Teppei Syokudo

Teppei is a rather well known Japanese restaurant in Singapore. It is known for its 3 months in advance booking for its $ 80 multi course dinner. It has since opened Syokudo which offers Japanese dish at more pocket friendly prices. One of the dishes offered at this outlet is KaisenDon ($ 16.80) which is actually bara chirashi, a mixture of seasoned cubes raw seafood on top of sushi rice.
Hotate KaisenDon ($ 17.80)
It was KaisenDon topped with raw scallops on top, served with fresh wasabi. The seafood was fresh and buttery.
Seafood Feast ($ 20)
KaisenDon + 1 topping + 1 Japanese green tea
There are 4 choices for the topping: Hotate (Scallop), Negitoro (Minced Tuna), Extra Sashimi, and Ikura (Salmon Roe). I felt that the seafood feast was a great value meal.
The Japanese green tea was rich and hot, great for a cold wet night.
I had selected KaisenDon topped with Negitoro. It was served with freshly grated wasabi. The seafood was overflowing and fresh in taste. The raw seafood was cubed so it doesn’t absorb too much sauce and become too salty. There was also crunchy tempura crumbles in it which gave it extra bit, as well as the juicy ikura.
Overall the food was delicious and filling. Service was quick and friendly.

Reading that this place was such a value for money place, I decided to try it.
Main thing people order is the kaisendon. The shop does offer curry rice in the menu as well, prices from $ 10-​$ 16. Tried the kaisendon for $ 20 which includes a cup of hot/​cold tea with one extra topping of your choice. Ala cadre costs $ 16.
The kaisendon came and it was served in small plastic bowl with some rice at the bottom and cubes of the various fishes covering the entire surface of the rice below. The fishes are spread generously but the whole dish being humongous is really exaggerated. Did I mentioned that the place is a little small and cramp? There wasn’t even soya sauce or any saucer for you to dip your sushi in. You can eat just the dry wasabi though.
I got the $ 20 option and got a few slices of scallops to add to my kaisendon and a cup of green tea. It wasn’t great but it was filling enough.
The shop also does deliveries of orders above $ 200. Sounds like a catering service eh. If they sell cheaper per meal set, I wouldn’t mind ordering their service for company functions or just for meetings. When I visited it, there were no Japanese servers, unlike what I’ve read. The whole set up just look like a catering kitchen. In fact the kitchen could be slightly bigger than the whole seating area. If you’d like to queue less you can call in and just collect it during lunchtime and eat in your office — that’s what I figure could be a reason for their existence. But if you were to hang out with your partner or with friends after work or during the weekends, I think there are other better options out there.
I wouldn’t say this place is a place for budget eaters but the whole set up of the shop seems budget enough.

It is… value for money.
I never love Teppei like how everyone loves it. I’ve been to the original Teppei quite many times, mainly because I have friends who love love his food, but it was never at the point that I was raving about it.
This place is the same. Their chirashi is definitely good value for money, I would totally eat it if it is near my workplace as a lunch option. But not enough to make a trip for it.
I tried the add-​on option of adding negitoro on my chirashi, but I think I’d do without the add-​on next time.
And note: they charge $ 0.50 for extra wasabi.

Bought the bara chirashi takeaway for lunch. The fish texture was mushy and it smelt fishy. The sauce masked it a little. Ate half the bowl as I was hungry. Food poisoning a few hours later.

I heard of the rave reviews from my fellow workers about this new Japanese lunch place in Millenia Walk. Boy were they dead right! I only tried one dish, the $ 16 Kaisendon, and after one bite I was floored at how good it was. I’m not exactly sure what the difference is between Chirashi and Kaisendon, but the premise is the same: Raw fish on top of a bed rice. In this case, it’s raw Tuna and Salmon on top of sushi rice. The key one key difference in Teppei’s case is the raw fish is drenched with Teppei’s special sauce, which is not usually associated with my traditional Chirashi orders at other Japanese restaurants. The sauce is, I would say, a mixture of sauce sauce and vinegar. To tell you honestly, I scarfed down the dish so fast, I could’t decipher the ingredients of the sauce.
The staff is entirely Japanese which is a testament to the authenticity of the place. Furthermore, there are a dozen of Japanese patrons, especially during lunch, who work at the various Japanese institutions that reside in the Millenia Walk area.
Unfortunately, the dining area is extremely small. I estimate it can only fit 15 pax tops. The lunch line is generally long. Advice is to get there early or late afternoon.
If not for the small dining space and slightly overpriced dish relative to the food portions you get, this lunch spot is five stars in my book.

Yay new lunch option at Suntec! I noticed this place just opening up last week, but when I finally decided to try it out today they’re already so crowded!
I tried the Kaisen don for $ 16. I like it! It has a generous amount of sashimi (tuna, salmon and i think swordfish) and sushi rice.
The staff is mostly japanese, and i noticed a lot of japanese office workers coming here for lunch as well. You get to hear the random shouts in Japanese whenever an order is placed or ready to be picked up. Love it!
The place isn’t very big, so your best bet is either to do takeaway or avoid the lunch rush. There are only about 10 – 12 seats in the restaurant and the biggest table seats only 4.