Japanese

The Karaka takes Ippudo's original smooth and creamy pork broth and amplifies its flavour twofold with the addition of spices, sweet and spicy miso paste and Sze Chuan peppers. Complex, fiery and savoury, the soup itself was the highlight for me. That's not to say the rest of the ingredients weren't exemplary as well - slurp-worthy al-dente noodles, a most addictive minced meat miso paste that enriches the whole bowl when mixed in, tender pork belly chashu and a gooey ajitsuke tamago.
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Taste: 3.5/5

Whet your appetite with Ippudo's most popular appetizer - a very simple yet tssty dish of cool, crunchy cucumber slices dressed in goma sauce. Give me more!
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Taste: 3/5

Bouncy slices of saba with just a hint of sweetness, the marinated mackerel has been lightly cured with salt and vinegar, allowing the natural flavours of the fish to shine. Goes great with a light Japanese beer.
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Taste: 3/5

My favourite part about these chicken gyozas are the wrappers - perfectly thin, pliable folds charred to a crisp at the bottom. It's classically paired with a la yu (Japanese chilli oil) and soy sauce combo.
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Taste: 3/5

Though generous in portion, I felt the fish could have been a tad fresher, and the rice to seafood ratio adjusted with a slight reduction in the former for a more balanced meal. Still, this is fair value for the price.
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Taste: 3/5

A good choice for lovers of both unagi and variety, the Rainbow Roll sees
unagi, avocado and cucumber rice rolls topped with yellow-tail, tuna, salmon & swordfish, with lashings of mayo and tobiko as well as ikura garnishes.
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Taste: 3/5

The most expensive yet least satisfying of our orders, the cutlet was unfortunately lacking in crispiness on the outside and was dry within. Not to mention the quite overcooked egg that should have been way more runny in order to effectively sauce the rice.
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Taste: 2.5/5

The seasoning is abit too sweet for my liking, but I never turn down raw beef and the seaweed sheets provided to wrap the meat in goes a ways in balancing out the flavours.
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Taste: 3/5

The charring on the oily fish accentuated its flavour, and the bellyful of briny egg sacs within revealing themselves to your tastebuds after were simply delicious. A great choice to pair with sake.
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Taste: 3.5/5

Unctuously oozy once cracked into, each croquette was practically exploding with crabby creaminess from its paper-thin casing of golden crumb. I'd easily demolish half a dozen if they were cheaper. Come to Himonoya if you want to enjoy quality Izakaya food with free-flowing drinks.
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Taste: 3/5

Grilling the onigiri imparts a smoky flavour to the rice and gives it a crisp, outer edge. And because it was marinated in shoyu, the combination of charred and salty makes it reminiscent of claypot rice. It's garnished with a cascade of glistening ikura and shisho leaf, lending bursts of saltiness and herbaceousness to the carb ball.
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Taste: 3/5

Once you start popping, you won't be stopping on these river shrimp that have been deep-fried to a tantalisingly crisp and crackling golden-orange hue. At once sweet, salty and umami, they made for addictive eating, shell and all.
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Taste: 3.5/5