Shimbashi Soba @ Nex

After choir a few Sundays ago, I met the Sister at Nex for dinner and some shopping. I know there are a lot of restaurants in Nex but nothing that I was really craving for and dying to try. Found our way to the Japanese enclave and the Sister felt like having some soba so we settled for Shimbashi Soba. 

Shimbashi Soba is the only place I order soba to eat because I don't really trust the soba elsewhere and believe that Shimbashi Soba should offer the best soba. I am assured that the soba here is handmade, and al dente. The soba I eat elsewhere always taste mediocre, plastic-ky and not up to standards. However, this restaurant is slightly on the pricey side so I don't dine here often. 

Chawanmushi almost always a must - This was as appetizing as it looked. Plain, and uninspiring. No prawns, no garnishing, no nothing. Only 2 pathetic mushroom pieces on top.

Salmon sashimi was fairly decent. 

 Grilled unagi - 4 pieces for $8.90 Done pretty well. 

And my main course - soba. The sauce was too salty though. I prefer the sauce that comes with the noodles if you order the set.

The Sister ordered one of the sets. They used to have a set that includes salmon sashimi, grilled unagi and agedashi tofu, all our favourites - but I don't know if that's taken off the menu, or the branch here doesn't have that set. This set was pretty good as well - house special beef, grilled salmon (more like aburi (lightly seared) salmon), and deep fried soba with tuna/potato salad. The deep fried soba tasted like chips and rather addictive. Although the waitress said the soba I ordered and the soba in the set are the same, the sauce wasn't. The noodles in the set meal also includes seaweed, tempura chips and japanese fish cakes.

Dessert that came with the set - matcha tiramisu. 

 How much spent per pax: $35
Would I come back again? Maybe.

#B1-02 nex
23 Serangoon Central
Tel: 6634 4786
Daily: 11:00am -10:00pm

Kki @ Ann Siang

I'm trying to post more regularly on my food escapades. In a way, it's good to keep track where all those calories and blubber on your body came from. 

Before Miss Masters scooted off to London for her further studies, we grabbed her for a lunch followed by desserts at Ann Siang Hill.

I've been wanting to try Kki (ケーキ: "cake" in Japanese) for quite some time now. The previous times I dropped by the Little Drom Store (Retro lifestyle store that Kki shares a shop space with), Kki was filled with customers. It's a small place, with only about 5 small tables. 

We were greeted with a fine whiff of batter fragrance when we entered the cafe. The delicious display of cakes made me palpitate with anticipation. I'm not much of a desserts person, but who can resist such delicate presentations of hand-made goodness?

There isn't a wide variety of cakes, but being our first time and not done my due research, we were at a loss as to what to order. We settled on Emily (the red coloured leaf-shaped cake) and the chocolate-coloured dome-shaped cake.

Wrong choice of Emily!!! I had a hard time swallowing it. Miss Masters puts it aptly, it was as though we were eating butter. The dome-shaped cake is tiramisu. Not too bad, but not fantastic.

 Ordered tea to go along with it. All in all, I'm a sucker for such tea places. It's also a plus point that the Little Drom Store sells retro eye candy! Nice to look but not value-for-money to buy if you know of cheaper places. Although the cakes we chose this time were below expectations, I'm eager to visit this place again and give it another go.

Amount spent per pax: $5
Will I go back again? Yes.


7 Ann Siang Hill
Singapore 069791
Tel: 6225 6650
Open 12pm - 7pm (Sun to Fri)
12pm - 4pm (Sat)
Closed on Mondays