The perpetual long queues and the surge in reviews by food blogs piqued my interest to visit Itacho Sushi located at Ion Orchard. Given my appetite for anything Japanese, I eagerly awaited for an opportunity to go for lunch on a weekday, as I figured it would probably be less busy then. The restaurant was definitely doing brisk business though I could immediately get a seating upon arrival.
Sad to say, I was not impressed at all. It was not as cheap a meal that I expected from a sushi chain. The anagao looked impressive in its entirety but tasted mushy and much too sweet from copious amounts of sweet sticky teriyaki sauce. The fresh scallop sushi was good though.
However I must admit that the restaurant has got some unique selling points going for them - individual sushi to allow variety, a good selection of "roasted" sushi, better known as aburi sushi, and a relative larger variety of sushi. Kudos to the good service as well. Maybe the original stores in Hong Kong fare better but for now, I will stick to my regular Japanese chains.
Sad to say, I was not impressed at all. It was not as cheap a meal that I expected from a sushi chain. The anagao looked impressive in its entirety but tasted mushy and much too sweet from copious amounts of sweet sticky teriyaki sauce. The fresh scallop sushi was good though.
However I must admit that the restaurant has got some unique selling points going for them - individual sushi to allow variety, a good selection of "roasted" sushi, better known as aburi sushi, and a relative larger variety of sushi. Kudos to the good service as well. Maybe the original stores in Hong Kong fare better but for now, I will stick to my regular Japanese chains.
3 comments:
was there too some time back, felt the same way too. that's probably why i didn't write bout it, wasn't that impressed.
Cavalock: so I am not alone! wanted to write sort of as a "warning" :)
I've been to one of their HK outlets and was utterly impressed by the affordability and freshness of their food. News of them opening up at ION got me all excited, but seems like the price here is not as cheap as that in HK and the food not as good?
I was originally hoping their entry into SG would force other sushi chains to bring down prices, haha.
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