New Places

Here is another Japanese restaurant that's been around for yonks. So clearly, they are doing things right. Their Kaisen Don ($22++) is the epitome of that. A generous amount of sliced tuna, salmon and yellowtail fish are arranged neatly on a bed of Japanese rice. Scattered liberally across these are ikura (salmon roe) and tobiko (flying fish roe). Besides wasabi, they serve two additional dips for you to enhance your raw seafood with - a fragrant sesame sauce and a yam paste. I have never come here and not ordered this dish. Enough said.

The newly-opened second Mamacitas outlet located in the ever-busy Lau Pa Sat has wasted no time in drawing a crowd. Tired of typical hawker food day in day out? Food of Costa Rican cuisine ought to solve the problem. Business at their first outlet in Amoy Street Food Centre is brisk, and their already-popular second outlet is testament to their success. Bestsellers include the satisfying chicken/beef burrito, crunchy chalupas, and owner Ms Vega's signature dish, the arroz con mariscos (a seafood fried rice).