hburn10's Reviews
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Its a self-service system where you order at the counter and pay, then take your number standee and wait for them to serve you at your table. But a small seating so do take your seats before you go to the counter - there's a menu at each table so not a problem at all.
Gado Gado ($4.50) - Bigger portion that I thought. Nicely done with plenty of veg (french beans and cabbage) but the sauce was not as peanut-ty as I would have preferred - seemed that something like lemongrass or some spice was added to it too. An acquired taste although it definitely taste healthier than the traditional version.
Drumlets ($3.90) - Not too bad but the marinade did not seem to penetrate the meat so the meat itself is a little bland.
Sotong Goreng ($4.50) - I liked this one! The batter was had a golden crunch to it and the basket was not too oily in fact.
(The accompanying chilli oil gives quite a kick, so beware)
Overall, prices are reasonable and taste was nothing bad, so yup will return. Saw alot of people having the mains which looks quite apprising too.
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Their weekday set lunch goes for $28 for 4-course of modern jap cuisine which they specialise in. What we had included:
Entree selection
Tartare of Salmon - served with wafu and rayu dressing, sprinkled with crispy garlic chips - my favorite of the meal! I like salmon everything and the dressing was really nice, although I have no idea what is rayu. Thoughtful for the salmon pieces to be cut into bite-sized pieces and the accompanying greens are fresh too.
Fruits and berries salad - served with homemade apple dressing salad and cashew nuts - didnt have this but it looked very tempting with all the colours! It looked better than on paper~
Warm dish
Kabocha Soup - puree of japanese pumpkin with cinanmon, honey and grated parsley - pure comfort food. Almost non-sweetened with the puree having just the right texture to 'feel' the pumpkin bits. I like!
Kani Chawamushi - topped with century egg dressing and fish roe - those who did not order this half-regretted their choices when we saw this. And tasted it. Should have known to order chawamushi in a Jap place! The dressing was very uniquely tasty and the roe provided a nice crunch to the otherwise mushy dish.
Main course
Salmon fillet - baked salmon with goat cheese stuffing, served with hollandaise sauce - Didnt have this but it looked really stuffed with cheese. There's also an option of having this without the goat cheese.
Char-broiled chicken teriyaki - served with garlic chahan and chives by the side - The chicken was huge and the teriyaki sauce done very nicely without being cloyingly sweet. The only regret was I dont take chicken skin but all the essence of the char-broiled was in the skin. Sigh. The accompanying fried rice was nicely garlicky but too big a portion for me, couldnt finish it.
Dessert (no choices to select from)
Lime sorbet - served with passionfruit puree, pomegranate, blueberries and pomelo - what could otherwise be a boring dessert turned out to be quite interesting with the different texture thrown in. A good ending to a good meal.
I had a coffee too which was freshly pressed from a neat-looking machine behind the main area.
Ambience is appropriately quiet during lunch with a few tables occupied but it also means staff is quite attentive throughout, without being intrusive. Hot tea was topped up frequently and service was efficient.
The only gripe is this is really hard to get to without a car but a cab from Buona Vista MRT will work just fine I guess.
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The ambience at The Landing Point was actually quite lovely, all lux and grandeur which is a perfect setting for tai tai high teas. Staff was attentive and nothing to complain about; tea cups were refilled very quickly.
The high tea came in a traditional 3-tier stand and it contained more bites than other high teas I've been to. But sadly none was memorable. If my memory serves me correct, they include:
Sweets - Xmas cookie, creme brulee, minced pie, chesnut sponge cake, chocolate log cake (swiss roll), almond choux puff with coffee cream.
Savories - cucumber sandwich, cheese cracker, smoked salmon cone, egg mayo sandwich, quiche, smoked ham roll.
Nothing was wow, which we expected as it added up to almost $50 per pax. It was definitely an experience but just not value for money. But they serve TWG tea which is always a good thing.
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The ambience here has always been good, plus they have their regular 2-men band playing super nice music too.
The food selection was not huge but very exquisitely laid out - the desserts especially basically shouts XMAS.
Savories - Poached chicken roll with apricot, Japanese endamame, smoked chicken with tomato and cucumber in almond roll, Marinated prawn with thai mango and chilli salsa, Beef pastrami with iceberg lettuce and gherkins in parmesan roll, Baby eggplant and avocado herb salsa, dumplings, seafood fritters - The savories were all quite good, especially the poached chicken roll and marinated prawns. A couple of rounds will be quite satisfying. I wish they had at least a soup though.
Sweets - Logcake, macaroons, raspberry cream, peanut butter cheesecake, chocolate tart, marshmallow bears - They look better than they taste honestly. All very cute to look at but disappointingly unmemorable.
Service was very good, with us being shown our seats very quickly and were brought the tea menu. The price includes as much tea and coffee as you can drink, and you can switch in between choices of tea too.
They also presented a complimentary birthday cake for my birthday friend, complete with a birthday song. Cute touch :)
I voted unsure really because of the disappointing desserts but of course its a nice experience in general. Come here to feel like a tai-tai :)
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The menu looks quite grabbing with its use of colours and font, prices look okay too. Its more like a cosy place to have unpretentious thai food, and our experience lived quite up to that thankfully.
Tom Yam Soup - Served in a hotpot, this was the clear version but packed enough punch for me. The seafood in the soup was fresh too.
Mad Thai Chicken - Super nice. Flattened crispy chicken pieces served with a side sauce that is sour-ish and unfortunately also addictive. I can have seconds of this!
Steamed Prawns with Lemongrass - fresh good-sized prawns with refreshing minced lemongrass on top. You'd think it's a strange combi but its really not.
Pork knuckle - My first time eating so much pork knuckle. May not be too attractive for those who like the fatty bits as this was quite lean. But lean and deep fried to a crisp is attractive too!
Vege - simply done but good nonetheless.
Sticky Rice Mango - a disappointing end to the meal unfortunately. The rice was undercooked although the mango was not sour.
Service was quite okay despite them looking understaffed, and smiley faces too. Plus Asahi on draft as a bonus. But getting here with or without a car is similarly challenging so take your pick.
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