Thoughts:

Nay 👎🏻
- Don’t understand why cheese costs extra :(
- Felt like it was a bit on the expensive side
- Don’t really like it when my food has different temperatures, would generally expect my food to be either hot or cold. Some ingredients were a bit cold
- Not the most filling meal
- Product isn’t differentiated from other offerings on the market
- I’ve eaten more amazing burritos in my life
- A little spicy and will leave you wanting a drink
- BTW I felt like it tasted totally like Craftsmen and guess what, it is part of the Craftsmen family!!

Yay👍🏻
- Generous amount of pulled pork and serviettes!!
- Love the naan-like wrap, pork and sprouts
- Quite delicious
- Fast, didn’t have to wait
- Would still recommend it since it’s not too bad

Was craving hot food so I got this. Queued for like 20 minutes because there were like 8 people in the queue in front of me (it’s not immediately apparently because you know 1-2 people would queue for 4 people).

This is a self-service place so you’re asked to return the tray. Don’t expect serviettes or water. Also the person seating customers speaks Mandarin. It’s actually kind of like a food court disguised as a restaurant. Bowl was sticky, one of the cutlery was stinky. Customer behind me jumped queue so I had to wait for her to pay even though I got there first and was in the queue first. And I was so hangry I felt like fainting. Anyway the queue jumping was caused by the cook who got my order wrong (AND I made sure he got my order right because he repeated my order back to me but got confused after listening to the customer behind me’s order). And then the cook preparing the food proceeded to prepare the other customer behind me’s order before mine. So the TWO customers who were behind me got their food first 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃

Alright decent food. But expensive. This was just a sandwich with cheese and roasted peppers and eggplant and an olive spread. The sourdough was nice and fluffy and chewy. The rocket and red cabbage salad was horribly bitter.

I love scrambled eggs! I cut the eggs in half, slid them onto the sourdough toast and then added pepper and sea salt. Delish. A bit more pricey than House of AnLi’s and doesn’t come with salad.

Yum! Lovely warm chai latte made with lots of spice.

NASTY COOKIE: Worth the hype?

Finally got 3 Nasty Cookies to try for the first time! In total, they cost an eye-watering $15ish 😰 But thanks to some vouchers I had, I paid $0.90 in total only. Phew! Glad I was able to control myself in the face of my own impulsivity.

Tried half of the PB Chocolate. My mom tried some too.

My mom’s verdict after one bite: “Stale, horrible, looks like a turd, not worth the calories at all. It’s just sugar and peanut butter. I would throw it away and not eat it.”

My review: Really unsure how anyone can in good conscience sell these PB Chocolate cookies, and in a shop no less 😳It shocks me that this cookie is so disappointing. There’s like practically zero chocolate. It tastes sort of like an expired old Snickers. The cookie to peanut butter ratio is all wrong. The peanut butter is so heavy and tastes like your cheap, run of the mill Skippy’s or something. Eating this was like eating a bunch of crumbs plus a jar of peanut butter.

Don’t expect some premium, expensive tasting nut butter in spite of the price. The cookie itself is disappointing, it’s neither soft and chewy nor crisp and crunchy. When you eat this... you feel.... nothing. Subway cookies are 1000x better! Even cheap baked goods from small confectionery shops / tiny bakeries in the heartlands next to train stations taste much better than this.

The name of the shop is Nasty Cookie and the cookie was indeed nasty.

PS. Not sure why no one has warned me about how disappointing and gimmicky this would turn out to be! So this is me doing a PSA to help you save your hard earned money. Just buy a Subway cookie and thank me later.

PPS. I want to add that the website advertises the cookie in a totally different colour AND has PRETZELS in it which this one definitely did not have! So misleading...

Delish!! And I love the cup it was served in, so classy.

Pasta here is quite ordinary and nothing amazing. The brown butter, sage, and balsamic didn’t stand out at all. There was way too many pine nuts! The pasta itself had quite a lot of pumpkin filling and I didn’t manage to finish all of it as it was quite jelak. Also PS. water is $0.50. Generally I don’t really like patronising places which charge you for tap water. The service is also quite meh, kind of hard to get the waiters’ attention and they were quite unbothered. There was also a 1 hour time limit to our lunch because our table had been reserved. Would I return again? Probably not.

Tempura Tendon Tenya opened 2 days ago (Orchard Central, B1)!

