This is another new Japanese Restaurant at Newest. The place is fast becoming like the old Hong Leong Gardens where a lot of Japanese restaurant and Izakayas were located.

They do not have a lot of different menus to offer. For now, there are just 6 different bentos to choose from but owner says the idea is to offer bentos for lunch and run as Izakaya in the evenings.

Ordered their Grilled Saba Fish set. This is the largest piece of mackerel fish I have ever been served for a $12 set. The fish tasted fresh and smacks of fish oil. And because of the size, the skin is gelatinous and chewy. Nice.

But everything else is a fail. The menu supposedly has 6 bentos, but Unagi Bento was not on the menu. For set meals, one would expect a chawanmushi or at least a bowl of miso soup. None was coming. And they can only serve two bentos at a time, so if there is three of you or more, two persons get to eat first and two will have to wait. And Ocha is not free nor refillable. Or at least when I finished my lukewarm ocha, there was no offer for refill.

The owner is a Japanese who helms the kitchen. One man show. They need to get their act together and decide what they really want to do and review their menu. And their plating. And their kitchen help.

Not coming back anytime soon….which is a shame cause I do like their Saba fish.