This one is at the basement of Chevron House (previously called Caltex House) and is a choice for one of those good for a Friday-spend-more lunch. The place was decent, with a nice decor (see the photos).
The first time I went with my colleagues, one of them came back complaining about stomach pain (like gastric pain?) after her Ramyen plus egg and later followed by Soya bean milk (not from this shop). Wonder is the kimchi or is the Chinese theory of certain foods cannot be eaten together.
Another time, I had the $6 Kimchi Ramyen myself. But I couldn’t find much kimchi in it (the normal price was $4.50 for just “Ramyen”) and it wasn’t spicy at all. The noodles was like instant noodles not cooked long enough. It must be because of the piling up of orders.
There seems to be a lot of items on their menu, but other than the Jajang Romyen (meat paste) and the cold noodles, the other items on the menu doesn’t look appealing at all. Simply because they wrote the Korean names without much clear identification of what those items are (the photos just looked like soup with bits and pieces of unidentifiable food). I guess it takes a frequent customer (after many tries) to pick out the right choices.
I went to this outlet during a weekday lunch and ordered 2 items - blended toffee and a box of mini-sized donuts for take-away.
As the mini-sized donuts (12 flavours of 2 pc each) is not ready, the staff asked me to wait for 10mins. So I asked for my drink to be dine-in. With my drink, I was given a free plain-glazed donut without much explanation. Initially I thought it was a compensation for me to wait for my take-away donuts, but later I realise that the staff gave it to all who had a dine-in drink. Not sure it was a Bugis-only promo or a new JCo promo (since I didn't get it when I buy my drink at Raffles City basement).
Initially, I am still positive about this outlet, since I got an extra donut while having to wait for my box of mini-sized donuts. BUT, the 10mins wait turn out to be a 30mins wait. And it was after I chase them 2 times, and standing there waiting for them to pack the 12 different flavours into the box. If they couldn't manage, they shouldn't have told me to wait for 10mins before I place my order. I specifically asked how long do I need to wait, before I place my order and it was a supervisory staff who took my order.
I like this restaurant, for the many different types of Japanese-styled pasta that they offer. It fits my love for pasta and for Jap food. Their pasta had dry, soup, creamy, tomato-based and also salad pasta. Besides pasta (per their shop name), they also have Japanese-styled pizza, gratin, Japanese curry and fried rice.
We went on a weekday and the restaurant was near-full. The restaurant environment was noisy, and it was cold with the big fans on top (in an air-conditioned shopping mall?). We had to ask the staff to switch off the one near us (some of the others were switched off too).
It was our first time there, so we decided that each of us want to try out more than 1 type of items. So, we each order a Haf&Half set or Gratin set (they have the pizza set as well). It came with salad & soup and the main was: 2 pasta (among restricted list) or a pasta and a gratin. It was only $16.80 . Very worth and fulfilling for a first try.
We had their Japanese-styled dessert as well, but we had to wait a relatively longer (than our pasta) for the Parfait (ice-cream).
With the many choices on their menu, this place will definitely win me over for at least a few more rounds.
I went during lunch and during dinner. Though the concept of food ordering was similar to Marche and they had a lot more choices than Marche, their restaurant layout was rather messy (nothing comparable to the relax environment that Marche offers). Its quite hard to find the stall that you want, since they were not arranged in a straight-line or circular basis. Instead, they were positioned to make full use of the space, while creating natural bordering to the seats. No matter where you sit, you wouldn’t feel that the restaurant could occupy a lot of people, but whenever you step out to move around the stalls, you would find yourself easily bumping into another person.
When I went during lunch, I ordered a curry noodle, and I could see their cooking staff working rather slow, when there wasn’t much orders in front of mine.
The negatives aside, this place was a perfect outlet for me!! From my favourite omu-rice & curry rice/noodle, to the others like Japanese pizza, teppanyaki, yakitori, sashimi, dessert, it combined a lot of Japanese food in 1 location. They also had a few soup choices and I ordered a bowl of ready-in-pot miso soup with white radish. Their omu-rice had various choices of meat to go with it, but the main focus (egg) only got a 70 over 100 from me. It’s only half way between a Chinese-style omelette-on-rice and a wet Japanese-style omu-rice. Their Japanese pizza was really thin but just that I am not a fan of Japanese pizza.
When they first started out in Takashimaya, I tried a few times and I thought it was a great choice for those who wanted steak at an affordable (not any of those full course dinner which adds to more than $20 for dinner) and yet comfortable environment (not just any western stall in a noisy foodcourt).
As years passed, I see that they continuously add non-beef items and specialty to their menu. Salmon cream pasta, bolognaise pasta, Japanese curry rice on hotplates?? That’s interesting.
On the steak, I like the part where they have beansprouts and egg (not all). And not to forget their special sauce where I could add as much as I like. As for pepper rice, maybe I am just not used to mixing uncooked meat with rice on a hotplate (I couldn’t get the heat distributed correctly between the rice and the meat), it is always my last choice.
Some few months ago when I went to this outlet, I find their service very “messy”. Not that it is not good, just that maybe something else could make my dinning experience to be better.
First was that I have to wait for their staff to find a table for me, because the tables are all “taken up”. The staff would leave a “Reserved” sign when I take up the table, and after I leave, they will serve the table to the next guest. But because they do not put some kind of “Please let us serve you” sign at the door, I stupidly walked to the sitting area and all I could find were truly-occupied tables and seemed-to-be-occupied table (with “Reserved” sign). After a slight delay, a staff came up to me and ask to assist me. When I proceed to the counter to order, I saw that the staff came up to others in the queue to ask if they have got a table. For those who haven’t, she will go and check to see which table is already available (maybe just not cleared by the cleaning staff, or that she had already “reserved” it and just need to allocate it now).
