How exciting! I think it's tuna season or some other (hmm I always thought all these fatty fish were best eaten during winter...) and Iseatan has a tuna fare!And of course, to save money, I get my sashimi fix from Iseatan (when I happen to be nearby) after 830pm cos there's 50% off most of the sushis and sashimis. Why pay more when you can get it at half price?
Of course, I took advantage of the 50% off to get myself some much loved Otoro. It's $10.50 for 5 pieces of top grade bluefin tuna! In sushi tei, they sell 2 pieces of otoro sushi for a whopping $18 bucks!
Otoro is the highest grade of bluefin tuna, and in a humongous bluefin tuna (which apparently can grow up to the size of a baby elephant??!!) there's only a tiny portion at the belly, near the head which is considered as top grade tuna - the Otoro part.
Look at the pale pink flesh and delicious marbeling? It doesn't even look like it comes from a fish. The tuna is firm and when you bit into it, it's juicy and you can taste the buttery fish oils and the whole piece melts in your mouth and slides down your throat. Yum! Of course, owing to this being a 'luxury' I try to prolong the melting and sliding part...
Hope all the omega-3-fatty acid can help me in my upcoming end of posting test!
One grade down from otoro is Chutoro. This comes from the underbelly of the bluefin tuna too, but it comes from the further back part of the belly. So it has less fat. But it has much much more fat than the normal deep red tuna (akami) that you find at conveyer belt sushi places.
Toro just means any part of the tuna belly. One of my favouriter sushis is the Negiritoromaki, which is minced toro mixed with a bit of spring onion and wrapped up in rice rolls. It's really tasty and delicious and not as ex as otoro/chutoro.For more information on toros, click here and here
I ordered the Ice Mocha (something liddat can't rem the name) ($7++) cos it was so hot and I wanted an ice cream in my drink :D It has vanilla ice cream, coffee and chocolate sauce. The margarita costs $6.50 though it doesn't taste very good apparently (but I didn't try it).
This is my fish pie which consists of white fish of the day. There is a layer of potato and cheese on top, and a mixture of fish, mushrooms and herbs below. It's quite tasty and filling. Though I won't be trying this again (cos I don't like this kind of pies - I prefer the pastry kind). I actually wanted to order the Prawn and Truffle Oil pasta (cos I really like Truffle Oil) but then I was very hungry and didn't want to end up with a measly portion of pasta so I thought pie would be more filling. Nevermind, there is always a next time and next time I will go to the one at Cluny Court cos it's so much nearer my house. 
This is the "Across the English Channel" which is lots of mushrooms cooked in a herb cream sauce served with pasta. The pasta is seasoned and al dente, and the mushrooms are creamy and done to a buttery perfection. The portion of pasta is really quite big (drats, I should have ordred my Prawn and Truffle Oil pasta!)
This is the Royal Belgian Truffle Cake which is nicer than the cedele chocolate truffle cake but then I think it's more ex too! I shall just let the next picture do the talking lah its quite nice but then we had diminishing returns cos we were so stuffed after the ice cream (cos the scoop was really very big, and of course you have to eat the ice cream before eating the cake cos the ice cream melts!)
ahhhh such a delicious lunch! I wanna try all the other dempsy lunch places cos lunch is so much cheaper than dinner! savemoneysavemoneysavemoney yay the end of the mth is coming soon so I can get my pocket money and I won't feel so poor! Its wonderful being a dependent! :D
The place isn't as posh as the one at Cluny Court, and the floor has SMALL TILES, which are the bane of my life but luckily it's not small tiles in the toilet (I hate small tiles especially in public toilets YUCKKKKK).
Karma Kettle Rhapsody in Dempsy. Yums! 
- even after a full jap buffet) and guess what???
Went for Jap buffet last wk - my personal rule is not to eat more than one buffet per month! so no more buffets for March... 
Go for Jap buffet must always eat sashimi! Look at the lovely fatty salmon! Actually, the first plate we ordered was a very good cut, but then subsequently, they gave us the ends (which shouldn't even be used for sashimi). 
When I requested that they give us a 'better cut for the next plate' the waitress actually took back the plate and gave us the fattier parts. All the subsequent plates of sashimi we ordered had the huge, orange-white-orange-white pattern. Super yummy! 
