Seoul Jjimdak at Northpoint City

Seoul Jjimdak's 1st branch was at City Square Mall. Its boss brought in the jjimdak food dishes from Seoul, which is braised chicken in soy sauce. 

Besides the main jjimdak, the restaurant also offers other popular Korea dishes like army stew, fried chicken tteokbokki etc.  

With Eatigo discount, we managed to secure a reservation at 6pm today at their Northpoint City outlet. We ordered 3 dishes in all:

1. Spicy tteokbokki with cheese ($12.90) - we added $1 for mushroom. The tteokbokki was chewy and spicy and we love the sauce. However, it would be better if the cheese is more evenly melted and could have a little more sauce. Rating: 3.8/5

2. Japchae ($12.90) - sweet potato glass noodles stir fried with onions, chicken, mushrooms etc. Tasted more chinese than the authentic korean japchae. Rating: 3.5/5

3. Fried chicken ($12.90) - we had to top up extra $2 for asking for the mixed flavor of spicy and non-spicy. The chicken was succulent and I love the marinated flavor. Much better than Cafe Mamma or other equivalent. Rating: 4/5

We would definitely be back to try their original jjimdak dish. So do stay tune for our jjimdak review.

A summary of what we had:

Spicy tteokbokki with cheese

Japchae

Fried chicken

My overall ratings:

Food: 3.7/5

Price: 3.8/5

Service: 3.8/5

Ambience: 3.5/5

You can locate them here:

Seoul Jjimdak
Northpoint City, 930 Yishun Avenue 2, #B1-179, Singapore 769098

Restaurant - Korean

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OMU Singapore at Suntec City

OMU, Japanese lava omu rice, has opened its first branch in Singapore at Suntec City. Very similar to Kyoto's Kichi Kichi omu rice, the restaurant offers various omu/lava omu rice with sides. OMU is not originated from Japan but from Thailand. In Bangkok, they have several branches like in Siam Center etc.  

The lava omu is a $2 top-up from the usual standard omu rice. Would say its worth the top up as its fluffy on the inside. However, the texture is not as viscuous as Kichi Kichi Omu when cut open. 

We had 2 mains and a salad.

1. Curry omu rice with chicken cutlet  ($12.80) - crispy and juicy breaded chicken cutlet fried to the right taste and texture accompanied with hot and delicious tasting curry sauce omu rice. Really one of the better omu rice tasted. The rice is flavourful unlike others which could be served with plain rice. Rating: 4/5

2. Nagoya style red miso omu rice with pork cutlet ($14.90) - the pork cutlet was similarly juicy and crunchy. The rice is sauteed with chicken chunks and homemade sauce. The red miso sauce was a little sourish and it is much preferred over the curry. Rating: 4.1/5

3. Mushroom salad ($9.90) - generous portion of salad with sauteed garlic mushrooms. Ordinary in taste. Rating: 3.5/5

For omu rice lovers, OMU is definitely worth a try as it really serves the better omu as compared to others. 

A summary of what we had:

Curry omu rice with chicken cutlet

Nagoya style red miso omu rice with pork cutlet

Mushroom salad

My overall ratings:

Food: 3.8/5

Price: 3.8/5

Service: 3.8/5

Ambience: 3.9/5

You can locate them here:

OMU Singapore

3 Temasek Boulevard, #01-301A/301B, West Wing, Suntec City, Singapore 038983

Tel: +65 98340079

Opening Hours: 10:00am – 10:00pm

Restaurant - Japanese

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Aburi-En at Tanjong Pagar Center

Aburi-En is a cosy Japanese restaurant offering flame-seared meat on rice. Their popular and recommended mouth-watering dons include their kurobuta and wagyu beef series.

With their newest opening at B2 of Tanjong Pagar Center, we were there to try out their delicious and very appetizing looking dons. We ordered the below:

1. Kurobuta hoho don ($16) - tenderly grilled kurobuta pork marinated in their homemade sauce. The pork was so flavourful and nicely done that it melted in our mouths. It was an awesome combination with the sweet japanese rice drizzled with their sauce. Rating: 4/5

2. Aburi salmon don ($13) - has expected the salmon slices to be more torched but they were like salmon sashimi don instead. Rating: 3.5/5

3. Chicken nanban ($7.80) - this dish deserves 2 thumbs up. The chicken pcs were so succulent and juicy and the skin tasted so good. It was great with the tartar sauce accompanying it. Rating: 4.2/5

All dishes are subjected to 10% gst and 7% service charge. We would be back to try their wagyu dons next and we simply love their chicken nanban. 

