Zenshin Sushi @ Bugis

Update~

This restaurant has already closed down.

TGIF!We came across this sushi restaurant at bugis. Its located among the few shop houses when you walk to the Buddhist temple from MRT station. If you frequent there, its along the stretch of shop houses that has This Fashion, Taka, SINMA, gifts and stationary shop,and i think its besides the 3 for $10 shop, if my memory does not fail me:)

There it is the restaurant name. Missed out the logo though..

We thought since we haven't try anything from here, so we decided to give a try... It was just after a corporate party, floor was dirty and etc. But their service staff was courteous and boss seems attentive. He noticed that we are ready to order and asked one of the waitress to take our orders.

We order some sushi, ramen & katsu don.

Maguro, Salmon & Advocado sushi

The maguro sushi was fresh. Not exactly very fresh,but we went to the restaurant at 9.20pm +, for this timing, its considered fresh. The salmon sushi doesnt look fresh. But it was average though. Not as stale as i thought it to be. As for the Avocado sushi, this is the first time that I can actually taste the avocado because usually those avocados found in california handrolls tasted mild or even tasteless. As seen from the picture, the avocado are thinly-sliced and in large portion. The avocado is fresh and a little crisp too! Coupled with the rice which is nicely seasoned with vinegar and wrapped with a thin strip of seaweed, the avocado sushi is recommended for people who like avocado.
Most of their sushi are expensive. Though there are some sushi that belong to the $1.99 range, but the range is very limited. Btw, these 3 sushi that i ordered belong to the $1.99 range :)

Katsu Don set

Katsu Don - look at the scrambled egg :)

The katsu don is $10.90. The serving was just nice, with plenty of egg, carrot strips and onions. The serving of the pork cutlet is average though, as there are other Japanese restaurants that serve the whole pork cutlet rather than a portion of it. Taste wise, the katsu don was quite fragrant and the sauce is ample such that the rice isn't dry to eat. The main disappointment that I had with this dish is they didn't use real Japanese rice (or at least I can't find any in the bowl). If you are a great fan of real Japanese rice, I do not recommend this katsu don, otherwise it is worth a try although the price is a little on the high side (no Japanese rice, remember?).

My Kimuchi ramen- Kinda little hor. This pic. was taken

before i eat the ramen.

Close up view of the ingredients in the ramen & soup base

The Char Siew in my ramen

They have 4 different type of ramen. One of them is miso ramen, sapporo ramen, kimuchi ramen etc. Anw, they are filled with same ingredients except that their soup base is diff. I order the Kimuchi ramen. It tastes like Kimchi soup base. It's sweet with a hinge of sour taste. I don't like this kind of soup base. FYI, i dont really like sweet stuff. So if you like sweet base or like kimchi, you might want to try it. It seems more like Korean noodles to me than Japanese noodles, due to the Kimchi taste. Their ingredients for the ramen is little and the ramen seems like maggie mee.. Opps.

Details of the Zenshin Sushi:
Address: 161 Rochor Road Bugis Village Singapore 188436
Tel: +65 6337 3832
Opening hour: Opening Hours
Daily: 11.30am – 10.30pm

Mayim @ West Mall (Bukit Batok)

Went to Mayim @ Westmall for high tea this week! ha.. There is another outlet at Northpoint also. Food was not too bad. Have been there a few times. Love its xiao long bao and its cheap. $2.20 for 3 xiao long bao. Must eat it while its hot,else its not nice. But I nv eat them today. Their service was not very good because we went there eat a few times this month and asked if there is any card discounts or treats but we was told there was none. Howvever, few days later, i came across that there is actually a promotion with UOB:

- Complimentary golden fried calamari ring with dried chilli and minced garlic with min. spend of S$50
- Birthday Treat: Free dessert during the birthday month
Valid till 31 Dec 2010

We spent more than $50 both times and we have the card :(

The layout of their utensils :

The tea:



We order:


Golden Fried Wanton Served with Pickle Sauce ( This is the name of the dish on the menu) But no pickle sauce was served!

Don't ever order this dish, if you are a meat lover! You will regret! Cos the whole thing is flour with v v little meat in it. You can see from the pic below:



The back of the wanton. No meat :(



The front picture of the wanton



Fried "la mian" with shredded pork, mushroom, black fungus & chinese cabbage. ( The Shanghai noodle) Cost:$8.50

Its overly salty, for asian taste. But not bad overall for this dish. PS: I am one who loves salty fd. As you can see from the pic, yes! It's quite small portion!





Steam vermicelli roll with bbq pork. Cost $3.40

Not too bad. Aplenty sauce, not very stingy with the pork as well. Can taste the sweetness of the sauce.





Steamed vermicelli roll with shrimp. You can see the shrimp inside the vermicelli roll. Each of the roll will only have this one and only ingredient - shrimp. Average size prawn.



Spiced chicken feet with peanuts.Cost: $2.20. I didn't touch this dish. Monster, can you comment on this dish?

Roger... Monster is here... hmmm this chicken feet arh... i like loh...very soft... and when the fluffy spongy chk feet skin is in my mouth.. i can feel i got lots of collagen loh... "boig boig boig" on my skin especially on my face, like SK2 adventisement WAHAHA!! NICE!! But .. my personal preference lah hor.. it is a little too sweet...if can reduce the amt of sugar, it will be just the right taste for me... hehehe

Those who dare to eat chk feet one.. try it n share with me .. chk feet to all of u lah.. hehehe thanks : )

Steamed pork ribs with black beans. Cost: $2.20
Not too bad. Some restuarant serve alot of fatty meat in this dish. But what i eat here, was still ok. Not so much of fatty meat.


Steamed pork dumpling with mushroom topped with fish roe ( actually called siew mai)Cost : $2.20

We actually cant taste the fish roe.. But it was delicious! Perhaps cos the filling is alot! And we are able to taste the quality of the ingredients :)



Baked Portobello mushroom stuffed with minced meat, scallion, bacon and cheese. Cost : $5.80

As you can see,its a small and exquisite dish. Taste is not that strong. Cheese is light, but can taste the cheese. Filling is little. Doesnt have the mushroom taste. If you like exquisite things, do try it.

Details of Mayim:
Address: 1 Bukit Batok Central Link,#02-04 West Mall, Spore 658713
Tel : +65 6794 1590
Opening Hours
Mon–Sat: 11.30am – 10pm
Sun & PH: 11am – 10pm