When I looked back at the Burpple Guides for the Best 15 Isakayas in 2016, Tsukune Ichigo stood out for me as it seemed to be the most value for money place for Izakaya-style dining.

When I reached this place, what stood between me and the restaurant is a wooden door that separates the "reclusive" place from the outside world. It's not fully packed on a weekday night, but still relatively packed with Japanese office workers and some expatriates.

I enjoyed reading the menu because they were individually handwritten (nice handwriting!), but I took a while to really decide on what I wanted to eat. Other than the Tsukune Set (S$14.00 for 5 sticks), one of the skewers that I would recommend is this Kawa Shio Yakitori (S$6.00 for 2 sticks). Even though it is just chicken skin, the portion of the chicken skin was really big. Most part of it was also flame grilled to a certain degree of crisp, while still not turning dry. It's a perfect item to accompany your alcoholic beverages, beer or liquor alike.