Ichiban Boshi (Velocity @ Novena Square)

Lite Lunch today is at
ICHIBAN BOSHI @ Novena Square

I love the menu
Its good quality 100g paper
with a wavy glittery surface

Some Grilled Cheese Maki
Colour Plate
$2.10

Kali Maki
Colour Plate
$2.10
Taste pretty good
But we all know
you can't go wrong with this dish

Green Tea
$1.10
Comes in a massive china cup
with free refills

Salmon Nigiri Sushi
Colour Plate
$2.10
The sushi is from their conveyor belt
but hey, it tasted very fresh
Its awesome

Agedashi Tofu
$4.90
Pippin' hot deep fried bean curds
light crispy batter in rich sauce

Cereal Tori
$6.90
This is pretty cool
Tori Kara Age version of Cereal Prawn
Its like deep fried chicken, but has a sweet flavor
and fragrance from the cereal

Saba Shioyaki
$8.90
Grilled Saba
Well marinated and grilled to perfect crispiness
yet meat is still tender
I would usually avoid this dish
due to hassle from the fish bones
but this is really good

Tori Curry Cheese Wazen
$17.90
This is really interesting
Tasty fun food
The claypot boils through your meal
as you watch the cheese inflates and deflates
Chicken are tasty and tender
Sweet Japanese curry fared pretty decent
Presentation of dish is awesome
Tempura has light batter
Shrimp is fresh and chewy
Very delicious

TOTAL DAMAGE: $56.70 for 3 Pax

General Ratings
Food Quality: 9/10
Food Portion Size: 9/10
Value for Money: 10/10
Beverage Quality: 9/10
Service: 9/10
Ambience: 8/10
Return Factor: 10/10
Other Remarks: nil

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Ever since the place has been 'renovated', the unique and cozy atmosphere is no longer there. Though we still go back regularly, we have cut down on the frequency.
We also had the impression that the food is not as good as it used to be. Ichiban at Causeway Point seems to offer better food. Unfortunately, at Causeway Point they don't take reservations and the place is always crowded with a long queue of people waiting to get in on weekends and evenings. That however, underlines that the food is good there..

Compare with the branch at Suntec, the taste of food from the branch at Novena Square is bad as I expected to have the same taste and quantity for both branches since they are from the same company.

I ordered beef paper pot but i found little ingredients in the pot (just 2 pieces of sliced beef, 1 shitake mushroom, 1 egg, some other mushroom and vege). The complementary raw salmon in the set was quite fresh. The chawamushi happened to be quite tasteless and "over soft". It was abit difficult to finish the rice as it was abit hard and cold, with not much ingredients in the hot pot.

Still my favorite place for Japanese food.
Good quality of the Sashimi and cooked food, good variety for the Sushi.
Been to other Ichiban branches but none beats Novena.
Somehow they always manage to keep up their good level of service, regardless how crowded the place is. Other branches of Ichiban struggle when being full.
Just hope the renovation will not destroy the special atmosphere.

I've been to a few Ichiban Boshi (STC, Great World) but this one surely ranks the best in terms of taste.

I had the fried chicken in tamago (egg) with salmon sashimi set. It was very worth it for only $16.90. It comes with rice, miso soup and some sliced fruit.

Today, the chicken was very well done. It was remarkably crispy and delicious. The sashimi was good too.

I ordered a premium yellowtail sashimi. 3 thick slices for $6.90. Really tasted very good, and it was fresh too.

Shall come this place more often.

Friday (21 Dec 07). Had dinner here with JC. We ordered:
Salmon Sashimi, $5.30++
Tuna Sashimi, $5.30++
Black Pepper Gindara, $19.90++

We enjoyed eating everything.