99cents per plate??

99cents per plate of what? SUSHI. Hey, Hey, I am recommeding this Japanese restaurant with 2 outlets located at the Revenue House and Tampines swimming complex. The outlet that I went to was the one located at Revenue House (or should I tell its at the IRAS building?) The restaurant is named Nihom Mura, Level 2, #02-02., Revenue House. This restaurant is nicely decorated and its ambience is nice. To me, the so-called difference of this Japanese restaurant is this restaurant is like a Japanese Marche. Why do I say so? Okie, okie, let me highlight. In this restaurant, there is no seat along the conveyor belt. All customers are to self-service the sushi that are on-going the conveyor belt. No worries about the colours plates, are all 99-cents! Also, this restaurant has no MENU. The rest of the food like sashimi, charcoal grilled items, udo, doburi (hot pot rice) are all available at individual chef's workstation. Each food item is clearly labelled with a food photo and its price. Well, well, I think all food are reasonably priced. If you look at the pictures that I have attached (sorry for few pics oni, cos kanna stop for photography), what you need to do when you have decided what are the ala-car food that you wanted, all you need to do is to collect a stick of the labelled food, bring it back to your table and placed them all on a cup assigned on every table and wait for your food to be served. The staff will then come to your table and collect all the 'menu-sticks' that you have chosen. Good point is no waiting time for staff to come and take your order. The overall idea of this functioning of the restaurant is quite fresh and interesting to me. The bbq prawns ($5 for 4 sticks) are so-perfect and nice for a prawn lover like me. I took a few plates of sushi, order a beef donburi (hot pot rice) and tori karage......the hot pot rice is nice and the warm of the pot is able to keep the rice warm so that you can enjoy its warm even when you are eating soup. I guess I will surely be back to this restaurant for more Jap food cos there are many more choices that I can't wait to order and put them into my mouth. I guess my soon to be tummy will show it all. Overall, dining experience is perfect. Service: 5/5, food: 4/5, price: 4/5, ambience: 5/5....and I be BACK FOR MORE. Oh ya, according to the waitress, they allow table reservation on all days and carparking on sunday at this IRAS is oni $1.00... cheap parking...to enjoy your food slowly....slowly.... any one wants to treat me there???

Jane's Cake Station

Chocolate fudge cake, my FAVOURITE. Today I am recommending a super nice chocolate fudge cake that melts both your heart and mouth. The first time when I passed by this cake shop located at Jalan Kayu, I was wondering when did this shop open at Jln Kayu. Perhaps I also knew about roti prata discovery at Jln Kayu but never about this cake shop. Ok, decided to give it a try! I asked the shop owner if they have any slice cake for sale. The answer was NO. I asked then what are the cake variety. Answer: only durian or chocolate fudge cakes. So, I decided to buy a whole chocolate fudge cake. Guess what was the reply. Sorry, all cakes are available by order, no more ready cakes now. Huh, I was thinking to myself, wow, they so super! Never mind, never say die, I will be back one day to try. I phoned to order the cake on 7 Feb (Wed) and went for collection on 10 Feb (Sat). I seldom buy whole cake for no ocassion except for this time. The whole cake costs $30 and for durian cake it will be $38. Finally, after a long wait, i went to collect the cake and was all ready to put the first bite into my mouth. WOW, the cake is super soft and the sweetness is perfect. I ate 2 slices at one go and its like never enough. This cake is really worth the money and the trip to Jln Kayu, all the way to collect it. Rating: *****