Review of Unkai Teppanyaki

Block 51, Old Airport Road, Old Airport Road Food Centre and Shopping Mall, #01-88

Nearest Mass Rapid Transit Station: Dakota MRT

Buses to Old Airport Road Food Centre and Shopping Mall: 10, 16, 30, 30e, 31, 32, 33, 401

Opening Hours: 10:00 to 22:00 (Daily)

Queue: 1 to 3 people (Waiting Time: Less than 5 minutes)

Service: Fast and good, friendly service

Environment: Clean but crowded hawker centre

Reputation: Traditional Singapore Japanese Food and Chicken Rice

Thoughts after eating: Lack of ingredients

Value for money: 60/100

Will I come back again in 6 months' time? No, there are better alternatives

My opinion:

Unkai Teppanyaki sells traditional Singapore Japanese food. I have tried their $5.00 teriyaki chicken set for dinner. The male owners were extremely stingy in giving out ingredients. There were 6 chicken cutlets, beansprouts, corn and small amount of rice. This miserly amount of food could not satisfy the hunger of a teenager, let alone an adult.

Chicken cutlets were delicious, juicy, sweet, well marinated and came with crispy skin but there were only 6 of them! Pearl rice was addictive, mildly sweet and mixed well with the other food ingredients. The rice was so good that it could have rescued the food from a worse rating if the owners had not substituted it with cheaper beansprouts and corn.

In conclusion, the food here was delicious but too few in portions to satisfy the craving for chicken meat or Japanese food. I had to cook an egg in order to finish the food. 

Ways for the owners to improve their food ratings:

Add at least 2 chicken cutlets to the food and replaced beansprouts with an egg or more rice.