bara chirashi with a bowl of miso soup for $9.90. located at food republic @manulife centre, chirashi tei offers some cheap japanese fare for both students and the working crowd alike. if you're an SMU student, get 15% off your meal and that means $8.40 for the set. while the quality of the sashimi certainly pales in comparison to places with more premium options that are priced higher, the allure of a bowl of bara chirashi priced as such is almost irresistible. i actually found the quality of the salmon sashimi cubes to be quite decent while the maguro, on the other hand, was a letdown. the mekajiki was slightly watery for my liking but i'm not really one to complain given the price that i'm paying. the chefs are usually rather generous with their ikura as well. my numerous visits to this outlet has actually yielded different results, sashimi freshness changes but i have yet to find the best day to pay a visit yet. maybe it would be easier if i asked the chef when the sashimi would be freshest? regardless, the taste has been decent enough to warrant multiple visits from my friends and me over the past few weeks. urgh the location tag keeps messing up???