Tenya is an affordable Japanese tempura fast food chain that can be found almost everywhere in Tokyo and in other parts of Japan. We make it a point to eat it whenever we’re in Japan because it’s cheap and delicious.

I reached at about 5.24pm to queue. The wait was 1 hour but we got a table in under an hour. I think if you get there from 6pm onwards, wait time will be 2 hours. I treated my parents to dinner.

My mom got the Tenya Tendon with less rice (50 cents for less rice, 50 cents for more rice) [$8.00++] (Tempura prawn, red fish, squid, french beans, pumpkin, miso soup).

My dad got the Seafood Tendon with less rice [$12.40++] (Tempura prawn, red fish, scallop, eel, scallop, pumpkin, french beans, miso soup).

I got the Mushroom Vegetables Tendon [$7.90++] (enoki, shiitake, shimeiji, pumpkin, french beans, sweet potato, lotus root, miso soup).

I would say the Tendon Tenya is most value for money. Like in Japan, the tempura is served with a sweet and savoury sauce on Japanese rice. Unlike in Japan, you can’t choose specific tempura (like you can’t order extra tempura). Because I’m fussy and don’t eat prawn or mushrooms, I prefer the option to choose. Hopefully they can accommodate this in future, right now, operationally I think it’s a challenge if there’s only one person working as the tempura frier. Over here, the spinach comes with sesame sauce, whereas in Japan, they serve it with soy sauce.

In Japan, there’s free flow barley (or some kind of rice if I’m not mistaken) tea but here you have to pay $2 for free flow green tea. There’s free flow warm water though (always appreciate restaurants/cafes that serve free water). Like in Japan, they have the beer set here: For $8.90 on Mon-Fri at 3-6pm, you can order a cold Japanese beer with a selection of tempura (no rice) which is affordable.

Cons: Miso is kinda too salty. Tempura batter would be nicer if it was more fluffy, less greasy. I don’t think they take phone reservations. Wait time may be long.

Pros: Food tastes almost just like in Japan. The Japanese rice is nice. Water is free. Food comes with miso. Price is good, like in Japan.

Tempura Tendon Tenya opened 2 days ago (Orchard Central, B1)!

Tenya is an affordable Japanese tempura fast food chain that can be found almost everywhere in Tokyo and in other parts of Japan. We make it a point to eat it whenever we’re in Japan because it’s cheap and delicious.

I reached at about 5.24pm to queue. The wait was 1 hour but we got a table in under an hour. I think if you get there from 6pm onwards, wait time will be 2 hours. I treated my parents to dinner.

My mom got the Tenya Tendon with less rice (50 cents for less rice, 50 cents for more rice) [$8.00++] (Tempura prawn, red fish, squid, french beans, pumpkin, miso soup).

My dad got the Seafood Tendon with less rice [$12.40++] (Tempura prawn, red fish, scallop, eel, scallop, pumpkin, french beans, miso soup).

I got the Mushroom Vegetables Tendon [$7.90++] (enoki, shiitake, shimeiji, pumpkin, french beans, sweet potato, lotus root, miso soup).

I would say the Tendon Tenya is most value for money. Like in Japan, the tempura is served with a sweet and savoury sauce on Japanese rice. Unlike in Japan, you can’t choose specific tempura (like you can’t order extra tempura). Because I’m fussy and don’t eat prawn or mushrooms, I prefer the option to choose. Hopefully they can accommodate this in future, right now, operationally I think it’s a challenge if there’s only one person working as the tempura frier. Over here, the spinach comes with sesame sauce, whereas in Japan, they serve it with soy sauce.

In Japan, there’s free flow barley (or some kind of rice if I’m not mistaken) tea but here you have to pay $2 for free flow green tea. There’s free flow warm water though (always appreciate restaurants/cafes that serve free water). Like in Japan, they have the beer set here: For $8.90 on Mon-Fri at 3-6pm, you can order a cold Japanese beer with a selection of tempura (no rice) which is affordable.

Cons: Miso is kinda too salty. Tempura batter would be nicer if it was more fluffy, less greasy. I don’t think they take phone reservations. Wait time may be long.

Pros: Food tastes almost just like in Japan. The Japanese rice is nice. Water is free. Food comes with miso. Price is good, like in Japan.

