Matchaya, The Cathay

FAQ on Matchaya, The Cathay:

1. What attracts you to come to this restaurant?

👉 As a matcha lover, this restaurant attracts my attention when I researched online for nice matcha restaurant in Singapore. It has quite good rating online and thus I have paid a visit to Matchaya on a random weekend date with my husband. We had missed out our chance to travel to Japan to taste the authentic matcha in Uji, Japan ourselves in this year 2021 due to covid outbreak. I am delighted to know that Matchaya has carefully sourced their matcha from Uji, Japan. 😋

2. What do you expect to dine in this restaurant?

👉 Whole course of matcha stuffs, from beverages to main courses to dessert! 💚

3. What is the recommended time to dine in this restaurant?

👉 This restaurant is usually full house during peak hours. Best to avoid the timing if can. If not, I wouldn't mind queue for Matchaya!

We visited Matchaya, The Cathay on Saturday for lunch. Please note that only The Cathay outlet has dine-in option available, the other Matchaya outlet in Orchard is only for takeaway option. Please note also No reservation can be made online for Matchaya in The Cathay, you can just walk in and wait for your turn. We reached Matchaya for our late lunch which was a bit off peak hours and thus there was no queue for us 😃. I was spoilt for choice on the matcha dishes here, the wide varieties of food and beverage menu in Matchaya really made me contemplating for quite some time! Regardless, I was very excited to try them! 😍

After a thousand years later on flipping the menu front and back 😂, we have ordered items below:

1) Drink: 

Matcha Chokoreto (SGD6.50) 

• Matcha and chocolate combination kind of drink for me! Both matcha and chocolate are my favourite. My 1st time trying this and to my surprise it is kinda good! The chocolate is not overpowering the matcha, and both of them blend well with each other. The matcha tasted nice also. I would say more matcha taste than chocolate for this. Overall nice drink for me to enjoy! 😍😜

Koffee Milk (SGD6.50) 

• Coffee with milk for my husband! He is not a matcha lover, but forced to accompany me to have meal here hahaha 😂 But fret not, there is coffee option in Matchaya too, and the quality is not bad! The layer of milk and coffee made an instagram worthy photo too! 😊

2) Main Course: 

Osaka Fluffy Pancakes (SGD16.90) 

• Made of: Fluffy pancakes, homemade berries compote, matcha granola, seasonal fruits and berries, kuromitsu sauce, matcha sauce
• This is definitely an instagrammable dish in Matchaya! There is a matcha sauce provided to you separately for you to pour onto the pancake yourself! 💚👍 I hope there are more matcha sauce, never get bored of this green stuff haha. The pancake is fluffy and filling, add on the sweet kuromitsu sauce and some sides such as granola and fruits, definitely a good choice. However, for my personal opinion the kuromitsu sauce is too sweet. I would prefer more bittersweet taste of matcha sauce than kuromitsu sauce for this dish.

Ohaiyo Breakfast Set (SGD17.90) 

• Made of: Scrambled eggs, smoked salmon, chicken bockwurst, grilled herbs tomatoes, sauteed wild mushrooms, toasted multigrain sourdough
• This breakfast set is delicious albeit small portion. Especially the mushrooms and toasted sourdough breads which I enjoy very much! The breads is toasted and it is super duper crispy, like the crispiest toasted breads that I have ever eaten! 😮 Frankly, I enjoy the taste of this breakfast set more than matcha pancake, although breakfast set is not instagrammable friendly hahaha 😆 Scrambled eggs are nicely cooked with cheese too and lift up the whole taste sensation.

3) Dessert: 

Matcha Azuki Roll Cake (SGD6) 

• Made of: Matcha chantilly cream made with ceremonial grade uji matcha & azuki rolled in 100% activated charcoal sponge
• This is their signature matcha cake for matcha lovers. Much like a swiss roll with matcha cream filling. The center of the cake is filled with azuki red beans. The typical dessert combination of matcha and red beans! 💖

Signature Matchaya Yuzu Cake (SGD10) 

• Made of: Our signature cake takes on a modern interpretation of a traditional flavour pairing in an edible way. Lught matcha and white chocolate mousse, layered with matcha sponge on a hazelnut meringue base, topped off with koichi yuzu jelly with a dash of madagascar vanilla bean. Bits of 24k gold leaf, bringing you prosperity. 
• This is definitely a must try! Although it is the priciest cake among the selections, however the taste is very unique. The top yuzu layer which is a little bit sour mixed well with bittersweet fragrant matcha cake and soft layer of white chocolate mousse melting in your mouth. I am definitely going back for this again in future! 💛

