Date of Visit: 1 Oct 08
Timing: abt 9pm Service: Good
Food-Taste: Not too bad, depends on order Ambience: Nice & Soothing, Clean
Price Total: $52.26.
i wld say prices r abt norm for wat u expect @ a "restaurant", abit to e higher-end maybe. abt $10 for a meal those kind depending on wat is e meal u order.
Me & bf were so hungry for our dinner & decided on Ichiban Boshi, seems tt their last order is 9.30pm. It didn't took log b4 they attended to us & led us the way in to a 2-seater (1 chair & the "booth" seat kind-/opp.).
The waitress came 2 check w us if we wanted any drinks 1st b4 placing an order as we were still undecided. We finalized our order & e waiter/waitress(i forgot) came quickly 2 take our orders:
1) 2 Green Tea
Apparently their so-called green tea wasn't green @ all, it's a reddish-yellow color, but e waiter/waitress explained nicely tt it is green tea upon our questioning looks when we rcv e drinks... Tea was refreshing, well, nth much 2 describe. haa~
2) Colored Plates
a) Cheese Salmon Sushi - Not bad, salmon fresh & e cheese on top slightly melted on it.. Mmm..
b) California Handroll - Indregients r nt "stingy", fair bit of e crabroll, red color minis (4got its name), big avacado etc..
c) Sushi (e red color one, 4got its name!) - nice.
d) Cold Soba - weren't eaten by me, can't comment.. but no bad comments though. so shld be ok.
3) Executive Meal - o.k
It comes with a bowl of rice, miso soup, the "hot plate" of beef slices & cherry tomatoes sticks, with e jap white long mushrooms (forgot its name too) submerged in e ginger gravy/sauce, 2 slices of orange, & a plate of salmon slices (think it was 4/6).
I didn't quite like e main though, coz of e strong ginger taste. Though e beef is soft & tender.. e soup is also nice, & not to forget... THE SALMON. simply love it~
4) Double Niku Soba - Alright
This is my meal...
The "double" refers to e beef meatballs & beef meat slices. It tasted refreshing & nice in e beginning.. & tt is, in e beginning only.. Probably I'm nt a soba-eater, so e soba itself seems abit too soft & thick for me, i dunno (usually i take ramen), but i start to get sick of e niku taste... Perhaps it's too strong, so it seems i was like "forcing" myself to cont.. But the meatballs r nt bad though, e "chewyness" is just right. Bad thing is e beef slices, especially e bigger slices, they're super hard to chew.. v hard. won't order again e next rd. once enuff..
I think I might have ordered the wrong dish as my main, as soba is nt really my kind of food. As for the executive meal, if u dun like too strong a ginger taste, u might nt like it either.... But e side orders r nice. So i think overall, e restaurant is gd. will try this rest again for other foods.. :)
I was there a few times. None of it disappointed me. Except for the most recent visit. Guess, my usual choice of 'simple' food doesn't really work all the time.
I ordered Tempura Udon. Yes...udon again, because it's easier to finish noodle, and I hate wasting food. I guess I was trying pretty hard to convince myself the meal wasn't that bad. But after much thought...I think chefs are humans too and their threshold of standard dropped slightly.
My tempura looks ok at first, but at the end of the meal all my tempura looked soggy and man..does it taste like flour or was it my imagination?!
Udon was still ok...so lucky I had at least udon to make me full.
My friend brought me to this restaurant for dinner last weekend. She told me that the prices were quite reasonable and the portion of the food was quite big.
And what she said was true.
The restaurant looked bright and nice. We were welcomed by a polite waitress.
The table was kind of small. Nevertheless, we did not order much food that day.
I ordered a hot green tea and a Sukiyaki Gozen set. The Sukiyaki Gozen cost only $16.90. I used the word "only" because I found it very worth the price compared to other Japanese restaurants.
The set consisted of the Sukiyaki pot itself, plain udon, white rice, salmon sashimi, a small bowl of lotus roots, miso soup, and 2 pieces of fresh orange.
The beef in the pot was very sufficient for me (might be more than sufficient for some). And the soup in the pot was really nice and tasty. I added udon into the soup as well.
The salmon sashimi pieces were thick and fresh.
