Yayoiken Japanese Restaurants @ Liang Court

My friend came back from Korea so we decided to meet up and have a little nice food. I saw the rating for the restaurant is pretty high and is 100% recommended on Hungrygowhere, (At that point when I visited the page) so I decided that we can check that place out ourselves. I heard another outlet opened at Bugis too.


A little excerpt from the Yayoiken website - "More than 125 years ago, a western food restaurant opened in Kayabacho, Tokyo. At a time when western cuisine was still rare in Japan, “Yayoiken”, as the restaurant was called, is said to have been cherished by many for its pioneering menus. The original owner was the grandfather of Sueyuki Shioi, the founder of Plenus Co., Ltd."


Back to our visit, the waitress that serve us was really a Japanese! I don't know why we both went a little crazy finding out that she is really from Japan but perhaps because in Singapore we are always served by locals who works in a Japanese restaurant that can only speak a sentence or two in Japanese. She is really friendly. We also found some Japanese people dining at the restaurant too.

Warm green tea - $1 This is good since we are ordering a lot of fried food.

Iced green tea - $1 This looks a bit like sugar cane drink and the picture on the menu looks like lime juice but this is really just green tea with ice.

I ordered the Oyako Don + Zaru Udon - $12.90 This is pretty cheap and the portion is filling!

There is a top layer of scrambled egg with chicken in in it. The egg is soft and fluffy and the chicken is tender with some fats and there are a lot of sweet onion. I heard the Oyako don is usually made by simmering marinated chicken with egg in soya sauce, sugar and mirin, so overall the don is slightly sweet but goes well with the rice.

This is my favourite dish in the set - Cold Udon. There is a cup of sauce to dip the udon into and it is really refreshing and mild tasting. The udon is the best I ever tasted, very springy. (I really mean that it is super springy)

Namban Ebi Fry Set - $14.90 The tempura is awesome! Ebi is really fresh and the teriyaki chicken is sweet and crispy.

Ebi Tempura - $8.90 We really love tempura so we ordered the Ebi side dish. The crisp of the Ebi tasted different from the Ebi fry set but nonetheless crispy. I love how that serve it with the tray, so extra oil drips to the bottom of the plate that makes it slightly less oily.

Gyoza - $4.90  The filling of the Gyoza is not as juicy as some I tasted and the skin is not really that crispy. It is pretty good dipped in vinegar.



Overall, the food is delicious, the staff are friendly, good ambiance and it isn't very pricey. For all the food we ordered, it costs around 50 bucks for 2 (with gst and service charge) which makes us really full. I'll definitely recommend this place.

Rating: 4.5/5