Let me just say that I love Thai people. Love the country. Love the food. Love the shopping. Love it! I also want to say that I absolutely love Japanese food. You must be thinking why in the world does the beautiful country of Thailand has anything to do with a review of a Japanese restaurant? You'll see.
Unfortunately, unlike Tastybits, I mean Tastybites; who has the fortune of going to good restaurants, I have obviously not been doing something right in my life.
I went to Ichiban restaurant for a lunch meeting with my colleagues and principal. We had 2 orders of the Katsudon set with a side of Salmon Sashimi, my female colleague who was pregnant ordered the fried fish special and my Principal ordered the Chawamushi with fried salmon set. The pictures on the menu looked great! They looked fresh and tasty. But the food that came was nothing like it. The food was mediocre at best, something you would taste at the foodcourt, not at a restaurant.
The food took forever to reach. In hindsight, why the restaurant was so crowded is beyond me. My katsudon was cold and my salmon sashimi only came after I finished my meal. The worst thing was, they brought my pregnant female colleague's dish last.
I love Thai people. Love them. You cannot dislike them. But I don't think they make good servers in Singapore. No. Not really. Let me qualify my statement: they don't make good servers in this particular restaurant. How about that ? My drink refill had to be constantly reminded. We kept asking her where our food was but there was no response. Never apologized for the late food. But I have to say that she was NOT rude at all. I don't think its entirely her fault that the orders took so long, but she could have managed it better.
At the end of the day, I don't know what to think about Japanese chain restaurants in Singapore. The Sakae, Genki and Teis. Singaporeans have cannabalized the Japanese food to it horrific death. Stick, meet dead horse.
If you're ready for bad Japanese food....
Ratings for Ichiban Sushi at Parkway Parade on the 21st of April .
food: 3/10
value: 4/10
service: 4/10
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