Having read about the newly introduced set lunches, I was excited to give it a try. The daily set lunch ($17) is a steal. The day of my visit, it was a gindara kaarage with maguro sashimi. But since I am the sushi whore, my mind was set on the sushi set ($38).

The sets came with 2 appetizers, miso soup, dessert and coffee or tea.

The appetizers :
1) potato and egg salad was very tasty with savoury bits of sliced ham, small chunks of potato, crunchy sliced cucumbers and celery. It was also not overly mayo'd.
2) tang hoon salad that was simply dressed with a sesame sauce.

The miso soup was also quite good. Tofu puffs, carrots and a slice of salmon belly gave the soup full of natural sweetness and body.

Alas, the sushi set was disappointing in the sense that it was obvious that there is a difference between sitting away from the counter in an obvious business lunch and at the sushi counter, where you can try to make friends with Chef W.

What that translated in reality was that the quality of the sushi 'neta' was just mediocre. The sore point of my sushi set was the maguro sushi. Instead of a smooth piece of hon maguro, I got a stringy cut. There was also no chutoro in sight.

Oh well!

To be fair, the 'neta' was sliced thick and generous compared to the rice. This allowed the flavour of the fish to come out and the seasoned sushi rice just melded really nicely to enhance the flavour further.

The dessert was a scoop of orange sherbet that was unfortunately way to sweet. I would definitely try to avoid this if there is a next time.

I am feeling "eh" about this place now.