My food was served at a reasonable time, particularly from the time they took it out of the kitchen and served to me. But as I was sitting near the serving counter, I could see some confusion over one of the orders where the staff couldn’t seem to find the right customer to serve the hotplate. Luckily it wasn’t mine, else the steak would be over-cooked on one side and undercooked on the other, by the time I flipped the meat and sizzle it.
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The first time I went with my colleagues, one of them came back complaining about stomach pain (like gastric pain?) after her Ramyen plus egg and later followed by Soya bean milk (not from this shop). Wonder is the kimchi or is the Chinese theory of certain foods cannot be eaten together.
Another time, I had the $6 Kimchi Ramyen myself. But I couldn’t find much kimchi in it (the normal price was $4.50 for just “Ramyen”) and it wasn’t spicy at all. The noodles was like instant noodles not cooked long enough. It must be because of the piling up of orders.
There seems to be a lot of items on their menu, but other than the Jajang Romyen (meat paste) and the cold noodles, the other items on the menu doesn’t look appealing at all. Simply because they wrote the Korean names without much clear identification of what those items are (the photos just looked like soup with bits and pieces of unidentifiable food). I guess it takes a frequent customer (after many tries) to pick out the right choices.
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As the mini-sized donuts (12 flavours of 2 pc each) is not ready, the staff asked me to wait for 10mins. So I asked for my drink to be dine-in. With my drink, I was given a free plain-glazed donut without much explanation. Initially I thought it was a compensation for me to wait for my take-away donuts, but later I realise that the staff gave it to all who had a dine-in drink. Not sure it was a Bugis-only promo or a new JCo promo (since I didn't get it when I buy my drink at Raffles City basement).
Initially, I am still positive about this outlet, since I got an extra donut while having to wait for my box of mini-sized donuts. BUT, the 10mins wait turn out to be a 30mins wait. And it was after I chase them 2 times, and standing there waiting for them to pack the 12 different flavours into the box. If they couldn't manage, they shouldn't have told me to wait for 10mins before I place my order. I specifically asked how long do I need to wait, before I place my order and it was a supervisory staff who took my order.
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We went on a weekday and the restaurant was near-full. The restaurant environment was noisy, and it was cold with the big fans on top (in an air-conditioned shopping mall?). We had to ask the staff to switch off the one near us (some of the others were switched off too).
It was our first time there, so we decided that each of us want to try out more than 1 type of items. So, we each order a Haf&Half set or Gratin set (they have the pizza set as well). It came with salad & soup and the main was: 2 pasta (among restricted list) or a pasta and a gratin. It was only $16.80 . Very worth and fulfilling for a first try.
We had their Japanese-styled dessert as well, but we had to wait a relatively longer (than our pasta) for the Parfait (ice-cream).
With the many choices on their menu, this place will definitely win me over for at least a few more rounds.
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When I went during lunch, I ordered a curry noodle, and I could see their cooking staff working rather slow, when there wasn’t much orders in front of mine.
The negatives aside, this place was a perfect outlet for me!! From my favourite omu-rice & curry rice/noodle, to the others like Japanese pizza, teppanyaki, yakitori, sashimi, dessert, it combined a lot of Japanese food in 1 location. They also had a few soup choices and I ordered a bowl of ready-in-pot miso soup with white radish. Their omu-rice had various choices of meat to go with it, but the main focus (egg) only got a 70 over 100 from me. It’s only half way between a Chinese-style omelette-on-rice and a wet Japanese-style omu-rice. Their Japanese pizza was really thin but just that I am not a fan of Japanese pizza.
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As years passed, I see that they continuously add non-beef items and specialty to their menu. Salmon cream pasta, bolognaise pasta, Japanese curry rice on hotplates?? That’s interesting.
On the steak, I like the part where they have beansprouts and egg (not all). And not to forget their special sauce where I could add as much as I like. As for pepper rice, maybe I am just not used to mixing uncooked meat with rice on a hotplate (I couldn’t get the heat distributed correctly between the rice and the meat), it is always my last choice.
Some few months ago when I went to this outlet, I find their service very “messy”. Not that it is not good, just that maybe something else could make my dinning experience to be better.
First was that I have to wait for their staff to find a table for me, because the tables are all “taken up”. The staff would leave a “Reserved” sign when I take up the table, and after I leave, they will serve the table to the next guest. But because they do not put some kind of “Please let us serve you” sign at the door, I stupidly walked to the sitting area and all I could find were truly-occupied tables and seemed-to-be-occupied table (with “Reserved” sign). After a slight delay, a staff came up to me and ask to assist me. When I proceed to the counter to order, I saw that the staff came up to others in the queue to ask if they have got a table. For those who haven’t, she will go and check to see which table is already available (maybe just not cleared by the cleaning staff, or that she had already “reserved” it and just need to allocate it now).
My food was served at a reasonable time, particularly from the time they took it out of the kitchen and served to me. But as I was sitting near the serving counter, I could see some confusion over one of the orders where the staff couldn’t seem to find the right customer to serve the hotplate. Luckily it wasn’t mine, else the steak would be over-cooked on one side and undercooked on the other, by the time I flipped the meat and sizzle it.
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