Went to check out Shokutsu 10 Osaka - the new Jap food street at Jurong Point and after a toss-up between Men-Ichi Ramen and Yaki Yaki Bo (the other eateries that make up Shokutsu consists of the familiar Kuishin Bo, Ichiban Boshi, Kuriya and Tori-Q, so we gave them a miss), we decided to settle for the latter.

Four of us went for the executive set - which consists of a choice of main course, rice (add $2 to upgrade to garlic fried rice or tamago rice), salad, miso soup, choice of tamago tofu or chawanmushi, beansprouts and dessert (basically 2 slices of oranges on our visit).

For the main courses, we had the following:
1. Salmon
2. Wagyu Beef
3. Sirloin Beef
4. Chicken and Seafood - salmon, prawns, scallop.

The chicken and seafood set was alright. The prawns and salmon were nice and sweet. The beef were passable, not particularly memorable. The restaurant did have a more premium beef offering , the Yaki Yaki Bo set at $29.90 though (the Wagyu and Sirloin sets were around $16.90 -17.90. So I guess my recommendation would be to try the salmon or seafood set or perhaps plump for the Yaki Yaki Bo set and see if it's worth the beef.

The garlic rice was pretty ok and cooked before you at the electric-teppan(no flames, less fumes I guess). As for the choice between Tamago Tofu (basically the tube-like silken tofu you buy off supermarket shelves, brushed with a coating of egg) and Chawanmushi, I would recommend the latter as it's rather delectable and novel. The chef was so proud of their creation, he boasted that after trying their version, you wouldn't wanna eat Chawanmushi anywhere else!

The Egg Custard is done before you at the teppan and cooked in a ring of onion and from the looks of it, it takes quite a bit of effort by the chef to cook it (our chef had to chuck the first attempt after the egg mixture leaked out of the onion). The Chawanmushi is silky soft and rather delicious with a savoury soup stock and you can easily, devour the whole thing, down with the sweet-tasting onion.

So all in all, a rather pleasant meal for a mid-priced teppanyaki. The restaurant also serves Okonomiyaki - the Japanese pancake. Yaki Yaki Bo tries to be innovative (or gimmicky, depending on how you view your glass)and add a little twist to the usual - such as cooking the Chawanmushi in an onion and presenting their teppan on slices of toasted bread, instead of the usual plates. Have your plate and eat it, geddit? haha. The chef recommends eating the bread at the end of the course, that's when the bread would have fully soak up the juices from the earlier meats/seafood and bean sprouts presented on it.

There were three Teppanyaki tables and they were all manned by experienced chefs when I was there. We had our meal prepared by an ex-chef of the Jurong Hill's Hilltop restaurant and I was told the other two chefs hail from Shima - the Teppanyaki restaurant in Goodwood Park Hotel.

We spent around $109 for the above four executive sets and drinks. I guess I'll be back again, just to try the Okonomiyaki and perhaps, see I'll be lucky enough to end up sitting at a ex-Shima chef's table and see if it'll make a difference.