Ikoi Japanese Restaurant,

401 Havelock Road,

#01-01 Hotel Miramar, Singapore

Tel : 68873788 Fax : 68870079

I am a big fan of sashimi! Therefore, when boss suggested a "farewell" dinner for TYP, I thought of Ikoi (heard so much of it since long long time ago). There were several "real life" compliments. So I assume that it is a MUST TRY!

Oh yes, the reservation had to be made 1 month in advance for dinner cos it is always fully booked. Also, when making your order, please try to order a bigger portion cos they take orders individually, say, I ordered a pork cutlet & GUESS WHAT? I had 1 slice!?!?

They do serve complimentary dishes. First, it's salmon sashimi served in don't know sauce. Obviously, it tastes GREAT!

Next, it's the mixed veg salad.   Carrot, Japanese cucumber & celery (all raw) sticked into ice. Nothing special but the veg are fresh.

Dobin mush aka seafood soup, served in a tea pot & we were given tea cups. Kinda weird to have something savoury from a tea cup but nevertheless, it tastes good! There are like chicken, prawn etc inside the soup.

There is yet another complimentary dish, steamboat (if I am not wrong, it is called "Kaninabe – sounds like some vulgar languages in Hokkien)   It contains cooked salmon, veg & some tofu. I didn't have the cooked salmon cos it smells when cooked. I merely took the soup and tofu. 

As it is a buffet dinner, we are free to choose from their extensive menu of dishes ranging from sashimi to grilled meats, to tempuras. If you are the sort that can down plates after plates of fresh sashimi, den Ikoi is the place for you. At SGD$30+++ per pax, i reckon if you could finish up 2 plates of mixed fresh sashimi, it would have already been very worth it.

The best is the sashimi, espcially the sword fish & salmon.   This is yellow tail. & guess what? TYP and I shared a plate of mixed sashimi (for 4) & on our 2nd round, we ordered a sword fish sashimi (for 2). Which means we had eaten 30 bucks full of sashimi. LOLx…………

Mixed tempura is the next dish. There were sweet potatoes, mushroom, lotus etc…..  & the ebi tempura is not too bad. Crispy I should say. 

  The cold soba was good but the portion was way too small. 1 sip and the soba were gone! Great texture! 

The handroll were good. The sea weed wraps were very fresh! Worth trying! But obviously not too much of it cos you will be full from rice.

We had the chawamushi too.   But it is not as smooth as what I had expected.

Boss ordered the grilled saba. I only had half a piece cos I was told there were BONES in them. I HATE bones! I prefer boneless fish though. Guess this was the only dish that we did not manage to finish!

Overall, the food is not too bad just that do not expect too much from the staff. Apparently there are 2 groups of staffs there. One group are in charge of taking orders from the guests, the other group are in charge of clearing the table, getting you more tea etc etc so don't be unhappy when some of the staff says they cannot take your order. Which in any case, they will inform those who can and direct them to you. In additional, do place your order all in the 1st time round cos it is kind of hard get a 2nd order – the staff tends to go missing in action. Even asking for 2nd serving of tea was kinda difficult. 

Nevertheless, we had a hearty meal. Best of all, we had 50% "co-insurance" from TYP! LOLx……………..

Now, I am feeling hungry. -_-" 

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