Momoya Japanese Restaurant

Hi everyone! As I've been posting about my Japan trip recently, it made me miss and crave for Jap food soo much. Hence over the weekends, my family and I went out to have Japanese Buffet dinner at Momoya Japanese Restaurant which is located near Simpang Bedok.

Momoya Japanese Restaurant

Standing menu outside the shop

 

They have both Ala-Carte, Buffet and also Take-away Menu so you can choose according to which you want. If you're not a big eater, then probably you can opt for the Ala-Carte. Some of the items are not available on its Buffet Menu but you can order it as an ala-carte item. My family is a lover for Japanese cuisine and the amount of sashimi we eat is almost unbelievable! Hence, we went for the buffet menu which would make more sense for our wallets. Haha!

No doubt, we started off with the sashimi! And we ordered 3 more times before we finally got enough of it!!

Sashimi

California Temaki and Unakyu Chiizu Maki (Grilled Eel with Cheese)

Gyu Niku Itame (Sliced Beef with Special Sauce)

This is probably my favorite dish out off all that we ordered that night and I had 2 by myself! *guilty* But the beef is so tender and the sauce is nicely marinated together with the meat.

Tebasaki Ponsu (Fried Chicken Wings in Special Sauce)

Oroshi soba (Cold buckwheat noodles with radish)

Kaki Furai (Oyster in Bread Crumbs)

This is another dish that we had repeat orders. Not a lover of oysters but this just tasted right and not too greasy!

Tori Karaage (Marinated Chicken Nuggets)

Ika Geso (Seasoned Squid Tentacles)

Something crispy and chewy which I like to snack on while chit chatting.

Shiitake Yaki (Grilled Japanese Mushroom)

This is just 1/3 of what we ordered that night. But most of the remaining are repeated dishes of the above. Apart from this small/ side dishes, they also serve rice sets, noodles and soup but we were too full for those so we gave it a miss.
Overall, the food are quite nice and the ambiance was great. However I do find that the variety of food is a bit little and we kind of got bored of the items after 2 rounds of order. But for the price and ambiance there, I still do think that it's worth a try!

Gentle reminder: It would be advisable to make a reservation before heading down just in case they might be packed as there isn't much space or shops to linger around while waiting for your seats. Also if you're driving, do be prepared to wait for a while for a slot as parking there is quite limited. If you are traveling by public transport, the nearest MRT station is Tanah Merah and it's about 15 to 20 mins walk from the station. If not you can change for bus 2, 9 or 10 that drops in front of the shop.

Momoya Japanese Restaurant
16 Jalan Pari Burong, 
Singapore 488682
Tel: +65 6245 3303
Lunch: 11.45am - 2.30pm
Buffet Price: Child - $18++  Adult - $31++
Dinner: 6pm to 10pm
 Buffet Price: Child - $20++ Adult - $34++
*Price for Weekdays and Weekends are the same

For more info: https://www.facebook.com/MomoyaJapaneseRestaurant

Will try to update on my Japan trip as soon as possible as I've been too busy with celebrations this month and occupied with some personal matters. If you guys have any nice restaurants / products do feel free to comment and let me know! (: Or if you guys want more beauty products review, do comment and let me know too! It would be glad to hear feedback and opinions from you all :D
Will talk to you all soon! xoxo

Warakuya Japanese Restaurant - Johor Bahru

Was introduced by my friend to this Japanese restaurant while we were planning for a day trip to Johor Bahru, Malaysia. It was highly recommended by my friend after their visit to this restaurant a few weeks back so we decided to try it out ourselves. We went into JB in the afternoon and went to shop around first before heading to the restaurant at 6.30pm for dinner.

This is how the shop front looks like and the place was crowded when we reached there. Quite a number of people was already waiting outside and lucky we made a reservation beforehand as advised by my friend as they previously waited for quite some time before having a table. As there was quite a few of us, we made a reservation for a private room so that we can enjoy our meal and laugh as loud as we wanted!

The restaurant is located by the main road and has a very big signboard outside, so it's quite easy to spot. Sorry for the bad lighting in this picture as this was taken with my phone cause my camera died on me :(

 All their pictures looks so nice making it so hard to resist!! Everything looks so nice and delicious we can't decide on what to order. And what's worse, they have lots of variety to choose from. There's individual items, ramen sets, bento sets and of course sashimi sets.

Salmon Belly Shio Yaki - RM 14.90

One of our favorite dish that we will always order in a Japanese restaurant is this Grilled Salmon Belly. We are a major lover of salmon and the salmon belly and head meat are the most delicious parts as it is tender and juicy, which is why we always order both! The salmon was fresh but it was a bit too greasy.

Shark Fin Chawanmushi - RM 8.90

My must order item whenever I am having Japanese cuisine is this little baby - Chawanmushi! I love eggs, especially steamed eggs! It didn't tasted much different from the normal ones in my opinion.

Our Sashimi Set topped with one serving of sea urchin. We ordered a few different type of fish and they put them together into this one big plate. This dish is so refreshing as they are all soo fresh. We had this finished as soon as it was served!

Top: Kani Karrage Maki (Soft Shell Crab) - RM 19.90, Bottom: Cheese King Prawn Maki - RM 23.90

Next up for some more filling dishes! This 2 dish was one of the few recommended items on menu and the pictures just made it even harder to say no, so we ordered both. Both tasted really nice but if I could only choose one, I would pick the Cheese King Prawn Maki.

Top left to down: Grilled Wagyu Beef - RM 129, Fried Chicken with Tartar Sauce - RM 13.90, Barbeque Squid - RM 19.90.

The Wagyu Beef was superb!! It was really juicy and totally melts within your mouth. It was kinda small but it was the most expensive dish of all that we ordered. (We did not noticed the price when ordering as we were so attracted by all the pictures and was totally shocked when we saw the bill!!!)

 We ordered some other side dishes along the way to go with our sakes before leaving the restaurant close to 3.5 hours later. Overall, the food here is pretty good and the service was excellent even though they had a full house. The dishes are a bit pricey but I would still come back again as the variety here is really amazing and the overall experience was great! If you are looking for good quality and nice ambiance Japanese restaurant, do try this one out. But do remember to make a reservation to avoid long waiting time.

Warakuya Japanese Restaurant (和乐屋日本料理)

43 Jalan Kuning 2, 

Taman Pelangi, 80400 Johor Bahru

Johor, Malaysia
Tel: +60 07-332 0789 / +60 016-777 8234

Business hours: Monday to Sundays, 11.30am - 11pm