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Food and Beverages » Ice Cream & Yogurt
"izakaya" is a Japanese word which means pub. In Japan, izakayas are pubs where the Japanese come to relax after a day's hard work. Izakaya is also a favourite joint for the families to enjoy wide range of affordable Japanese food. For the adults, there is a wide selection of sake, beer and wine.
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Everything here seems to be done with macha, drinks, shakes, lattes, ice creams, etc. A tad quiet on a Monday night and maybe that's why the air conditioning seemed to be a little too strong for me.
Hot macha latte - friend ordered the unsweetened version for me but maybe it was the wrong choice. It was terribly bitter and consistency was so thick it didnt taste like a 'latte' at all. I added some hot milk to dilute it but didnt turn out too different. Had to add a pack of sugar to make it bearable in the end. Lesson learnt - take the sweetened version.
Macha black saseme ice cream - ordering 2 scoops instead of 1 by 1 was a mistake, even though it was cheaper comparatively. The macha ice cream dissolved into a green puddle too quickly under the black saseme, the black saseme overpowered whatever macha taste I could find. I'm sure they taste great separately.
The place is semi-self service: write your orders on an order chit on the table, bring it to the counter, pay, and wait for your food / drinks. Prices are very reasonable for $6 per person too.
For macha lovers~
Most seats are low-back cushy seats but the layout of the seats don't really offer any privacy for chit chatting, unless you're lucky enough to snag 1 of their 2 booth seats, one of which unfortuantely was taken up by ONE lady during my visit. Sigh.
We got hit by a flying piece of porcelain when one of the staff broke something near the kitchen but maybe that's just bad timing for us.
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They Finally Got It Right!
If you do remember, I had ravaged MOF for their lousy food and lack of variety in an earlier review. Somehow and for some reason, somebody did give a damn (I am assuming this) about that bad review, or maybe the management was really not proud of what they had to offer at the Marina Square branch. And since they couldn't "re-brand" their stupidest name in the world, they probably thought it would be the best move to concentrate on selling their good stuff. Which is probably the only best thing that came out of MOF, by the way.
Simply said, the Girlfriend and I loved that just-you-and-me moment with the Macha Sundae (seen in picture). For S$6, you get soft-serve ice-cream with a scoop of their very good green tea red bean ice-cream and a whole lot of other toppings like green tea sauce, cereal, jelly, azuki red bean, peaches, waffle, watermelon wedges and cherry. We thought it was a very good deal if compared to places like Ben & Jerry's or Häagen-Dazs.
On another occasion, I tried the item with their green tea ice-cream, rice dumplings and red bean paste (which they claim to use red beans imported from Japan). The rich flavour from the green tea ice-cream was really pleasant and the rice dumplings were chewy with just the right texture. The red bean paste was unfortunately still a little too sweet to my liking. But overall, it was an enjoyable takeaway dessert.
The menu has also been bumped up, which only means more choices and that's a good thing. Do give the items recommended in the menu a try, you may just be pleasantly surprised too.
On a totally unrelated note, I was at Balestier Road briefly during the weekend and came across a rather fascinating traditional bakery. Any other interesting stuff that I should look out for in that area?
Must Tries: Their ice-cream, of course
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