Recently brought the mom to Ichiban boshi for dinner at jurong point and was pleasantly surprised the the quality of the food and price range. An average meal there is about $17 - $25 per pax, quite value for money considering the number of dishes we had. I ordered the unagi set which was about $25 and it came with a generous helping of unagi, 3 bite size portions of chicken teriyaki, salmon sashimi, mixed veg and prawn tempura, rice, soup and fruits. Mom ordered the salmon set with chawanmushi and that was about $17 I think. When you compare it to other similar style places like sakae sushi (yuck!) or suki sushi (bigger yuck!) which may be slightly cheaper, but for the amount of crap you get there, you’re better off skipping the meal anyway. I’m still horrified that I used to eat at sakae sushi on a regular basis. Ah, we were all young and stupid and lacking tastebuds once.
The conveyor belt sushi is also quite good. A friend brought me to the esplanade outlet for lunch that day and I’m not sure if it’s this particular location, but the sashimi was pretty good. It wasn’t the “taste of the ocean” fresh, but fresh enough. For most of the sashimi anyway.
We also ordered some tuna belly maki, but it was too cold for me to taste anything. This is even after letting it sit there for a while. I just could not taste any of the usual oily meaty taste you get from tuna belly, instead, the image of raw mince meat kept coming to my mind as I tried to down the last maki. My friend had asked me to finish it and I did not want to seem impolite, but really, it was quite a feat getting the ice cold maki down. I think for higher grade stuff like tuna belly, you still have to go to a sushi place which has more frequent orders. Not sushi chains like this, however, the overall experience was still okay. Just avoid things like that and you’ll be okay.
The conveyor belt sushi is also quite good. A friend brought me to the esplanade outlet for lunch that day and I’m not sure if it’s this particular location, but the sashimi was pretty good. It wasn’t the “taste of the ocean” fresh, but fresh enough. For most of the sashimi anyway.
We also ordered some tuna belly maki, but it was too cold for me to taste anything. This is even after letting it sit there for a while. I just could not taste any of the usual oily meaty taste you get from tuna belly, instead, the image of raw mince meat kept coming to my mind as I tried to down the last maki. My friend had asked me to finish it and I did not want to seem impolite, but really, it was quite a feat getting the ice cold maki down. I think for higher grade stuff like tuna belly, you still have to go to a sushi place which has more frequent orders. Not sushi chains like this, however, the overall experience was still okay. Just avoid things like that and you’ll be okay.
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