more than happy to check out by walking around the delicatessen twice like a lioness stalking its food.On one side, you can find yummy fried food like the Hokkaido Corn Cream Croquette ($2.40) and Hokkaido Potato Croquette ($2.40). There are also skewered fried food lik
J-Dining is a new Western delicatessen serving take-away meals at Isetan Basement 2. As such, there are no seats or tables for dining in. There are three sides to the delicatessen each selling different types of food, which I was more than happy to check out by walking around the delicatessen twice like a lioness stalking its food.
On one side, you can find yummy fried food like the Hokkaido Corn Cream Croquette ($2.40) and Hokkaido Potato Croquette ($2.40). There are also skewered fried food like the Skewered Chicken Cutlet ($2.20), Shitake Mushroom ($1.80) and so on.
Walk around to the front, which is also the center of the delicatessen, and you can find a range of salads here, like the Corn Salad and Potato Salad. The salad price is charged by gram, at $3.80 per 100 gram for both Corn and Potato Salad. There are also soups like Pumpkin & Vegetable Soup and Onion Soup. These fortunately are priced at $1.80 each and not according to gram!
At the other side, you can choose from a variety of bento sets like Chicken Teriyaki Bento ($7.80), Chicken Namban Bento ($8.80) and Japan Kagoshima Platinum Pork Tonkatsu Bento ($9.80). If you can't make up your mind, there are also the Mixed Fried Bento Set ($7.80). Unfortunately, I didn't manage to find the Chicken Nanban Bento set when I went, so I skipped the bento instead and got a soup, salad and potato croquette instead.The lady who served me over the counter was very friendly and helpful when I asked if I could pay for food chosen at the different sides together. She also helped to check when I wanted to clarify if the ham in the salad was pork or turkey (they said it was chicken).
Hokkaido Potato Croquette ($2.40)Made from potatoes from Hokkaido, this really got to be eaten while still hot. Mine lost a bit of its crispiness upon reaching home, but it was still crispy around the edges, The inside of the croquette was quite dense and I could taste the goodness of the potato on every bite. Yummy!
Pumpkin & Vegetable Soup ($1.80)I was tempted to get this soup because of the word "low calorie" on the sign. But for something that was low in calorie, it was pretty tasty! The soup was really packed with small bits of vegetables and there was such an abundance of it that every mouthful I had was never empty with just the soup! It wasn't salty or sweet but it was tasty enough without being bland. Serving given was also quite decent (bigger than the serving size of the soup at Mos burger).
Corn Salad ($4.20 - $3.80/100gram)The salad came with corn kernels, sliced cucumbers, tomatoes, cabbages and ham. The ingredients were fresh and the salad, when eaten still chilled, was quite crunchy and refreshing. It also came with a small portion of dressing which added a zesty flavour to the salad.
Overall, the takeaway meal cost me $8.40 in total, of which the salad was the main contributor. This might probably be considered a tad pricey since you can just get the more filling bento set at J-Dining or even at Japanese restaurants like Kuriya for around the same price. But even so, I thought the food was quite worth its individual prices, especially for the soup and croquette. I personally didn't like that the salad was charged according to gram, but for some, this might be a welcome move since you kind of get to choose your price (and by extension, portion of salad serving as well). Despite this, I liked that they included a range of healthier food like the salads and soup on their menu aside from the fried snacks and bento sets, as this would give customers alternative choices for takeaway.
In my opinion, J Dining is a decent choice for a quick snack on the go (like the croquettes) or for a takeaway lunch or dinner (like the bento sets). I would definitely patronize J Dining again in the future especially for the croquettes, and hopefully I'll get to try the Chicken Nanban Bento Set too!
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