MuHu: Gastronomy - Nihon Mura

MuHu~!

It's been quite a while since MSR covered some serious quality gastronomy, proves a point: that I've not been enjoying bon appetit!

A trip down to The Cathay at Handy Road during a quiet weekday would have been a peaceful breezy stroll from the Dhoby Ghaut Station if not for the construction work situated adjacent. My walk had thus been tinted with dust and noise, my oh my, I should have followed the major crowd and taken the longer route along MDIS. Now we all know why we have the national culture of 'monkey-see-monkey-do' (MuHu~!)

Not many of us will place The Cathay into our list of weekend gai-gai venues, unless we're planning for a movie outing. Since Cathay increased their ticket pricing recently, I can only assume that the movie-going crowd are flocking to other cinema operators. However, don't fret! For you can still enjoy great dining, provided you're with the right company of makan kakis that is.

Located seclusively at the rear of the escalator, Nihon Mura is at level B1 of The Cathay.

Upon entering, the waitress seated us and asked whether we were first-time patrons. Here's the reason why: Nihon Mura sported a unique dining concept. Diners were required to take a walk down to the 'mura' (village in Japanese) and pick from the variety of gourmet available.

All you have to do is to pick the corresponding ice-cream sticks of the various items you desired and deposit them into your table's assigned basket as seen in the photo above. The staff would then collect the sticks and process your orders accordingly.

Dining necessities present at every table

Dining ambience at Nihon Mura

Assorted sushi items going @ $0.99 per plate

Ebi Katsu (Fried Breaded Prawn) @ $3.50

Fried Tofu @ $1.50

Shogayaki Pork Don @ $9.90

Soft Shell Crab @ $6.90

Age Ebi Don (Fried Prawn Ricebowl) @ $8.00

Asparagus Bacon @ $5.90

Hotate But. Yaki (Butter Scallops) @ $5.90

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Variety will be vast if you patronize Nihon Mura with a larger group of kakis. By doing so, you not only get to enjoy a better variety of food-spread, you also get to even out the dining cost per head! (MuHu~!)

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MSR Recommendation: The ricebowl items are rather filling, so for the small-eaters you might want to share them instead of going for a ricebowl each. Must-trys from the above featured items are - Asparagus Bacon & Hotate But. Yaki. Watermelon juice @ $2.50 is noted to be the popular cold beverage choice of most diners and for those who don't mind hot beverages, the rose tea is a good option. It's at $3.00 per teapot for 2 persons and to sweeten the good deal, it's refillable!

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I shall be posting again.

Chenkuieh~!