manpuku

this local japanese craze about the food street concept has managed to bring in many new restaurants like shokudo, manpuku, and some others. but if you have noticed, the attraction slowly died down after a while as the standard and quality of food did not meet the expectations for many. i personally like japanese food and feel that the exquisite and delicate hands of a japanese chef must be able to deliver food with the right kind of cultivation. japanese food is filled w culture and pride and should not be done "anyhow" nor can it be tranformed into a fast food chain.

i visited this outlet at tamp 1 quite a few times. but its normally jus for a normal lunch outing, nv did i ever craved for manpuku. the food served was not japanese to be. but rather a quick fix for a hungry stomach. the food is not authentic and mostly quite heavily seasoned.

this is the famous Okonomiyaki (which means pancake) with its main ingredients of flour and cabbage. we order the prawn Okonomiyaki but was served quite pathetically with abt 7 prawns that was tiny. even though the prawns had the Q-ness, it gave me the impression that is was purchased de-shelled from super markets. it was rather tasteless and every mouth had to be accompanied by the sauce. the waiting time was also long. the chef told us to return after 10 minutes. wad saved the dish was the sauce. the brown and white is the takoyaki sauce and mayo respectively. its the exact sauce used in takopachi.

butter hotate. this is truely buttery. however, one big mistake made by the chef was to use salted butter. it made the hotate over salty. plus, wad kind of presentation is this???????? it truely makes me ponder if they simply added wadever is from kitchen. hotate with loads of onions and black fungus? wad a combi. wad saved the dish was the considerable size of the hotate.

this is the breaded prawn and omu rice set.

the prawn was already pre-fried and placed aside. so when i order they simply took it out from the warmer. uber disappointing. the prawn size was ok. abt the length of my index finger. the rice was soft and moist. egg was thick and covered the rice nicely. salad was served with vinegarette. wad spoilt the dish was the tomato sauce over the omu. it tasted like as thou it was diluted w water......

even though the dish had its own shortcomings, it was considered the best order for the day.

auntie note: drinks here are exp, so finish ur meal fast and move on to tea dot for their fabulous tea creations. loving it. when i visited manpuku, they were having a $6.50 promotion and abt 50% of all the dishes were priced at 6.50. not a very good deal as i feel a japanese stall in a food court would have done better at an even lower price.