I was quite satisfied with my meal and was really very full after that.
i went there with my family, and i find the variety neither pocket-friendly nor appetizing.
nevertheless, i wound up with a curry udon which was surprisingly cheap (arnd $8) and absolutely delicious!!
the other dishes ordered by my family were forgettable, my sister commented that we should've just bought sashimi from carrefour and eaten food court jap food instead. the beef in the beef hot pot my mum ordered had the consistency of chewing gum and she was desperately distributing the tough slices to us (no luck there!) for love of her gums.
service wasnt worth the 10% service charge, with iced water served after our main courses arrived, upon prompting. it doesnt make sense to pay so much more just for (a)someone to carry my food from the kitchen to the table and oh (b) for them to shout "irasshaimase" into my ear.
I personally think the food presentation was delicious enough already. I had the beefy hot plate and it was really fulfilling to your tummy when the food is kept warm enough though-out the entire meal. However, the seat that i got with the whole big group of friends perhaps isn't the best as it was the first seat before you hit into the entire restaurant and it turned out to be rather warm and uncomfortable under the strong spotlight.
On top of the aromatic and appetizing food i enjoyed, there were oranges that came together to give a sweet full stop for everything. Seating arrangement aside, i enjoy every bite i had right till the end.
My partner had chicken katsu don, if you are in the fried chicken mood, go for it! It was quite a huge portion too, so a good choice for guys and rather reasonably priced :)
Ps: not very good camera, but please trust me on it for its taste and magnetic fields of making you drool.)
i think the food there is quite refreshing and nice, seems quite different from the other japanese cuisine that i've tried. the ambience of the place ain't bad either. quiet and relaxing as you can take your time to choose and take from the wide variety of sushi avaliable from the conveyor belt itself. the price is slightly higher compared to other japanese food outlets but i think it is worth the price. the service there is quite good as well.
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6 Reviews for “Ichiban Boshi (Suntec City)” - Restaurants
Date of Visit: 1 Oct 08
Timing: abt 9pm
Service: Good
Food-Taste: Not too bad, depends on order
Ambience: Nice & Soothing, Clean
Price Total: $52.26.
i wld say prices r abt norm for wat u expect @ a "restaurant", abit to e higher-end maybe. abt $10 for a meal those kind depending on wat is e meal u order.
Me & bf were so hungry for our dinner & decided on Ichiban Boshi, seems tt their last order is 9.30pm. It didn't took log b4 they attended to us & led us the way in to a 2-seater (1 chair & the "booth" seat kind-/opp.).
The waitress came 2 check w us if we wanted any drinks 1st b4 placing an order as we were still undecided. We finalized our order & e waiter/waitress(i forgot) came quickly 2 take our orders:
1) 2 Green Tea
Apparently their so-called green tea wasn't green @ all, it's a reddish-yellow color, but e waiter/waitress explained nicely tt it is green tea upon our questioning looks when we rcv e drinks... Tea was refreshing, well, nth much 2 describe. haa~
2) Colored Plates
a) Cheese Salmon Sushi - Not bad, salmon fresh & e cheese on top slightly melted on it.. Mmm..
b) California Handroll - Indregients r nt "stingy", fair bit of e crabroll, red color minis (4got its name), big avacado etc..
c) Sushi (e red color one, 4got its name!) - nice.
d) Cold Soba - weren't eaten by me, can't comment.. but no bad comments though. so shld be ok.
3) Executive Meal - o.k
It comes with a bowl of rice, miso soup, the "hot plate" of beef slices & cherry tomatoes sticks, with e jap white long mushrooms (forgot its name too) submerged in e ginger gravy/sauce, 2 slices of orange, & a plate of salmon slices (think it was 4/6).
I didn't quite like e main though, coz of e strong ginger taste. Though e beef is soft & tender.. e soup is also nice, & not to forget... THE SALMON. simply love it~
4) Double Niku Soba - Alright
This is my meal...
The "double" refers to e beef meatballs & beef meat slices. It tasted refreshing & nice in e beginning.. & tt is, in e beginning only.. Probably I'm nt a soba-eater, so e soba itself seems abit too soft & thick for me, i dunno (usually i take ramen), but i start to get sick of e niku taste... Perhaps it's too strong, so it seems i was like "forcing" myself to cont.. But the meatballs r nt bad though, e "chewyness" is just right. Bad thing is e beef slices, especially e bigger slices, they're super hard to chew.. v hard. won't order again e next rd. once enuff..
