Itacho sushi

Itadakimasu! In case you don't know what that means, it's "let's eat!" in Japan. And that's where my favourite food, sushi came from.

So my sushi-loving family went to Itacho sushi to celebrate Mother's Day. I have heard from my friends that it is really awesome place and it is. Probably the best sushi restaurant in Singapore!

Unlike any other sushi restaurant where you have to other plates of 2-4 sushi, you can choose the amount of sushi you want, creating an opportunity for you to try the different types of sushi they have.

Not only that, Itacho sushi has unique sushi like Roasted duck sushi and Wagyu beef sushi. Never heard of them right? They have tons of other sushi and bentos that other restaurants don't have.

This 2 reasons is probably why the queue is so freaking long even though the food there is really expensive. But fortunately it was Blue Fin Tuna Festival and there was discounts yay. But even after the discounts it's still pretty expensive, around $1.50 average.

Roasted Duck Breast Sushi 
$2.50 (Original Price)
$1.50 (Discounted Price)

Some food just aren't meant to be mixed together like ice cream and ketchup and roasted duck with Japanese rice. Actually the duck tastes nice just by itself but when I ate it with rice and soya sauce its just bleughh. 

Roasted Kagoshima Wagyu Beef Sushi
$6.80 (Original Price)
$4.80 (Discounted Price)

I don't have a better photo so yeah 

This is meat sushi but way better than the roasted duck sushi. Maybe cause the beef is Japanese and the duck isn't (bad theory here but whatever). The beef they used was high-quality tender wagyu beef and they way they cooked it improved it. The "meat juice" (haha can't think of another term for it) was trapped in the meat so it melts in your mouth immediately! I think this dish is best eaten without any sauce cause it'll ruin the taste of the meat. 

Supreme Sea Eel
$6.80 (Original Price)
$6.20 (Discounted Price)

Enough of the weird meat sushi cause it's time for the new and improved traditional sushi. I believe that you have only tried the normal brownish eel with sweet soya sauce. The Supreme Sea Eel is indeed supreme with it's flavoured with a tinge of butter.

Oyster Thing

This is by far the best oyster I have had in Singapore! It's cooked to a perfect al dente so that it is still firm yet soft when you bite into it. Being big, fat and juicy, the pieces of heavens just explodes in your mouth once you sink your teeth in it. I still miss the savoury seafood right now T^T

I really want to go to Itacho again so I can try their mouthwatering bentos and noodles and also their desserts!

Orgasm on a plate!

How to make your money worth spent at buffets

I have always loved food. I will not fail to buy a small snack in every shopping mall I go to, cream puffs, donuts, yakitori, sushi and many more delicious food.

That's why I love going to buffets where there is an unlimited amount of food for me to finish xD

But like any other food, there is a price to pay so...

Here's 7 ways make your money worth spent at buffets

Disclaimer: These are just my own opinions and observations, it does not represent everyone. 

1) Before-buffet preparations

This is really obvious. If you're about to go to a  buffet do not eat any oily and carb-full food on that day and if possible, run a few rounds ;)

Once your there, feel free to walk around the restaurant a few times and plan out what you're gonna eat so you'll have an idea how much food you'll take in one plate.



2)Portion control

You can always take another plate of something that you like so don't be like, "oh wow this food looks nice. I'm filling my whole plate with it." Eating small portions of everything allows you to try more foods.

3) Start off expensively 

If you equal amount of money to get either a HDB or a mansion, which would you choose? This applies to buffets. Would you spend $80 eating oysters and sashimi or nuggets and satays? 

4) Stay off the carbs

If you're gonna eat any meat, pasta, bread and curry you're bound to be full quickly. 

5) Try everything

Don't go like 'eww this is gross. No not gonna eat this. And this pasty thing. And this oily thing. Oh yeah and this. This. This. This... and that thing," in a buffet cause that's limiting your choice of food and this is bad cause you wouldn't want to order any of that in a restaurant where they sell everything in big portions. Just take a small portion of it and maybe it's surprisingly nice!

6) Eat fast or slow

I usually like eating slowly allows you to digest parts of the food you previously ate before you start on a new plate. Eating slowly also allows you to enjoy the lingering taste of every bite. 



On the other hand, Some people think we should eat as fast as possible cause (this is what my friend told me) your brain won't be able to 'count' how much food there is in your stomach. I didn't really believe this bullshit logic but then I tried it out in a cheap but delicious hainanese chicken rice restaurant. I ate and I ate like a caveman who have been starving for weeks. And I really did eat more than my usual portion. But what's the point in shoving food up your mouth like that?



 Cause "We live to eat, and not eat to live" -Colman (or anyone else who thought of this quote before I did)

7) Less is more

This is contradicting my first 5 points but as I said, we Live to Eat. If you're full it means you're full. Don't go stuffing more food down your throat just because you wanna make the most out of this buffet cause that would be wasting delicious food. You'll also feel really bloated and fat and it may last for half a day for your body to digest everything depending on how fast your metabolism rate is. 

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This sums up how to eat profitably at a buffet. These are just my humble opinions and thoughts. Feel free to leave a comment or share my post if you enjoy reading it (: