Aburiya @ Robertson Quay

This was the surprise birthday dinner venue for Marky on his Birthday. I had to spend 1 whole day looking at online reviews before deciding on this place and it was difficult as the place must have a good variety of meat (Marky = Meat lover) and not too unhealthy at the same time (to fulfil my criteria).

After deciding on YAKINIKU as the theme for our dinner, I found 3 restaurants which had the most number of good reviews, namely, Gyu Kaku @ CHIJMES, Aburiya @ Robertson Quay & Yakiniku Daidomon @ KeyPoint. The sequence is in order of pricing =) So obviously, the most expensive and least expensive is out. Also, I thought that the ambience at Robertson Quay will be good too...(You can see from the pics below)

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However, getting there was really quite troublesome as I haven't been there before and the cabbie uncle dropped us quite a distance from the restaurant. So we had to ask around and try to find our way there..zzz

But it was all worth the cab fare and trouble! Both of us felt that the food was really delicious and fresh! Just look at the compilation of food that was included in the set meal. Although the meats looked really pathetically little, it was quite enough to satisfy us. It was fun BBQing the meats too, although Marky ended up doing most of the work coz my jelly hands dropped 2 chunks of precious meats into the charcoal! So I gave up doing it.

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My personal favourite was the mushrooms which were dribbled with some sweet sauce. They tasted FANTASTIC when barbequed. Juicy on the inside and a little crisp on the outside as we left it a little longer on the grill. The sweet tasting sauce totally complements the mushroom.

Something that I must comment on is that their Japanese white rice tasted much better than many restaurants.
Both of us finished up every grain despite our diet plans =)

Their meats were also very SHIOK! They are marinated with your choice of marinates and the ones recommended to us goes pretty well with the meats. The beef tenderloin and chicken were very tender and juicy while the prawns were big and succulent.

Another must try would be their Nikujyaga (Beef and potato stew). It is a sweet stew with generous servings of juicy, tender, tasty beef. Best accompanied with rice!

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All these 10 courses for just $70 ++. Their set meals are really value for money. If you are interested in other "high class" meats like Wagyu beef, you can order it ala-carte too.

I'm already looking forward to my next visit there...*yum yum*