Hinoki - Hits and Misses

A farewell lunch for a colleague. The bento set lunches are quite expensive between $18 to $38++. However, the variety served in each bento quite make up for the cost. I do like the sashimi and sushi that is offered in my bento set. Nice and fresh. The rice wasn't good though, not chewy enough. The soy sauce pork that accompanied my bento was very tough as well. Chawanmushi bordered on the sweet side, which was not to my taste.

The ala-carte uni sushi was a bit of a disappointment though. It had lemon juice squeezed on it, which masked out the natural taste of the uni. The kajiki sashimi was pan-seared on the edges, something which I don't really fancy.

A letdown was the service. The waitress got my order wrong, even though I pointed to the bento that I had wanted. In the end, they served me the Hinoki bento, which had kajiki sashimi. That made the side order of kajiki sashimi also redundant ...

Decor-wise was nothing to shout about, but the food should be all that matters.

Fresh oyster


Uni sushi


Kajiki sashimi


Hinoki bento set


Hinoki bento set


See DC's food review at HungryGoWhere here.


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There is full of Japanese restaurants at Parco Marina 3rd floor. Tomi Sushi is the next one that we "attacked"!



Does brought back memories of the restaurant a friend brought CP and I to in Tokyo.

We wasted no time with our orders. Finally, CP and I can enjoy a sake together. It must have been 2 years at least.


Appetiser. Some sort of fish with soya sauce, not sure what.


Sashimi @ $32


Negitoro Maki (minced tuna belly roll) @ $15


Ebi Tempura. This is really fantastic!


Steamed Asari clams.


Chawanmushi. There're bits of orange peel in it, which makes for a unique and fragrant taste.


Uni sushi @ $20. Real good. Gotta be careful with uni because if it's not fresh, it'll be yucky.


Mekajiki Sashimi.


Sake Harasu Shioyaki (Grilled Salmon Belly) $13

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A friend recommended this Japanese restaurant at Liang Court but warned of the long queue. SO off we went to check it out after chuch in the morning. Even in the afternoon, it was packed.

We didn't mind counter seats facing the kitchen, so we got in immediately. It's hot facing the kitchen, but as we just came in from the cold pouring rain, it wasn't too bad. Well, you can catch all the cooks in action too.



Tokusen Sushi - $43

Thankfully the uni sushi tasted alright, no fishy taste there. A pity it's just one, I could have slurped more of it but probably it contributed to a significant part of the plate's price.

Wafu Steak - $16.8


Shabu Ramen - $13.8

Pork Bone Kyushu Ramen made from Japanese black pig.

Phew ... we got to stop eating Japanese for a while. It's too expensive in Singapore.

To top it off, we had ice-cream from the basement to round it off ... there are a whole of Japanese eating joints there also!




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