Tora Tora Tora Japanese Restaurant Singapore

 A visit to Tora Tora Tora Japanese Restaurant in Singapore was a refreshing change from the usual dining experience. Instead of being located in a shopping mall or neighbourhood, this well-established Japanese restaurant is tucked away within an industrial estate and, surprisingly, sits on the rooftop of a building. The unique setting instantly piqued my curiosity, making the journey feel like discovering a hidden gem. Away from the usual crowds, the peaceful atmosphere added a special touch to the dining experience, making it one that felt both relaxing and memorable.

Tora Tora Tora Japanese Restaurant Singapore

Stepping inside, the restaurant offers a spacious and welcoming ambience with plenty of comfortable seating. The open kitchen lets diners catch a glimpse of the chefs in action, adding to the lively dining experience while showcasing the care that goes into preparing each dish.

Tora Tora Tora Japanese Restaurant Interior

The Truffle Edamame was a pleasant surprise. Lightly seasoned with fragrant truffle oil, the Japanese soybeans took on an earthy aroma that paired wonderfully with their natural sweetness. It was my first time enjoying edamame this way, and I have to say, it really works! A simple yet addictive starter that's perfect for sharing.

Truffle Edamame - $9 

We also tried the Tontoro, better known as Kurobuta Pork Jowl, and it certainly didn't disappoint. Grilled to perfection, each slice was tender, juicy, and packed with smoky flavours. The rich, melt-in-your-mouth texture paired beautifully with the savoury dipping sauce, making it a simple yet delicious dish that's perfect for sharing.

Tontoro - $28

We also ordered the 10-piece Sashimi Platter, featuring five slices each of Salmon and Hamachi. Before we even took our first bite, the presentation had already won us over. Beautifully arranged on a wooden raft over a bowl of ice, the sashimi was complemented with cucumber, leaves, shredded daikon, and colourful garnishes, making it a true feast for the eyes. Best of all, the sashimi was thickly sliced, incredibly fresh, and buttery, allowing the natural sweetness of the fish to shine through.

Salmon & Hamachi Sashimi  - $16  &$17 (5pcs Each)

The Salmon Ikura Mentaiko Maki is a must-try for salmon lovers. Filled with crab stick and crisp mizuna, each roll is topped with lightly torched salmon, creamy mentai mayo, and a generous sprinkle of salmon roe for bursts of briny flavour. The combination of smoky, creamy, and savoury notes creates a delicious harmony in every bite. Available in both 4-piece and 8-piece portions.

Salmon Ikura Mentaiko Maki - $14.50 (4 pcs)

The Sushi Mori (12 Pieces) offered an excellent variety of premium sushi, featuring salmon, tai, hamachi, kanpachi, hotate, and kajiki. Each piece was generously topped with thick, fresh slices of seafood over perfectly seasoned sushi rice. Every bite highlighted the natural sweetness and delicate flavours of the fish, making this assorted platter a satisfying choice for anyone who enjoys quality sushi.

Sushi Mori (Raw  Aburi)  - $38

The Hotate Truffle Carpaccio was surprisingly impressive. The fresh, sweet scallops were delicately sliced and dressed with fragrant truffle oil, creating an aromatic combination that elevated the natural sweetness of the seafood. Every bite was light, silky, and full of umami, making this an elegant appetiser that truffle lovers shouldn't miss.

Hotate Truffle Carpaccio - $28

The Seafood Fried Rice was a hearty and flavourful dish, generously packed with succulent prawns, tender scallops, and fish, all stir-fried with fragrant Japanese rice. Topped with a sprinkle of egg roe, it added a delightful pop of texture and flavour. The standout was the plump, juicy prawn, while the aromatic fried rice tied everything together, making this a satisfying dish on its own.

Seafood Fried Rice - $26

Yukke Sashimi Cold Ramen was a pleasant surprise, as it was my first time enjoying ramen served in such a unique way. The chilled, fine ramen noodles were paired with fresh hotate, sakura shrimps, vibrant fish roes, and shredded nori, all coated in a savoury yukke-style sauce. Every bite was refreshing, packed with umami, and beautifully balanced with the sweetness of the seafood. It was incredibly addictive, leaving me wanting more with every mouthful. Definitely a must-try if you're looking for something light yet full of flavour.

Yukke Sashimi Cold Ramen - $26

Overall, it was a great dining experience. The food was fresh, delicious, and well-executed. I would gladly return for another meal and wouldn't hesitate to recommend this place to my family and friends.