Tempura Tendon Tenya opened 2 days ago (Orchard Central, B1)!

Tenya is an affordable Japanese tempura fast food chain that can be found almost everywhere in Tokyo and in other parts of Japan. We make it a point to eat it whenever we’re in Japan because it’s cheap and delicious.

I reached at about 5.24pm to queue. The wait was 1 hour but we got a table in under an hour. I think if you get there from 6pm onwards, wait time will be 2 hours. I treated my parents to dinner.

My mom got the Tenya Tendon with less rice (50 cents for less rice, 50 cents for more rice) [$8.00++] (Tempura prawn, red fish, squid, french beans, pumpkin, miso soup).

My dad got the Seafood Tendon with less rice [$12.40++] (Tempura prawn, red fish, scallop, eel, scallop, pumpkin, french beans, miso soup).

I got the Mushroom Vegetables Tendon [$7.90++] (enoki, shiitake, shimeiji, pumpkin, french beans, sweet potato, lotus root, miso soup).

I would say the Tendon Tenya is most value for money. Like in Japan, the tempura is served with a sweet and savoury sauce on Japanese rice. Unlike in Japan, you can’t choose specific tempura (like you can’t order extra tempura). Because I’m fussy and don’t eat prawn or mushrooms, I prefer the option to choose. Hopefully they can accommodate this in future, right now, operationally I think it’s a challenge if there’s only one person working as the tempura frier. Over here, the spinach comes with sesame sauce, whereas in Japan, they serve it with soy sauce.

In Japan, there’s free flow barley (or some kind of rice if I’m not mistaken) tea but here you have to pay $2 for free flow green tea. There’s free flow warm water though (always appreciate restaurants/cafes that serve free water). Like in Japan, they have the beer set here: For $8.90 on Mon-Fri at 3-6pm, you can order a cold Japanese beer with a selection of tempura (no rice) which is affordable.

Cons: Miso is kinda too salty. Tempura batter would be nicer if it was more fluffy, less greasy. I don’t think they take phone reservations. Wait time may be long.

Pros: Food tastes almost just like in Japan. The Japanese rice is nice. Water is free. Food comes with miso. Price is good, like in Japan.

Tempura Tendon Tenya opened 2 days ago (Orchard Central, B1)!

Tenya is an affordable Japanese tempura fast food chain that can be found almost everywhere in Tokyo and in other parts of Japan. We make it a point to eat it whenever we’re in Japan because it’s cheap and delicious.

I reached at about 5.24pm to queue. The wait was 1 hour but we got a table in under an hour. I think if you get there from 6pm onwards, wait time will be 2 hours. I treated my parents to dinner.

My mom got the Tenya Tendon with less rice (50 cents for less rice, 50 cents for more rice) [$8.00++] (Tempura prawn, red fish, squid, french beans, pumpkin, miso soup).

My dad got the Seafood Tendon with less rice [$12.40++] (Tempura prawn, red fish, scallop, eel, scallop, pumpkin, french beans, miso soup).

I got the Mushroom Vegetables Tendon [$7.90++] (enoki, shiitake, shimeiji, pumpkin, french beans, sweet potato, lotus root, miso soup).

I would say the Tendon Tenya is most value for money. Like in Japan, the tempura is served with a sweet and savoury sauce on Japanese rice. Unlike in Japan, you can’t choose specific tempura (like you can’t order extra tempura). Because I’m fussy and don’t eat prawn or mushrooms, I prefer the option to choose. Hopefully they can accommodate this in future, right now, operationally I think it’s a challenge if there’s only one person working as the tempura frier. Over here, the spinach comes with sesame sauce, whereas in Japan, they serve it with soy sauce.

In Japan, there’s free flow barley (or some kind of rice if I’m not mistaken) tea but here you have to pay $2 for free flow green tea. There’s free flow warm water though (always appreciate restaurants/cafes that serve free water). Like in Japan, they have the beer set here: For $8.90 on Mon-Fri at 3-6pm, you can order a cold Japanese beer with a selection of tempura (no rice) which is affordable.

Cons: Miso is kinda too salty. Tempura batter would be nicer if it was more fluffy, less greasy. I don’t think they take phone reservations. Wait time may be long.

Pros: Food tastes almost just like in Japan. The Japanese rice is nice. Water is free. Food comes with miso. Price is good, like in Japan.