hburn10's Reviews
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Tonkotsu Ramen ($13.80) - the soup's supposed to be have been brewed over 14hours on their website, and to be honest, I quite liked their soup. Rich and aromatic without being overly oily and doesnt get you jer lat. The ramen was nice and springy, but the accompanying cha su slices were too fatty for me (too little lean meat!)
Curry cheese ramen - it was some really light japanese curry, more like curry soup but I liked it. The 'cheese' was really a few strips of cheese in the soup.
Gyoza - Good! 6 hot little puffs of meat, cabbage and other stuff. Very nicely grilled.
Cold Cha Su - 5 slices of cold cha su on a bed of lettuce and silvers of radish with miso dressing. The combi was a bit too salty for me.
Chicken Karage - usual deep fried chicken, although not bad but would be something I can skip next time.
Macha ice cream - not good. Skip.
*I dont know the prices of some items as they were redemption items*
Service was your usual hassled young staff but a particular Japanese young girl provided rather a memorable experience as she was overly polite but really nice and sweet.
Probably would not mind coming back.
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Just for a sampling of their bites:
Minced shrimp and water chestnut balls 金钱虾饼 ($9.90) - this was supposed to be one of their ‘star’ items but sadly it was far from wow. 3 coin-shaped balls of shrimp meat which tasted more like fish cake, with too finely-minced chestnut which resulted in the lack of crunch, plus some sporadic bits of green spring onions. A lackluster dish troubled by the slightly too oily batter too.
Jellyfish Salad 凉拌海蜇 ($6.90) – thicker / broader than usual slices of jellyfish tossed in some fragrant oil dressing (not sure if its sesame) and mixed with some chilli and cucumber silvers. Not enough kick in the dressing which made it very bland; we had to add some soya sauce and chilli padi in order for us to finish it.
Seafood Soup 海鲜羹 ($6.90) – This was the only good dish of the evening, with it being very similar to the usual Sour Spicy soup but minus the spiciness. Served hot and tasted like a real broth with just the right amount of starch, with an good amount of fish slices, squid, and 1 prawn.
I didn’t feel the total of $28 for 2pax was worth it, although service and the deco etc was okay. Not sure if I will return to try their other stuff though.
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The place was quite nicely filled up without being crowded on a Saturday afternoon and we managed to snag a nice corner seat for 5pax.
Seafood pizza ($16.80) – We picked pizza because the thin crust will not fill us up too much but still be a good snack. Plus we saw a 1-4-1 pizza for Citibank card holders. This was quite nice and the crust thin but not too crispy, only that they could be more generous with the seafood for the price.
Teriyaki chicken cheese pizza ($12.80) – Good choice, with the lean chicken slices complimenting the cheese very well surprisingly.
Earl Gery ($5) – Dilmah early gery; nothing to complain about but a nice touch with the cookie.
Service was okay and generally a very good place to chill and people-watch at the same time. Will be coming back!
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Perched on the rooftop of the 7th floor of Iluma, the place was not packed at all for a Saturday lunch. I think more publicity can be done about the place in fact. The interior of the place was brightly lit thanks to the glass panelling. The place had quite a nice intimate feel despite the brightness and I liked the whole set up which felt a little like fine dining.
With quite a sorry selection of ala carte, we settled for the Executive Set Lunches which was priced at $16.50 per person with an option to add another $2 for coffee / tea / soft drinks. Between the 5 of us, we had 3 types of main courses.
Bread – served complimentary, the focaccia was warm and pleasantly, but thought it was too dense for my liking.
Soup of the Day – the cream of mushroom was quite good and not overly thick, which was quite good for soaking the bread in.
Sautéed prawns on spaghetti – served with roasted eggplant, mushrooms & zucchini – The pasta was al dente and served in big portion which I couldn’t finish. The tomato sauce was alright and prawns quite fresh.
Grilled salmon mentaiko – served with teriyaki sauce & fettuccini – didn’t try this but it looked okay to me.
Grilled sirloin steak – served with roasted vegetable and potatoes – didn’t try this as well but my friends did complain about it either.
