Japanese food
I have an inherent fetish for most things Japanese. And I'm not alone.
If you were to walk around basement 4 of ION Orchard, you will observe that the stores with massive queues are the Japanese ones. The presentation, taste, packaging and service draws drones of people to their booths.
Along with my sister and our mutual friend, we hovered around the stores before zooming to our select stores.
We started with the okonomiyakis. Okos are from Kyoto (correct me if Im wrong) and are made from a dough mix of cabbage and meat. It is generally topped with brown glaze and mayonnaise. Some stores garnish okos with fish flakes and other offer flavoured okos. Popular flavours include cheese and squid, ham and bacon. We went for an original and cheese and squid mini okos. Every bite filled our mouths with fresh seafood with the wonderful taste of cheese.
We headed over to the tori-Q type of booth, where they sold meat on sticks. We went for pork belly and oh boy was it sinful. The Jews got that right. Enough said.
Lastly, we accousted a dango store. Dangos are rice balls sold in four on a stick. It is a popular snack in Japan despite its humble origins from Hokkaido. The modern version of dangos come in a multitude of flavoured toppings. Cream cheese, red bean, mango, banana, watermelon, sweet potato, sesame and sweet soy sauce. Sis and I purchased six sticks of dango after the chef kindly offered us sample of dango with our choice toppings. It helped that there was a huge discount on purchasing all things japanese to begin with.
As we left the Japanese sector, I casually looked over to the non Japanese stretch of food booths, and almost barely saw a crowd. There were your typical sausages, crepes and the like, but there is something about Japanese food which draw crowds. (ok, the peking duck store had the longest queue even when compared to the Japanese stores, but that is an anomaly.) It's tough to run a food business. I guess it's even harder to run a food business when you are up against the Japs.
If you were to walk around basement 4 of ION Orchard, you will observe that the stores with massive queues are the Japanese ones. The presentation, taste, packaging and service draws drones of people to their booths.
Along with my sister and our mutual friend, we hovered around the stores before zooming to our select stores.
We started with the okonomiyakis. Okos are from Kyoto (correct me if Im wrong) and are made from a dough mix of cabbage and meat. It is generally topped with brown glaze and mayonnaise. Some stores garnish okos with fish flakes and other offer flavoured okos. Popular flavours include cheese and squid, ham and bacon. We went for an original and cheese and squid mini okos. Every bite filled our mouths with fresh seafood with the wonderful taste of cheese.
We headed over to the tori-Q type of booth, where they sold meat on sticks. We went for pork belly and oh boy was it sinful. The Jews got that right. Enough said.
Lastly, we accousted a dango store. Dangos are rice balls sold in four on a stick. It is a popular snack in Japan despite its humble origins from Hokkaido. The modern version of dangos come in a multitude of flavoured toppings. Cream cheese, red bean, mango, banana, watermelon, sweet potato, sesame and sweet soy sauce. Sis and I purchased six sticks of dango after the chef kindly offered us sample of dango with our choice toppings. It helped that there was a huge discount on purchasing all things japanese to begin with.
As we left the Japanese sector, I casually looked over to the non Japanese stretch of food booths, and almost barely saw a crowd. There were your typical sausages, crepes and the like, but there is something about Japanese food which draw crowds. (ok, the peking duck store had the longest queue even when compared to the Japanese stores, but that is an anomaly.) It's tough to run a food business. I guess it's even harder to run a food business when you are up against the Japs.
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