1st Encounter at the Sushi Tei Bar Counter

Wanted to have a 'quick' dinner without having to wait for food, so thought of going to the Sushi Tei in Ngee Ann City to have some sushi from the sushi belt.

At 7 pm on a Monday evening the place was nearly full already. I had wanted a table near the window so that Sam could look out at the taxi queue, but the waitress explained the baby chair at the side of the table would block the corridor, so I bravely accepted a seat at the bar counter, the 1st time I'm sitting there with Sam.

Entertainment: Fortuately, my gamble paid off. ;) Sam was excited to see the plates of food pass before him continuously, and spent half the dinner commenting on them.

Baby chair: the white Ikea plastic version that's the fave of many restaurants. One thing I like about the bar counter here, the table height is just nice for both me on the bar stool & Sam in the baby chair. I've seen another sushi belt restaurant that has such a high bar counter, Sam wouldn't have been able to reach the table, which was one reason why I've never dared to try the sushi counter with him before.

Kids' utensils: The waitress very promptly provided the plastic bowl, fork & spoon without me asking for them, and also included a nice short straw with the plastic cup filled with water. Sam loved the bowl which featured a bear kicking a soccer ball at the bottom.

Kids' menu: One advantage of sitting at the bar counter is that Sam could choose what interests him, and fortunately he was in the mood to listen to my "no, that's not nice to eat" should he point to the raw fish sushi or the too-chewy-for-him octopus & jellyfish. Before he was seated, he was already excitedly asking repeatedly non-stop for the 'beans' - edamame, which he finished 1/3 of the bowl (S$3.80). He didn't eat more of his usual fav, cos he found another - big fish roe.

He had mistaken it to be another type of beans (probably cos of the ball shape), and after I fed him some with the sushi rice (Sam still doesn't know how to eat the seaweed wrapping the sushi), he loved the way the fish roe melts in his mouth. All in all, he ate a total of 5 pcs of the big fish roe sushi (S$4.50 for 2 pcs per plate), a record for him in sushi restaurants.


Sushi Tei (Ngee Ann City)
391 Orchard Road
#02-13 Ngee Ann City (next to taxi stand)
Tel: 6737-8878