Wasn't feeling very hungry for lunch, so decided to bring Sam to the Ichiban Sushi at Jurong Point to try their kids' meal. Ha seen their kids' menu prominantly displayed everytime we walked past, so today got a chance to try it out.
They have 4 sets available, 2 of which featured spaghetti and the other 2, udon. I got the Maki Set($8.90) for Sam, since he's an udon lover, and I thought he'll be able to eat the accompanying sushi, which contained cucumber, crabstick and egg, 2 pieces each.
The udon came in a plastic child's bowl, with small metallic fork & spoon. The other hot foods - 6 pcs of sushi, 2 fried gyoza, 1 fried chicken drumlet and 2 small cheese sausages - were served in an aeroplane-shaped plate.
Sam ended up eating only the udon. For once, he refused his usual favourite cheese sausage, possibly cos it's deep fried and the skin was too crispy for his taste. Surprisingly he enjoyed the Japanese fish cake that came in the udon soup (cos I dislike that).
So on top of the 2 plates of sushi I grabbed for myself from the conveyor belt, I ate all his fried food. Despite failure on previous attempts, I asked him to try the konnyaku jelly, and surprising me again, he not only tried willingly, he loved it and finished the whole cup! And of course his fav Yakult........
We finished our lunch in an hour, which was a relief to me, since the waitress had given us a four-seater by the sushi conveyor, and I was afraid we'll end up occupying the table
way after the lunchtime queue established itself. Sam was seated in a brown & beige Rubbermaid baby chair at the end of the table, the corridor being wide enough to accomodate the chair AND have enough space left to walk through comfortably, a not-so-common sight in Singapore's Japanese restaurants.
I ended 'tabao'-ing home the crabstick & egg sushi, which Sam devoured after his nap. The Yan Yan snack is still in my larder. I'm not sure how much mess Sam would create with all the chocolate dipping, and anyway, well it's not exactly a sinful snack, it's not a totally healthy one either.
I dunno why Ichiban Sushi designed their kids' meals to be so Westernised.........I mean, with spaghetti and Fish & chips! And to have both konnyakku jelly AND Yan Yan Snack........I dunno, maybe me too set in my thinking of chawanmushi (steamed egg) for children. Still, the Maki Set is just right for me when Sam wanted udon and I do not, so I shall not complain too much. ;)
Ichiban Sushi#B1-55, Jurong Point