Hope they didn't spit in my food (very scared tt they will spit in my food when I complain). They had the usual salmon, tuna sashimi, and yellowtail (hamachi), black snapper, squid and octopus. 
The chawanmushi is smooth and tasty - best to be eaten during buffets cos if you get it alacarte in most restaurants, it's quite ex! 
Agedashi tofu (back) and hiyayakko [cold tofu] (front). Another item best eaten during buffets :P
Yummy grilled food - the shishamo (pregnant fish) was much better grilled than fried. The fried one was terrible cos it was coated with a thick layer of breadcrumbs (think katsu fillet kind) and covered with a squirt of bbq sauce - which completely ruined the taste (not to mention texture) of the fish. The grilled version is lightly salted and the eggs still have a bit of the bouncy texture.
And the had other interesting things like pork neck with garlic, chicken heart, gizzards, cartilage etc. There was also grilled vegetables such as ginko nuts, eggplant, leek, Shitake mushrooms etc. 
The yakitori (grilled skewered chicken) was juicy and succulent, and slightly charred. 
Grilled quail eggs - lightly salted.
From front: Tamago sushi, Chicken meatball yakitori (which I didn't really like cos the meat was very salty) and some braised salmon in a special sauce. The braised salmon was quite tasty and just cooked so it was tender juicy and flaky.
Pork neck marinaded in garlic (left) and chicken heart (right). I've never tried chicken heart before but for those who haven't tried it, you're not missing anything. It's pretty tough and has a weird smell. And it's quite small too. Lucky it's a buffet or not I'd have wasted money on this. Buffets are wonderful cos I get to try lots of stuff that I won't usually try.
Cucumber salad with miso paste - refreshing and good for mopping up all the free radicals from the meats! California handroll in the back. (Btw, California maki was the first sushi I ever tried)
Peach salad (behind) which had a tangy dressing which I didn't quite like (cos it was too tart) and pumpkin chawanmushi (steamed egg). It's just normal steamed egg with a layer of pumpkin puree on top.
Zaru soba - skip this ! it was soggy and limp and a waste of space... 
Galbiati has so many desserts that I spent a fair amount of time agonizing over which one to eat.
I was feeling indulgent after eating a very healthy dinner it Isshou (at The Central). I ordered a Waffle with Alfonso Mango and Lemongrass, and added a scoop of 
This is another waffle with Jack Daniels Ice Cream. The ice cream is very yummy and the alcohol taste is really strong. And it goes really well with the generous amount of strawberries. The next time I visit I shall go and get a Honey and Lavander Ice cream waffle with strawberries topped with chocolate sauce. I think the waffle is about $13+ with ice cream and fruits. 
This is the Raspberry Chocolate dessert (can't remember the exact name) which has a mousse-like chocolate with a little hint of raspberry. I think it was about $6? Not too sure cos this wasn't my dessert though I koped some. But it wasn't really fantastic - maybe cos my waffle was so delicious! 
Shokudo is a japanese Marche. I've been to Marche once, and never again. Well, we all know where this post is going to lead to, but nevermind, I shall try to make some objective reviews...
Here's my not-so-oishi Grilled Chicken Chop with Omelette Tomato Rice and Lettuce Leaves. At $6.80 in this pretty ex place, it's a steal in Shokudo. The chicken chop is pretty big in size, but not on taste. Pre-cooked chicken chops are grilled to a crisp on this smoky grill with other meats such as sausages, salmon, beef etc. It tastes of nothing and the only way to make it more palatable is to add copious amounts of chilli and tomato sauce. It's cooked pretty fast despite the que - actually, I chose this dish (out of the sooooo many other Japanese 'stalls' which had ramen, sushi, sashimi, teppanyaki, tempura, yakitori, Japanese Curry, etc etc) cos I thought the food was the most-worth-it in terms of value for amount of meat and portion size, as well as because (horrors of horros) - THE QUE.
Homemade Cheesecake ($3.80) which was not too bad - creemy and drizzled in strawberry sauce. I wanted to try the ice cream waffle ($6.80) actually because it looks really big and nice, and it's the soft kind but then I didn't have much space left.