Japanese Sushi and Seafood Feast

Tora Tora Tora Japanese Restaurant Singapore
Location: Oxley BizHub 2, 62 Ubi Rd 1, #11-19, Singapore 408734
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Claypot Jumbo Lala

Here's another stall that recently opened. It joins the trend of claypot Lala dishes. However, it stands out by being the first to offer a halal version.

Claypot Jumbo Lala

They have a free flow of sauces to make your meal more interesting. There are China Chalok Chilli Sauce, Lemon Chilli Sauce, Salted Egg Yolk Sauce, Sweet Curry Dipping Sauce etc. 

Free Flow of Sauces

Living up to their "Jumbo Lala" name, they only offer bigger Lala. These Lala are large and live.

Jumbo Lala

The bowl of Speciality Lala Bee Hoon was scrumptious. The broth was sweet and packed with the generous servings of eggs. 

Speciality Lala Beehoon - $5

We were served with thick Bee Hoon in a flavourful broth made from their stock, seasoned with some Chinese cooking wine, and evaporated milk, adding depth. Ingredients like vegetables, chilli and their popular Jumbo Lala.

Lala 

We took out the generous servings of Jumbo Lala from the claypot to prevent it from cooking further.

Claypot Jumbo Lala Pot - $25 

The meat was fresh and plump. Really Addictive for Lala Lovers.

Lala

WE also ordered some Sea Urchin Ball ($9.90) and Salmon Ball and Cheese ($5.90). I quite like their Marinated Chicken meat too.

Our Claypot

After visiting numerous claypot places, I found that Claypot Jumbo Lala offers a few different ingredients as compared to others. One of the special items to note is their Fish Noodle with Squid Ink.

Fish Noodle with Squid Ink - $7.90

Take a look at the size of their Lala in comparison to my spoon.

Size of Lala

Aside from the various types of seafood balls, thinly sliced meat is an essential part of my claypot meal.

Premium Beef Strip - $8.90

This plump Lala was topped with fried Garlic, enhancing its taste.

Fried Garlic & Lala

Even though our orders were not a lot, we were satisfied with the quality and serving of food. 

Our Orders

The good thing is that they are located in a coffee shop which is just a 5-minute walk away from the MRT station.

Claypot Jumbo Lala
Location: 3024 Ubi Road 3 #01-990 Singapore 408652

Charcoal Claypot Crab

Charcoal Claypot Prawns and Lala are popping up in industrial estates everywhere and now Singapore has its first Charcoal Claypot Crab. 

The people behind this Charcoal Claypot Crab are the same people from Woodlands Claypot Prawn. 

Charcoal Claypot Crab

The ordering system is similar to Woodlands Claypot Prawn: Just take the Ordering Card indicate your preference of food and hand it over to the counter.

Let's enjoy the charcoal claypot crab with seafood, meat, vegetable, beancurd, and noodle/rice. 

Page 1 of The Menu

Page 2 of The Menu

The Butter Milk Chicken Rice with Egg is flavourful with fried tender chicken pieces coated in a creamy and buttery sauce. It was served with a perfectly cooked egg with a runny yolk that mingled with the buttermilk sauce, adding an extra layer of richness and decadence. This combination is a satisfying and comforting meal with a delightful balance of flavours and textures.

Butter Milk Chicken Rice with Egg - $6.80

Here's our pick for the Crab Charcoal Claypot. What do you usually have?

Our Ingredients

The broth was milky by default and was made up of vegetables. It was not as umami as I had thought.

Charcoal Claypot Crab

The crab itself was of smaller size and tasted ordinary.

Crab 

However, I wish that the meat was sweeter and more succulent.

Crab Claw

Take a look at our bubbling hot pot with Crab. We had shitake Mushrooms, Hokkaido Scallops mocked abalone, you mai cai etc. 

Our Claypot with Crab

Besides the Crab Charcoal Claypot, I'm glad that they have speciality items on the menu like the Crab Bee Hoon as well as the Creamy Butter Chicken Rice.

The coffee shop is about 12 12-minute walk from the Ubi MRT Station and might be quite inconvenient for those who are not driving. 

Charcoal Claypot Crab
Location:  3014B Ubi Rd 1, Singapore 408722

Ubi Claypot Lala

Yet another Claypot delicacy over the traditional charcoal fire hidden in the industrial area! If you have seen recent videos online about delicious Claypot Lala, it should be none other than this Ubi Claypot Lala. For all you know, they are located just a stone's throw away from the Comfort Delgro Driving Center. This also means that parking spaces are rather limited there despite being in an Industrial Estate.

