November 29, 2005
Otori
I should have learnt my lesson about sashimi and sushi buffets after going to Hanabi. But not learning from my past mistakes tends to be a characteristic of mine. I'm such an idiot. And so it went that my cousin and I went for the $30++/person buffet at Otori located at 5 Lock Road, Gillman Village.
The sushi pictured here are the softshell crab and the crabmeat & avocado ones. This was OK. Edible but nothing out of the ordinary.
The grilled cod fish in teriyaki sauce was nothing to rave about. We also had the grilled mackeral which tasted OK.
The agedashi tofu and the tempura were lousy. The batter for both were horrible and the tofu wasn't very fresh. We also had the gyoza but it didn't even look one bit like gyoza. It looked more like a big wan ton, but it tasted really bad. For one thing, the skin was wrong and it was so thick and hard!
The sashimi wasn't good as well. The fish didn't taste very fresh and the quality wasn't good.
If I had to choose between Hanabi and this one, I would go for the former. At least Hanabi has a bigger variety of food. Otori didn't have unagi, ramen, curry rice and some other sushi on the menu.
What was worse was that the restaurant was very short-handed that night and we waited an eternity for our orders to be taken. Anyway, the Japanese food there sucks so I suggest you don't go there!
Posted by DSD at November 29, 2005 8:48 AMOh dear, doesn't sound at all good. Maybe at some later date you could post a list of Japanese places that you recommend?
Posted by: Adrian at November 30, 2005 2:57 PMyou should try Ikoi Japanese Restaurant at Miranmar hotel. Very fresh sashimi
- Jaja
Ok lah, I bring you to this nice place at far east plaza for jap food. The chef is super grouchy but the food is very good for the price which you have to pay.
Posted by: fatgirl at December 3, 2005 10:08 PMfatgirl: i know which one you're referring to. You have brought me there before!
Posted by: dimsumdolly at December 5, 2005 4:06 PM