Ikoi Japanese Restaurant

Today we suddenly had a craving for sashimi and since we have long heard about how great Ikoi is for sashimi, we rang them up to reserve two seats for us. 

When we went in, we didn't expect the place to be so squeezy! The tables were pretty close to each other and worst, we had a counter seat and the counter table was quite small and we had to sit side by side (almost arm to arm) and it felt even more squeezy.

We were offered a few complimentary dishes and we were smart not to take too much of the complimentary dishes because they were soup and rice aimed at making us full more easily lol. 

More spacious seats for the VIPs

Complimentary dish. 

The famous sashimi!!! 

Complimentary hotpot

Cocktail roll & Crabstick roll (Basically just hotdog wrap with bacon...)

Kabocha Tempura & Nasu Tempura

Specially flown from Japan YUZU SHERBET- S$6 

We had around 2-3 rounds of all the types of sashimi. We tried almost all the side dishes which we thought were interesting but dare not try the main dish such as soba and curry rice because we were afraid it would make us too full. Anyway I think we did not eat our worth because our tummies were so small. The meal cost us S$86 in total. Damn expensive for a buffet which we felt were not very special. We would rather pay around S$20 for the sushi at Itacho Sushi where we could enjoy a small piece of premium sashimi instead of forcing these sashimi down our tummy to the point we felt quite sick of the it. 

Luckily we ordered the YUZU SHERBET and I must say it was a pretty good dessert because it helped clear the feeling of sickness from over eating the sashimi. lol

I would say not worth paying $40 for this buffet unless you really really love sashimi and can spam sashimi without feeling sick of it. :)

Rating :

Sashimi: 4/5 (We only liked the salmon and tuna)

Cocktail & crab stick roll: 2/5 

California temaki: 3/5

Chawan mushi: 3/5

Miso soup: 3/5

Broiled tofu: 3/5

Agedashi tofu: 3/5

Ebi Tempura: 4/5

Pumpkin & eggplant tempura: 3/5

Yuzu Sherbet: 5/5 ( Really amazing that it can clear the fishy taste away immediately!) 

Day at Sentosa

I'm blogging really often these days. 

Today YY and I went to Sentosa to recce for places to shoot and also to test out the functions of my new DSLR.

I'm wearing our newly self-manufactured piece! It's great for lazy people like me who cannot be bothered to dress up and gluttons like me who eats a lot (can hide tummy). 

 I shouldn't be smiling.
Queued for a bloody 30min at Gongcha!

First time on the Sentosa Boardwalk!

A touristy shot

Palawan beach

I'm quite pleased how this picture kind of looks artistic

At Amara Sanctuary

Ok I totally fail as a model. Lol

I think we were trespassing some villa there...

Peacocks everywhere in Sentosa! 

 Although we only spent around 2-3 hours in Sentosa, we were really tired after walking so much. We headed back to Vivocity and settled for dinner at Imperial Herbal restaurant as my mum raved about the pumpkin tofu there.

Shagged max

Sweet & Sour Pork

Pumpkin Tofu

There's actually a Chinese physician sitting inside the restaurant!

Interesting chairs

Anyway, the meal wasn't really fantastic. Sweet & sour pork's quite average though the pineapple cubes in it were nice. The pumpkin tofu was not bad. The sauce is fragrant and has a hint of pumpkin and butter. The pork floss went pretty well with the tofu and sauce. 

Total bill came up to be around $18 which was quite expensive for 2 dishes and 3 bowls of rice. We did not order any drinks as one pot of tea (refillable) costs $7. An interesting thing about this restaurant is that I read from hungrygowhere that it serves exotic dishes like fried scorpions and black ants and crocodile tail. However, they can't be found in the menu and has to be requested to the waitresses there. 

Oh and the chairs are kind of funny. The interior deco's like any other proper Chinese restaurant but those seats kind of look out of place. I think it's Buddha's hand gesture? Pretty special I guess.

At YY's request

Rating : 

Sweet & sour pork: 3/5

Pumpkin tofu: 4/5