Claypot Lala

Feel spoilt by their varieties, offering patrons with over 40 hotpot toppings to go with the Lala. The classic ingredients were all available in the fridge including Luncheon Meat, Sausage, Hokkaido Scallops. fish slices etc

Ingredients for our Lala Hotpot

Ingredient

Now there's no need to go JB when you can come to Ubi to enjoy Singapore's First Charcoal Claypot Lala. Their homemade chilli sauce was "powerful" and good for dipping the ingredients. 

What we had

They provide a free flow of fried garlic which allows us to scatter all over the soup. Not only that they provide unlimited Shao Xing Wine as well!

Prawns

How can we miss out on the classic? Enjoying this thinly sliced shabu shabu in the hotpot?

Shabu

The Signature Broth was definitely the crowd's favourite. 

Our Meal

There is no need to worry about staff not promptly refilling the Lala soup base. We can do it ourselves by adding soup at the designated corner with the flask provided.

Refilling our soup bases

Sinking our stainless steel ladles into the default broth makes us happier with these big & plump Lala within, giving the base a natural seafood sweet taste.

Plump & Juicy Lala

It's a good place to enjoy Lala over the charcoal fire. Since it's located in Ubi Industrial, it may take a little planning to get there. With its limited parking spaces, we parked at the opposite industrial car park and walked over.

Claypot

Thank you Ubi Claypot Lala for inviting us.

Ubi Claypot Lala

Location: 179 Ubi Ave 4, #01-05, Singapore 408793

Yamato Izakaya

When the Birthday Baby mentioned Yamato Izakaya for dinner, the wish was granted and here we go. It is located in Oxley Bizhub serving authentic Japanese Cuisine in the industrial area. Enjoy your spread of Japanese food with their comforting bowls of ramen and donburis to handmade gyozas and freshly grilled unagi over binchotan charcoal.

Yamato Izakaya

They do have open-air seating as well as an air-conditioned dining environment. For open air, you can bring your fur kids there too.

Decorations

Before entering the restaurant

We were served with a bowl of fried garlic rice and it definitely made me happy with its classic fragrant fried pearl rice with egg and chopped spring onions garnishing.

Fried Garlic Rice - $11.90

The Tamagoyaki was below par even though the taste was right there with the sweet mirin. The egg texture was on the dry side and in our opinion, overcooked.

Tamagoyaki - $11.90

The steamed egg was perfectly done. We were impressed by its smooth and wobbly texture.

Chawanmushi - $7.90

This dish will satiate your tastebuds for Unagi was Bincho-tan charcoal grilled served with don set and condiments, dashi broth chazuke, seaweed soup. You can opt for the regular or crispy texture for the unagi. The regular will give you a tender and soft exterior while the crispy will be fluffy and crispy exterior.

Large Hitsumabushi - $49.50

We had the crispy selection of course. How to enjoy hitsumabushi? Divide the unagi rice into 4 portions and use the extra bowl to each one. 

(1) Enjoy the unagi as it is, without any toppings.

(2) Add half of condiments (spring onions, wasabi and nori)

(3) Create an ochazuke by adding condiments and dashi broth from the pitcher provided.

(4) Enjoy with additional sauce provided.

Crispy Unagi

The Premium Moriawase is good for 1-2 pax with 6 kind of sashimi, with 2 slices each. It was beautifully served in a bed of rice on the boat with shredded reddish and sliced cucumber followed by salmon, maguro, mekajiki, hamachi, hotate & tako. 

Premium Moriawase - $42.90

I was excited to see Teppanyaki on their menu and ordered the beef teppanyaki with vegetables. Juicy beef in dice was served together with fried beansprouts, mushrooms, capsicums and fried garlic. I enjoyed the taste but the dish is on a greasy side.

Beef Teppan - $29.90

A4 Miyazaki was good and definitely for the price to pay for. The texture of meat was tender and succulent. The other two we had was Buta slice wrapping up enoki and Pork belly with spring onion.

A4 Miyazaki Kushi, Buta Negi Kushi & Buta Enoki Kushi - $15.95, $5.20 & $5.50

The Yaki Buta was yummy and was cut into pieces for serving.

Yaki Buta - $19.90

A plate of sweet and savoury udon with pork was delicious. It was fragrant with eggs and garlic.

Buta Udon - $18.90

Chicken Thigh meat on skewer and spread with sweet savoury Teriyaki sauce. Yummy!

Yakitori - $3.95

Love their concept of the restaurant from having Unagi and Skewers on Binchotan Charcoal to Teppan Yaki and Sashimi. Having an Izakaya in the industrial area is unique enough, I do not mind making a return again for other dishes.

Rating: 3.25 / 5

Yamato Izakaya
Location: Oxley BizHub, 65 Ubi Rd 1, #01-92, Singapore 408729
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