My recent visit to Shin Kushiya in Vivocity gave me a better review of this restaurant.

This time round I decided not to order their grill stuff. My husband order Oyako Don and I had Hotate Kakeage Don. Hotate Kakeage Don were quite dry and hotate was very little. Looks like I should not had ordered that. It was not fantastic and I would only give an average for this visit due to the nice warabi mochi that won some points back.

So my comments for this restuarant, take their grill stuff and dessert - warabi mochi.

Was in vivo recently and had a sudden craving for kushiyaki... Well, ended up in Shin Kushiya after about a 15 min wait.

First impression of the place was that it was spacious and nicely laid out. Menu looked extensive too. Ordered a couple of skewers,the foie gras and a couple of other side dishes.. (yes.. over ate again, but what's new.. :p)

Won't go into the details but I'll just summarise it in one short paragraph;

I won't ever eat in shin kushiya again.. period. Was thinking the food must be good judging from the long queues every time I walk past, however, that was not to be so. If you really want authentic and good kushiyaki, check out the joints in the cuppage area (such as Kazu and Kushigin).

To be fair, the kushiyaki at shin kushiya is average, but not worth the price. Treat yourself to better food! :p

The advertisement board parked outside Shin Kushiya, featuring the lovely Kuro Goma Heaven
which speaks of glorious black sesame goodness, is indeed very eye catching. But what makes the heart truly throb is the price printed in bold. For a promotional price of $5++ (from 3 to 5pm), one gets to pick one from the array of tantalising desserts ranging from $3.80 to $8.80 and enjoy a complimentary cup of green tea (ice/hot)! Tell me, how cool is that?

So my ladies and i ordered the more expensive of the lot, ie the $8.80 desserts to make the impulsive tea decision more value for money.
It proved to be a thrilling and indeed,a chilling decision! Ice cold!!!!!

Azuki Parfait: Redbean icecream with redbean paste,brown and green tea jelly and caramelised sweet potato.
U.P. $8.80
$5.90 after promotion; inclusive of a serving of green tea (choice of hot/cold)

The taste of redbean icecream is rather faint but relatively pleasant. However, if you had had dug your spoon into the dessert a little deeper, you will soon realise that the underlying black sesame ice cream has fully overwhelmed and drowned the fragrance of the red bean.


Similar dessert but with greentea icecream starring as the lead, this got to contain more crunch and bite than its azuki pal. However, sad to say, the overwhelming taste of black sesame has unfortunately snatched its limelight away again.

The crispy waffle biscuit serves as a better complement to the ice cream dessert than the caramelized sweet potato did for the azuki parfait. The rice dumplings embedded further contribute to more chewing action but they are so bland and tasteless that they literally leave no impression. The sweet potato bits left us with disgusted face of the colour of our greentea ice cream. Frankly speaking, they did not fit into the taste of the dessert a bit and the dessert would have done so much better without it.


One common mistake that exists with all desserts in tall glasses: they never taste great as a whole. The layers disseminated its potential ability to captivate and we were left with overly dry rice crisp and coyingly sweet redbean and its paste at the bottom of which we were forced to abandon.

Conclusion:

Great ambience and i love the serenity of the place during teatime hours which allow my girls and i to talk comfortably at ease while enjoying the paranomic seaview. Service was rather prompt and the staff were really friendly. I am impressed with their courtesy and conscientiousness as well. Generally, it is a great dining experience although the quality of the desserts did fall below expectations. But nevertheless, considering its venue and it's ideality for ladies chillouts, this got to be a really value-for-money meal not to be missed!

Super crowded place and practically crammmed like sardines, conversations beside us can be heard and what so not.

However, the food was divine. To my 3 friends and I the yakitori that day was exquisite and OH the garlic rice!? Hmmmm, how I drool for a bowl now!

We ordered this yakitori set, garlic rice and other grilled skewered stuff.

I recommend the garlic rice strongly, the skewered scallop,and bacon rolls. *drools* that one is a definite MUST.

disclaimer as usual: i know nuts about Jap food please please forgive my mediocre reviews

So..brought out some brokers for lunch. I was craving for steak but they had other ideas. Jap...AGAIN. Bored to death but for the love of your job.....

Posh place and quiet, seems nice to seal the deal.

Brought out a bad PDA phone so pictures are really bad

I didn't do the othering, i had a soba set, someone had 2 katsu curry sets, 1 had a mackerel set and another had ramen i think

we ordered a sashimi plate for 4 to share...everyone had green tea i had a coke

i don't understand why the bill was S$195. Well...

JWNY