Irodori Japanese Restaurant @ Riverview Hotel

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It has been ages since I had Japanese buffet. Absence does make the heart fonder, slightly fonder. Made reservations for Irodori, another highly recommended restaurant amongst the peers.

interior

Crowded! Private dining rooms are available but I am not too sure if extra surcharges are included.

table of

Table long enough to accomodate 13.

wolf blass

Brought our own red, surprisingly red wine does go pretty well with sushi!

table

Simple cutlery for a not so simple meal.

wasabi

Wasabi so potent.

green tea tofu

Greentea Tofu

Lightly flavoured silken tofu peppered with fish roe, yummilicious.

prawns

Ebi Mentai Mayo

grilled prawn

One order of this allowed, this grilled item was appetite whetting. Great flavour and uber fresh.

sashimi moriawaise

Sashimi Moriawase
Salmon, Tuna, Yellow Tail, Sword Fish, Cuttlefish, Octopus, Snapper

A sashimi platter that would please any raw fish fan. Thick fresh slices of meats beautifully plated - at least for buffet standards!

sashimi

Salmon sashimi sliced so thick!

Sushi

sushi rolls

California Maki

Always a crowd pleaser.

Irodori Maki

Soft grains of rice used, easy to eat despite the larger than usual portions. Ingredients used were fairly appetizing too. Irodori Maki is made of lobster salad and some other tasty bits - rice, always a bane at buffets yet I gladly embrace them at Irodori.

Grilled dishes

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Saba Shioyaki

Did not attempt but apparently really good.


salmon teriyaki

Still salmon and loving the additional dash of lemon juice.

teriyaki salmon

Shake Shioyaki

Adored the grilled skin and crispy layers, incredibly delish.

shisamo

Shisamo

Perfect as a snack.

Temaki

california

California

spider temaki

Spider

tamago temaki

Tamago

Crispy seaweed meets soft rice and delish stuffings, still embracing their sushi!

Mushi/Shiru Mono

chawanmushi

Chawanmushi

Decent egg custard.

miso soup

Miso Soup

One of those rare times that I liked it enough to empty it.

Ippinmono (Appetizers)

Edamame

Soramame

Perfect dinner nibblers.

Agemono (Deep Fried)


veg tempura


Mixed Tempura

This was under their list of recommended eats. Tempura batter was light though the oil taste did get to the later reorders.

prawn tempura

katsu

Tonkatsu

A tad dry.



Pumpkin

Belittle pumpkin not when desserts are not part of the buffet. This sweet vegetable sliced thinly made a great after dinner snack.

mushroom tempura

Mushroom

My favourite of the lot - plump mushrooms nary the earthy woody taste that some shun. I forgot how many I popped into my mouth - oiishii.

yakitori

Torikaraage

Chicken skewers or satay as the table called it. Loved the chargrilled fragrance and flavour of this.

gyoza

Age Gyoza

Not a fan of this though, the oil taste overshadowed.

croquette

Croquette


This breaded item is irresistibly addictive. Curried mash potato deepfried, would have preferred slightly more body in the mash but this was outstanding.

Teppanyaki

beef with ginger

Beef Shogayaki

Pepper in Ginger sauce, a must try! Melt in your mouth beef slices, the greatest pity of this is it arrived way too late to savour and make a reorder.

enoki beef

Beef Enoki Maki

Beef slice wrapped around mushrooms, loved the bite.

Menrui/Gohanmono

cold soba

Zaru Soba

Nothing too inspiring.

curry udon

Curry Udon

Curry was watery and lacking in flavour. Udon was overcooked. Possibly the only letdown of the night.

Spread of buffet variety is there at an astounding 108 dishes, try as I may I would have loved to sink my pearlies into all of them. Alot more hits than misses for a buffet in general, so Irodori is definitely worth the while. One main grouse goes to their lack of service or unwillingness to serve, most unfortunately. Not so much a case of orders being forgotten but waitresses take orders with most reluctance.

Lunch and Dinner: $35++

Irodori Japanese Restaurant
River View Hotel, Lvl 3

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