I think I might have ordered the wrong dish as my main, as soba is nt really my kind of food. As for the executive meal, if u dun like too strong a ginger taste, u might nt like it either.... But e side orders r nice. So i think overall, e restaurant is gd. will try this rest again for other foods.. :)
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I was there a few times. None of it disappointed me. Except for the most recent visit. Guess, my usual choice of 'simple' food doesn't really work all the time.
I ordered Tempura Udon. Yes...udon again, because it's easier to finish noodle, and I hate wasting food. I guess I was trying pretty hard to convince myself the meal wasn't that bad. But after much thought...I think chefs are humans too and their threshold of standard dropped slightly.
My tempura looks ok at first, but at the end of the meal all my tempura looked soggy and man..does it taste like flour or was it my imagination?!
Udon was still ok...so lucky I had at least udon to make me full.
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My friend brought me to this restaurant for dinner last weekend. She told me that the prices were quite reasonable and the portion of the food was quite big.
And what she said was true.
The restaurant looked bright and nice. We were welcomed by a polite waitress.
The table was kind of small. Nevertheless, we did not order much food that day.
I ordered a hot green tea and a Sukiyaki Gozen set. The Sukiyaki Gozen cost only $16.90. I used the word "only" because I found it very worth the price compared to other Japanese restaurants.
The set consisted of the Sukiyaki pot itself, plain udon, white rice, salmon sashimi, a small bowl of lotus roots, miso soup, and 2 pieces of fresh orange.
The beef in the pot was very sufficient for me (might be more than sufficient for some). And the soup in the pot was really nice and tasty. I added udon into the soup as well.
The salmon sashimi pieces were thick and fresh.
I was quite satisfied with my meal and was really very full after that.
Will return again :)

$money$ said:
Login to add your comment. Or, Register for an account now. It's free!sukiyaki and salmon in a set... that does sound "only"
08 Aug 2008 at 12:58 pm
i went there with my family, and i find the variety neither pocket-friendly nor appetizing.
nevertheless, i wound up with a curry udon which was surprisingly cheap (arnd $8) and absolutely delicious!!
the other dishes ordered by my family were forgettable, my sister commented that we should've just bought sashimi from carrefour and eaten food court jap food instead. the beef in the beef hot pot my mum ordered had the consistency of chewing gum and she was desperately distributing the tough slices to us (no luck there!) for love of her gums.
service wasnt worth the 10% service charge, with iced water served after our main courses arrived, upon prompting. it doesnt make sense to pay so much more just for (a)someone to carry my food from the kitchen to the table and oh (b) for them to shout "irasshaimase" into my ear.

Jeslyn Tee said:
Login to add your comment. Or, Register for an account now. It's free!They used to be very good. But their standard dropped by a lot. The outlet at Esplanade seems to be better
26 Jun 2008 at 10:34 pm
I personally think the food presentation was delicious enough already. I had the beefy hot plate and it was really fulfilling to your tummy when the food is kept warm enough though-out the entire meal. However, the seat that i got with the whole big group of friends perhaps isn't the best as it was the first seat before you hit into the entire restaurant and it turned out to be rather warm and uncomfortable under the strong spotlight.
On top of the aromatic and appetizing food i enjoyed, there were oranges that came together to give a sweet full stop for everything. Seating arrangement aside, i enjoy every bite i had right till the end.
My partner had chicken katsu don, if you are in the fried chicken mood, go for it! It was quite a huge portion too, so a good choice for guys and rather reasonably priced :)
Ps: not very good camera, but please trust me on it for its taste and magnetic fields of making you drool.)
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i think the food there is quite refreshing and nice, seems quite different from the other japanese cuisine that i've tried. the ambience of the place ain't bad either. quiet and relaxing as you can take your time to choose and take from the wide variety of sushi avaliable from the conveyor belt itself. the price is slightly higher compared to other japanese food outlets but i think it is worth the price. the service there is quite good as well.
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