Tora-San

Chirashi & Donburi lovers, check out this newly opened shop, Tora-San, at Centerpoint. Tora-San is a Japanese dish concept that serves creative rice bowls garnished with fresh sea products in an authentic and conducive Japanese Street Dining Experience.

Tora-San

The shop is decorated in the line of food street and pretty interesting with Japanese furnishing. They offered 3 kinds of Sashimi dons, Chirashi Don, Bara-Chirashi Don & Kaisendon (Kaisen San).  

Interior of Tora-San

They highlight the quality and variety of ingredients used in the dish, emphasising a harmonious balance of flavours. Tora-San aims to give diners a memorable and satisfying choice of a Japanese street dining experience.  

Interior Of Tora-San

Wall

Impressive menu with more than 50 dishes available. Do check out their Don Buri as well as the Chirashi.

Menu

Enjoy the sides of 2 Mentaiyaki Aka Ebi where they were flamed torched perfectly cooked to retain its natural flavours as much as possible. Aka Ebi is one of the common sashimi prawns where one can enjoy them raw. The combination of Mentaiyaki sauce greatly added flavour with its thick creamy sauce.

Mentaiyaki Aka Ebi - $7.90

Tora-King Chirashi Don is a popular dish as recommended by the server. The presentation was enticing with different colors of premium seafood like Salmon, Hamachi, Hotate, Zuwaigani, Anago, Tuna and other ingredients. The use of Anago instead of Unagi gave a balance palate in terms of texture and flavour, overall giving a dining satisfaction.

Tora-King Chirashi Don - $29.90

Mount Fuji Kaisen San was literally a mountain with fresh cubes of Sashimi with shredded zuwaigani, imitating the snow covering the mountain. There are also Hotate Sahimi with ikura.

Mount Fuji Kaisen San - $26.90

We each was offered a bowl of complimentary Miso Soup to pair with the mains. The Miso soup was tasty and packed full of ingredients like mushroom, carrot, radish etc.

Complimentary Miso Soup

We had the Truffle Seafood Chawanmushi as a side too. The Truffle topped the hot wobbly cup of Chawanmushi.

Truffle Seafood Chawanmushi - $8.90

It was fragrant, addictive and we emptied it in a short while.

Washing down the meal, we ordered the Iced Honey Citron Soda as well as the hot 

Iced Honey Citron Soda & Hot Honey Citron Drink - $6.90 & $5.90

Thank you Jimmy and Tora-San for the invitation.

Tora-San
Location: The Centerpoint, 176 Orchard Road #03-44, Singapore 238843

Takagi Ramen

Takagi Ramen has been the talk among my friends recently. Stated that the Ramen is for the average Singaporean and having 4 branches, the Jurong West branch is operating 24 hours and its great for someone who is feeling hungry at the wee hours in the west.

With the current location in Jurong West Branch, it is more noticeable as they are facing the main road.

Takagi Ramen

The name "Takagi" takes after the Japanese Austrian who was the administrators of the defunct website TRS (The Real Singapore) and together with her Singaporean Husband, Yang, they are the ones behind the business of these Ramen chains.

Ordering of food is made easier at the self-service machine. The machine is capable of doing nets transaction and for cash payment, it can be done over at the counter after ordering.

Ordering Machine

Takagi Ramen is one of the cheapest on the menu. Its homemade Hakata-style Ramen in their original smooth Japanese Pork Bone broth enhanced with light shio seasoning adding a subtle kombu and bonito aroma. The bowl of Ramen was topped with tender, slow-braised Chashu pork slices. Scallions and blanched bean sprouts were used too. The pet peeve that we had here is that the pork slices get disintegrated easily shortly after lifting up with our chopsticks.

Ramen

For every bowl of ramen ordered, we can top it up and make it a set meal. Added $2.90 for Set D, it comes with a small plate of Mini Edamame and Hot Green Tea. Do note that this green tea is not refillable.

Takagi Ramen - $6.90

While pork slices get disintegrated in the other bowl of Ramen, I had the Butashoga Ramen that had pork purposely disintegrated by hand pulling. The meat wassauteed with sweet soy sauce and ginger served in their signature Shio tonkatsu broth. This bowl is stated as one of the people's choice. It includes scallions and sweet braised bamboo shoots. I made a meal by ordering Set A for $3.50 with 3 pieces of Gyoza and a cup of hot tea.

Butashoga Ramen - $8.90

Gyoza

Pulled-Pork

The Chashu Ramen is an upgrade version of the Takagi Ramen with more pieces of Chashu over the firm Hakata-style noodles, also in shio-tonkatsu broth, topped with green scallions and bean sprouts. We added additional noodles and its free.

Chashu Ramen - $8.90

Besides selling Ramen, there are 2 other rice dishes in the menu that one can order. We do not have much expectation from the neighborhood Ramen stall but having a 24 hours eatery in the district will definitely be beneficial to those who feel hungry in the middle of the night.

Menu for Noodles & Rice

Menu for Set Meal and Sides

Rating: 3 / 5

Takagi Ramen
Location: Blk 492 Jurong West St 41, #01-74 Singapore 640492

Green Tea, Here I Come!

I came to know of Nana's Green Tea through their outlet in JCube. However everything was so fast that it had closed down before I can even pay them a 2nd visit. And luckily there is another outlet opened in Plaza Singapura located in its atrium extension!

As it was nearing the end business day, most of the things we wanted to order was sold out. Therefore we have to make do with the available items on the menu. Once order is confirmed, an order slip was printed out and handed over to us.

Order Slip

Love the Steamed Chicken Salad - $6.80 lots! Generous portion of shredded steam chicken was decorated on top of a wholesome crunchy vegetables which includes shredded lettuce, cucumbers and cherry tomato with sesame salad dressing and sprinkles of vinegar.

Steamed chicken Salad

Meat is indeed very tender coated with generous spread of yakitori sauce and decorated with leeks by the side. If one didnt tell me that I'm having Yakitori - $5.80, I would thought that I was actually having frog's legs.

Yakitori Chicken

Bet that after a cup of Nana's Green Tea - $9, you will forget all the over sweetened Green Tea lattes available from Starbucks and Coffee Bean. Their green tea are imported from Kyoto and tastes fresh especially when it carries a bit of bitterness with right amounts of sweetness. Paired with 2 white little rice balls and a ball of Azuki (Red Bean) Paste with whipped cream by the side. This sums up my unforgettable green tea experience. Cool and I will be back for more!

Matcha Azuki Latte (Top View)

Matcha Azuki shiratama Latter (Side view)

Quite a number of restaurants has adopted the wireless technology technique by placing a device on the table allowing customer to indicate the type of service "Press for Service / Bill". With such implementation, it eliminate the hassle between customers and the helpers, thus increase the job efficiency.

 
Press for Service

This is the total expenses for the night!

Recommendations:
(1) If you are a CAPITASTAR member and has spend more than $20, do remember to scan your receipt and accumulate points.
(2) Be careful of the step when you entered the restaurant.

Nana's Green Tea
Location: Plaza Singapura, 68 Orchard Road #03-80/82 (The Atrium), 238839