My 1st Concrete Blogging Reward - Sakae Monthly Bloggers Affair!

Well, this wasn't solid cash, but it's still something concrete (besides all the lovely comments I get) that actually resulted from my blogging: a S$20 voucher for Sakae Sushi!!!!!


I hadn't really expected to get anything, cos my post wasn't exactly singing praises of that particular trip. So winning the consolation prize in Dec 09 means either there weren't many entries ;P or that the company really appreciated honest feedback!!

Well, for those who's still lost at sea, Sakae Sushi is holding a Sakae Monthly Bloggers Affair, where there's a winner every month who'll receive a $50 voucher, and several consolation prizes of $20 vouchers. All you have to do is email your blog entry address & contact details to the company, details @ http://www.sakaesushi.com.sg.

Can't wait to use my voucher!!!! ;)

Mini Bus Bento of Sakae Sushi

Surprisingly Sam still remembered eating sushi after the previous library trip, and insisted on going back to the same place again. So hubby & I had no choice but to got back to Sakae Sushi in the Frontier Community Club after leaving the library.

Again, Sam had to sit on a booster chair at the table next to the sushi belt. I get so worried whenever he has to sit like this, it seems possible he may topple over, cos though there was a seat belt securing Sam to the booster, there was nothing tying the booster to the bench! But Sam went through the meal unscathed - again - so perhaps it's Mummy's over-reaction. After all, I doubt the restaurant chain would use the booster if it's unsafe.

Service this time round wasn't as good as our visit a month ago. I wonder if it was because we're the 1st customer on the Sunday morning. The place certainly didn't fill up till we're almost done with our meal. There was only 1 waiter visible when we tried to order at 11:40am, and he was too engrossed with whatever he was doing at the cashier to see or hear us, so we decided to use the computerised system instead, which went pretty smoothly.

We had asked for a cup of warm water for Sam when we 1st ordered our hot green tea ($0.99). Had to ask for the kids' utensils again later, which was a matching set of white plastic bowl with Sakae's logo and a small metal fork & spoon. That was necessary for Sam to devour the large makis he selected off the sushi belt, while we waited the longest time for Sam's bento (Sam finished 2 makis, and we polished off 5 plates of sushi, before the bento came).

Finally managed to order a bento set from the kid's menu, something I've not managed to do for our past 2 visits. Succeeded by the quick act of shoving the menu under Sam's nose to get his attention before he started taking his pick from the sushi belt. So Sam spent several minutes trying to choose from the 6~7 children's bento sets available, more from the designs of the bento containers than for the food itself, I'm sure. In the end, I managed to convince him to take the mini bus bento ($7.99) instead of the fire engine/train/aeroplane sets. My choice, obviously, was based on the food selection. ;)

Sam was tremendously pleased at the Yakult that came with the bento set, and to my surprise didn't attack the fries immediately. Instead, he took a liking to eating the meat balls & crabstick off the toothpicks. I guess this refreshing method of self-feeding appealed to him then. I polished off the 2 fried chicken pieces in the bento myself, then spent the rest of the meal coaxing Sam to eat the rice in between his mouthfuls of meat balls. The remainders of the rice (with its decorations of sausage, egg & avocado) we had to 'tabao' home after the lunch, for Sam to finish after his afternoon nap.

The one-for-one red plate promotion had ended, so we only got 10% discount off the bill when paying with Citibank credit card. Should have eaten more often last month! ;P


P.S. For 1st time parents bringing your toddlers into Sakae Sushi, strongly suggest you place your child nearer the corridor, so as to be away from the sushi belt & hot water tap & computer mouse. I only dare put Sam next to the sushi belt after numerous visits to Jap restaurants, after I'm sure he's been well-trained enough NOT to grab the dishes off the belt nor to experiment with the hot water tap. Nowadays I try to keep him away from the corridor seats instead so that he's less likely to wander away from the table on his own. ;P


Sakae Sushi
The Frontier Community Club
60 Jurong West Central 3 #01-05
Tel: 6792-2806

Sakae Sushi in Suria KLCC

Location: Sakae Sushi, on level 4 of Suria KLCC.

Baby chair: a booster chair that raised Sam so high, his knees are nearly level with the table!

Actually, now that I look again at my own photo, I realise the booster seat could have been lowered to a more comfortable position. But I wasn't enlightened then, & the waitress didn't even secure the bottom strap to the seat (she only secure the strap to the chair back, & even that took her 2 tries), so Sam spent his whole meal "1 head above the rest"!

Kids' utensils: a plastic bowl and a soup spoon was provided upon request. Now what on earth makes them think a toddler of Sam's age would use such a large soup spoon instead of a teaspoon??

Service: refer to above segments.

Entertainment: Nothing specifically designed to entertain children, but Sam's interest was held by the LCD displays - meant for taking orders electronically - at the other tables. He spent the meal commenting on the photos of food flashed on the screen: a "nooooooo" every time I asked him if the dish looks good!

Kids' menu: I didn't realised it when I was ordering (being in a rush, I just got the 1st sensible dish I saw), but there's actually some junior meal served in a fancy boat-shaped plate available. This I only found out when watching the LCD display while I was eating.

A note on the menu - there's acutally fried lotus root chips (renko chips) available, which Sam loved. At least I didn't feel so guilty about giving him fried food & he's actually eating some kind of vegetable!