Tajimaya

Chomp Venue:
Tajimaya Yakiniku
Vivo City
1 Harbourfront Walk
#01-102

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Met up with V and K for birthday celebration dinner ytd and went to this Japanese Charcoal BBQ dining place V recommended. V said the wagyu beef was really good but K doesn't really like eating beef so we gave beef a miss. Although it's a Saturday night, the place wasn't too crowded. The smells were enticing:).


The five plates of raw meat we ordered: (Clockwise from top) Squid, Pork belly, Pork Jowl, Scallops, Salmon.


Special pork belly (with Miso) @ $17 (according to V, this is supposedly more worthed it than pork belly). There were 3 types of sauces to go with the pork. Miso, tare and shio sauce. We still couldn't really understand the difference after asking the staff, but we just went with miso and tare:).


Pork jowl (with Miso) @ $11.90 (ie: pork cheek) This was reallllly tender. My favourite.


Scallop/ Hotate!! @ $9.90 (Each cost around 3bucks) For this, we weren't too sure when it looked cooked. But it didn't really matter. Not-as-cooked beats overcooked.


Salmon (with Tare sauce) @ $10.50. Ahh. If you can cook it till its soft n juicy on the inside, and outside it looks nice and brown, plus the salmon skin is crispy, it would be the bestt. Hehe.


Ika/ Squid @ $7.50. This was really worthed the price. The whole plate was filled with squid.
Rice @ $2 per bowl. Quite a small serving, but good traditional Jap sticky rice:).







Cooking the meat~ The first batch of meat required utmost attention, cos the pork stuck to the grill immediately, so you had to turn it over and over again with the skewers. But after sometime, the oil from the pork greased the grill, so we could leave the meat there to cook as we tucked in.

We had fun cooking and eating:D. And it was safe although sometimes a small the flame will shoot up from the grill. And you get this sense of satisfaction cooking your own meats. Hoho. We spent around $25.40 each and the quantity was just right:DD. Pricier alternative to Seoul Garden, yes. But much better food quality, cooking environment and ambience. Service was good and friendly:).

I'm coming backk:DD.





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