A summary of what we had:
Kurobuta hoho don
Aburi salmon don
Chicken nanban

My overall ratings:

Food: 3.9/5

Price: 3.5/5

Service: 4/5

Ambience: 4/5

You can locate them here:
Aburi-En 

#B2-09, Tanjong Pagar Center, Singapore 078884

Restaurant - Japanese

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Chill Gen Modern Cha Chan Teng at JCube

Chill Gen Modern Cha Chan Teng is another HK concept restaurant by Xin Wang. The restaurant is located at level 1 of JCube beside Aji-ichi. It offers a scaled down version of Xin Wang's menu, with more focus on one dish meal. 

The restaurant is not crowded even during meal times and would be a good place to chat and chillout. We ordered 2 mains and 1 vegetable for dinner today.

1. Chicken chop instant noodle ($8.80) - HK style nissin noodle soup with tenderly fried chicken chop and panfried egg. Love the nissin noodle springiness. Rating: 3.6/5

2. HK signature noodles ($9.80) - fried HK noodles with loads of seafood and ingredients. Tasted not as good as it smells but given its ingredients' freshness still quite good. Rating: 3.4/5

3. Sambal long beans ($6.80) - very small portion of fried long beans with sambal. Similarly not as tasty as it smells. Rating: 3/5

Overall, Xin Wang definitely offers better food choices as compared to Chill Gen. Would head down to Xin Wang anytime if we craved for HK style food. 

A summary of what we had:
Chicken chop instant noodle
HK signature noodles
Sambal long beans

My overall ratings:

Food: 3.2/5

Price: 3.5/5

Service: 3.8/5

Ambience: 3.8/5

You can locate them here:

Chill Gen Modern Cha Chan Teng

2 Jurong East Central 1, #01-06, Singapore 609731

Restaurant - Chinese

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One Sushi at Northpoint Drive Yishun

Located at Yishun Town Square beside Northpoint City, One Sushi offers a wide variety of affordable sushi at $1.50 per plate. Just like Sushi Express, these sushi are available on the conveyor belt. Other than these, there are other food varieties as well and the highly recommended ones are their mentaiko dishes. Being mentaiko lovers, we tried majority of their recommended dishes. 

We had 3 yellow plates at $1.50 each. Basically their salmon sushi, jellyfish and fried fish skin. The fish skin is recommended as its lightly fried yet crispy and not so oily. We had zaru soba ($2.80) which was rather hard, chicken and vegetable gyoza ($3.60), tori karaage ($3.60) , french fries mentai ($3.80), ika mentai ($4.80) and lastly, salmon crepe roll ($8.80). 

Of all, we would recommend their ika mentai, french fries mentai and salmon crepe roll. They were generous with their mentaiko and flamed to the right level. Ordered items are sent to you via their auto-cart like Genki. 

One Sushi is very much like Genki Sushi. In terms of sushi quality, Genki is definitely much preferred. We should not be back anytime in the near future. Hopefully their sushi standard would have improved by then. 

Here's a summary of what we had:
Zaru soba
Chicken and vegetable gyoza
Tori karaage
French fries mentai
Ika mentai
Salmon crepe roll

My overall ratings:

Food: 3/5

Price: 3.8/5

Ambience: 3.5/5

Service: 3.3/5

You can locate them here:

One Sushi

3 Northpoint Drive, Yishun Town Square, #01-04, Singapore 760925

Restaurant - Japanese

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Myung Ga II at Bukit Timah Plaza

It has such a long time since we last stepped into Bukit Timah Plaza. The last time we went there was like 15yrs ago. The place has modernised a little but some of the old restaurants like the stalls selling Nyonya delicacies are still around.

We have heard of many good and affordable Korean restaurants in Bt Timah Plaza, so we decided to give it a try at Myung Ga II. 

The small Korean restaurant is located at B1 of the mall. The restaurant is small and one feels like in Korea when stepped into the restaurant. 

We were served with 4 sides: kimchi, seaweed, tamago and ikan billis. The sides are freeflow and we loved the ikan billis and kimchi. So good! We ordered 3 of their dinner dishes: 

1. Spicy cold noodles ($18) - this dish deserves the 2 thumbs up! The springy noodles are so refreshing and the taste is exactly like what we had in Korea! Rating: 4.5/5

2. Spicy chicken soup ($15) - piping hot korean soup with lots of leek, vermicilli and chicken pcs. Not the usual kimchi stew flavour but with a unique homecook taste. Rating: 4/5

3. Seafood leek pancake ($18) - crispily fried pancake with lots of leek and seafood. Its so tasty even without the soy sauce. Kevin loved it! Rating: 4.2/5

All prices are without Gst and service charge. We will definitely be back to try the other dishes but do come early or will need to queue for at least mins or more. 

A summary of what we had:

Spicy cold noodles

Spicy chicken soup

Seafood leek pancake

My overall ratings:

Food: 4.2/5

Price: 4/5

Service: 4/5

Ambience: 3.8/5

You can locate them here:

Myung Ga II 

1 Jln Anak Bukit, Bukit Timah Plaza, #B1-11, Singapore 588996

Restaurant - Korean

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