Dessert of the Day – it wasn’t explained to us what was, but it turned out to be not bad. It was alternate layers of hazelnut, custard, and chocolate and on the side were lychee balls with liquid centres which I thought was quite interesting. It would have been better if they explained the item to us though, such a waste of the delightful dessert.
Pricing was very affordable; I was expecting the meal to be more costly.
But service seems to be an issue here which needs to be bucked up. When we arrived, we were informed that the soup of the day is clam chowder, but when it came, it was cream of mushroom. When I enquired, I was told that it was just changed, and that within a span of maybe half hour. I’m not sure if there was any miscommunication but if the soup had really changed halfway, they could have informed us prior. What is some of us are allergic to mushrooms?
Bread was also served to sporadic tables (not sure how they ‘chose’) so we had to ask for some after seeing ourselves being by-passed a few times.
And I get quite annoyed when something as basic as coke / coke light is served flat. It happened to the whole table and we found out that they had taken the drink from a pitcher which was being used for a company lunch. The company lunch had free flow of coke / coke light and thus was pre-poured into the pitcher instead of fresh from the can. We asked to change it, and they did, but it still came back flat. The server insisted that it was fresh from the can, which I suspect not (if it was, then its time to change your cans). Eventually, I changed mine to coffee instead.
Apart from the service issues, the value for money set lunch and food will make me want to come back, when I have the chance that is.
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On a normal Tuesday afternoon 12pm, I arrived to see 2 big groups waiting outside the restaurant as the staff was doing their last checks. I silently hoped that was a sign that the food was good. More trickled in thereafter and I was very surprised that the place has such a crowd on a nonchalant weekday.
Private rooms are available while the general area were all big tables and comfy chairs, some of which had natural sunlight in air-conditioned comfort thanks to the glass panels separating the dining area and the adjourning poolside.
Food wise, I was honestly not expecting such an extensive spread. The buffet was very well spread out which didn’t feel like a squeeze even with the crowd.
Bread – the grissini was very good and the rest of bread looked good but I didn’t try as I wanted to save the stomach space for other stuff.
Cheese – A good variety of cheese which will probably attract genuine cheese lovers. The few that I tried were good, and also plenty of honeys to pair them with.
Appetizers – a comprehensive selection although the ones I tried have more misses than hits. The mushroom salad was too bland for me and the smoked salmon and seared tuna only average.
Pastas / meat – the 2 pastas I tried were very good! – a broad flat green pasta in tomato sauce with wild pork and penne in tomato. I didn’t try any meat but I saw whole roasted chicken and tenderloin, which comes complete side sauces. I thought the grilled vegetables were very nicely done, with asparagus and zucchini retaining their crunch and had that smoked flavor at the same time. But the cream of mushroom was disappointingly bland though.
Chinese – the chinese section was surprisingly good. They had a pumpkin crabmeat soup which tasted like sharks fin soup without the sharks fin; it was excellent. The seafood in the sambal seafood was very fresh; the sambal nicely spicy and fragrant which I imagine will go very well with plain rice. The sweet and sour pork was terribly addictive. They also had an interesting deep-fried scallop with banana (yes I know it sounds strange) which was quite a tasty combination to my surprise: the scallop was big and very fresh; the banana not overly mushy, and the batter crunchy although abit oily. The prata was too oily for my liking, but the accompany curry chicken was good.
Desserts – honestly, nothing from the dessert section made a deep impression; although they were not bad. Selection ranges from mousse, cakes, choux puffs, tiramisu, gelato (pistachio, vanilla, chocolate, cookies and cream) with toppings etc.
I like them having some of the chefs at the stations, and the shaving of the parma ham on the spot was pretty neat. There isn’t so many places I see with their variety of olive oil / vinaigrette and honeys for the cheese as well.
Service was pretty good, with staff quite efficient with refilling of water and clearing of plates. No big issue here.
At the total bill of $91 for 2pax which I saw, the quality and quantity of the food makes the buffet quite value for money in my opinion, although there were some misses as well.
This is a good business lunch venue, and also evident by the many business groups during my lunch. I would imagine that dinners here will have a rather different ambience. Would not mind recommending this for sure.
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