Another eat-in because of world cup

As the title suggests....
2 things: overdue post plus not so good food.

We ordered Sakae sushi delivery party tray so that we can indulge in Japanese cuisin while watching the exciting match. Turns out, the match was disappointing and the food was doubly disappointing.

For $50 this is what you get.



Everthing was rather squashed when it was delivered, tilt to one side. Plus, delivery was slow. Took at least an hour. I begin to wonder if these were taken from the conveyer belts and packed for us.

Kappa Maki.........................................6pcs
Lobster Salad with Ikura...................1pc
Kani Maki.............................................6pcs
Ebi Sushi.............................................2pcs
Tamago Maki......................................6pcs
Tako Sushi..........................................2pcs
Sun Maki..............................................3pcs
Kanikama Sushi................................3pcs
Golden Maki....................................... 6pcs
Ebiko Gunkan.....................................2pcs
Ebi with Kanifumi Inari......................2pcs
Kani Salad Gunkan...........................2pcs
Lobster Salad with Tobiko...............1pc
Idako Gunkan.....................................2pcs
Mango Mini..........................................4pcs

The few more excuisite sushi were the mango mini but it was rather too soft and mushy. Mango on sushi feels like it was made the day before and left in the open. Overly ripe.


The best in the whole tray was the Idako Gunkun? With loads of ingredients all in 1 sushi. There are even lettuce and cucumber in the sushi for that extra cruch.



This is a rather short review because everything tasted almost the same. Even those that i like such as the seasoned baby octopus, salmon sushi all weren't up to standard. Nothing nice. The price on the website is not inclusive of delivery.

Auntie note: Gave a noticeable amount of wasabi, with wet tissue and chopsticks. :)

Sakae sushi with boy

Out with boy for some japanese food is love......

Was planning for sushi buffet at Suki sushi hougang mall but.......... woke up too late and sakae was the nearest solution.

Wanted sushi off the conveyor, but the selection was limited and the sushi looked the least appetizing.

We ordered 2 mains, the first is the Chicken Kaminabe Set. It comes along with rice, miso, fruits, chawanmushi, and ageshi tofu.

Ageshi tofu is not like the usual one. The name is also different. The tofu was coated with tiny shrimps and fried till crispy. Topped with the bonito flakes and dashi stock. Nice and innovative. Flavour was distinct. The shrimps gave a better texture but was a bit messy. The bonito flakes was generous.

Rice was springingly good. Topped with all the sesame and seaweed. Good effort!

Soup isn't. It was rather tasteless, the chicken wasn't marinated and it was totally bland. The vegetables werent simmered before they serve it. The inari has mochi filings ( i dont know the exact name) and it is totally yucky. The mochi was not chewy but soft and had inconsistent texture.

Chawanmushi was finished up by Boy, his comments: you can cook better.

Grilled salmon was tender juicy, and blended well with the terriyaki sauce. Brings out the fragrant "salmon fats" taste. For those who don't know, the fats of salmon is good and the more expensive parts of the salmon is the belly where there's the most fats.

But runny yoke tamago was a failure. Totally far from authentic. Not runny. Looks are deceiving. The sauce totally spoilt the taste and the egg was not cooked in shoyu.

2nd main was terriyaki and hotate bento.

Hotate was delicious, with generous amount of fish roe, and cream sauce baked with cheese, it was moist and oozing with much flavour. There was 3 so overall Sakae is still not too stingy.

The best we had for the day was terriyaki chicken. Well marinated with each and every piece tasting a tinge of sweetness. Yet it was tender and chewy with the skin coated with the sauce that makes it extra succulent. Fried with onions, it was fragrant and had an additional unique taste.

We ordered some sides to go along. Plus some sushi.
Jelly fish the all time favourite, was QQ and bouncy well marinated and in the right thickness to sink your teeth into.

Sushi was ok, the green thing on the left is slightly not well flavoured. The jelly fish on the sushi was chopped up making it lose its QQ ness as they are now minced.

Last but not least soft shell crab roll. The soft shell crab was crispy and match well with the cucumber shreds, you can go crunch crunch with it. But one thing not perfect was the size of the crab. Very ultimately small. Its like 1/6 of the length of the role.

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