Chiso Zanmai - Clarke Quay

I went to Chiso Zanmai on a Monday afternoon with some of my friends. 

6 Eu Tong Sen St, 059817 (The Central #02-17)

Located at Soho 1, at the end of a corner. It can be a little hard to find but it is pretty close to Goods of Desire on the second level.

Adults: $14.99++

Free flow drinks $1.99++ 

We spent $20 nett per person for a lunch buffet from 12-3pm. I would recommend a weekday lunch because it is cheaper than the dinner buffet and there isn't much of a crowd.

The place is huge. The food counters serves a variety of cooked and raw food. 

The drinks bar serves free flow instant coffee, tea and soft drinks.

There aren't exactly a lot of variety of sushi but nonetheless delicious.

Got some chicken and eggs for the hot pot.

There are also free flow pork and beef shabu shabu available.

Okonomiyaki, Potato Croquettes and Vegetable Tempura. I would recommend the potato croquettes. Very creamy potatoes and crisp batter!

The cooked food available are pretty ordinary so I would recommend you guys to eat more from the hot pot!

Ramen and Udon noodles are available.

If you love spicy broth, go for the Tom Yum soup base. It just makes all the ingredients 10 times more delicious. Tom Yum ramen is great!

Each person is entitled to a $5 portion worth of sashimi (Around 6 slices with kelp  so remember to collect it near the cotton candy area.

Time for some dessert. Soft serve ice cream is available with toppings like raisins, marsh mallows, cornflakes and syrups like chocolate and caramel. 

*I tried putting soft serve in root beer and it was awesome! 

You can also find mochi, chocolate brownies, cheese cakes, fruits and other sweet treats.

Make your own cotton candy time.

Check out this cool cotton candy machine!

I read a lot of reviews that the variety of the food is limited but for me it is a great deal considering that it is $20 for so much food! I definitely think I ate more than $20 worth of food and I will be back for a second visit.

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

Saizeriya Ristorante E Caffe, Liang Court

Saizeriya a Japanese chain of Italian family-style restaurant.

177 River Valley Road, #02-22 Liang Court Shopping Centre, Singapore



9 inches (diameter), Bacon and pineapple pizza - $6.98. I love the mozzarella cheese! If you like Canadian pizza, you will like this.




Creamy blended mushroom soup -$2.98. I don't really like this. The texture of the mushroom bits and the taste of cream is a little too strong.



Spicy drumlets. (8pcs) This one taste like the pizza hut's drumlets. It's well seasoned and a little spicy. Must try.



Mushroom meat spaghetti - $5.98 (Cream based) The presentation isn't this bad, I stirred and mixed it a little. The actually dish served isn't as colorful as the one in the menu. Lots of mushroom and very little minced beef. Eat with the mushroom or it taste rather bland.



6 Cheese baked scallops, $5.98

This is one of those that taste better! Try this if you love seafood.

Overall, the ambiance is good. The food is pretty decent if you order the right ones. I heard that the seafood chowder and escargots are good. The plus point is that the food served are cheap.

3.5 stars!

Stick @ central, Clarke Quay

The Central, 6 Eu Tong Sen StreetB1-54/55, Singapore 059817


Blueberry rock, 70g - $2.90

This one of the more well known confectionery. I like the different kinds of design and flavours. You can check them out here. There are samples in jars which you can try and then decide which ones to buy. i saw lots of people standing around to watch how they make sticky.

The blue coating taste of blueberry while the white inner core is sour.

Nutritional information: (per 100g)

Energy 1650kJ
Protein 0.0g
Fat(total) 0.0g
-saturated 0.0g
-carbohydrates 96.5g
-sugar 88.6g
sodium 28mg

Ingredients
Sugar, glucose, water, may include colors 102, 110, 122, 123, 124, 133 ,155 171, citric acid, flavors added. May contain traces of nut or beeswax.

4stars!