That's all for the sharing on Matchaya, The Cathay. The total damage for 2 people was ~SGD64. Nice matcha dining experience here, may drop by here to fix your matcha cravings while still cannot travel to Japan yet! I will revisit Matchaya again, love the nice dining experience here! 😎😁

A Little Info. on Matchaya, The Cathay
Official Website: https://matchaya.sg/pages/menu-cathay
Facebook Webpage: matchayasg

Location/ How to Go: 2 Handy Rd, #01-08 / 09 The Cathay, Singapore 229233
Opening Hours: 10am-10pm (Monday- Sunday)

Personal Rating: 
Taste ➪ 8/10 (1-3: Below average, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Above average)
Price➪  4/10 (1-3: Expensive, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Budget-friendly)
Ambiance ➪ 5/10  (1-3: Below average, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Above average)



💗 Author: Ng Mei Lian/ Adrian Yeoh Aun Hong
👉 Date of Visit: 21 August 2021

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Maccha House @ Suntec City

        

FAQ on Maccha House Singapore:

1. What attracts you to come to this restaurant?

👉 Of course is my favorite matchaaa, I can't get enough of it. Yeah, hell happy for a matcha lover 💚

2. What you expect to dine in this restaurant?

👉 Well, for me, matcha is the only thing I am looking forward to.. 😀Of course, you can expect yourself decent japanese meal as well, the menu is simple yet able to attract many visitors, scroll down to learn more.

3. Any set meal available in this restaurant?

👉 Yes, for those meals you ordered, you can choose any drink on the menu and enjoy 20% off! Besides that, it also has the PAIR set meal promotion which offer you $10 off for 2 pax total bill.Scroll down to see the full menu of meals, drinks and set meal.

4. Any promotion available in internet for this restaurant?

👉 Unfortunately no, but you already got yourself discount directly in the menu when you dine in! Make use of it and treat yourself with the nice matcha dessert in the house.

5. What is the recommended time to dine in this restaurant?

👉 Our personal favourite is during night time. This is because the cafe has a big window which directly facing the view outside with colorful water fountain! Food and view at the same time, isn't it amazing to end your night.

We had paid a visit to Suntec City for shopping on the weekend night! We stopped for dinner to rest ourselves at Maccha House which is located at the ground floor of the shopping mall. To be frank, there are many restaurants to choose for at the ground floor, you can find yourself in the food heaven with outlets such as italian, thai, chinese, western, korean and etcetera. We were in dilemma choosing for place to dine. Especially at weekend, restaurants in Singapore are always crowded and one needs to queue outside in order waiting to be seated, it is not a bizarre view. We roamed around and finally my eyes were captivated by this green tasty menu which is matcha! Yeah. my love to match is just growing stronger and stronger, and I just couldn't explain why. Only the matcha reason is solid enough to make me decided for dinner at the Japanese restaurant - Maccha House! 😍

Let's settle ourselves down and look at the menu. You can see there are few promotions available on the restaurant. Even myself stucked in dilemma again when placing the food order. The food menu is not truly extensive, mostly you can find bento set and hotpot set. However, the one puts me in dilemma is the extensive range of beverages and desserts to choose from, and of course they are all matcha! Matcha lover, just drop by here and treat your taste bud!

Set meals with an attractive 20% off on any drink of the menu!
Must complete your meal with  any nice drink or dessert!

Arghh... the drink's menu! 💘

The PAIR set meal for consideration!

My personal favorite on matcha drink is the type that is not very sweet as the sweetness would cover the bitterness of the matcha. As much as I love to eat sweet desserts and chocolates, when it comes to matcha, I just adore the bitterness of it.. 😏 Haha.. Weirdo? Or speaking nicely, is a person who truly knows how to enjoy the true-self of matcha, just like the original taste over the artificial one thou 😋. Hence, I have asked the waiter which one is the recommended drink on the menu, and for sure he pointed me the traditional maccha menu, it is actually a drink which you can make your own matcha drink by mixing the matcha powder and hot water yourself, just like the japan style tea culture I guess? I nodded my head to give the menu a try.. And, guess what, after a few minutes I have changed my mind to another drink on the menu which is maccha latte float with shiratoma, it was my initial pick but I was carried away by the waiter. However, I just couldn't take my eyes away from this menu which has matcha drink, together with matcha ice cream on top and also the bouncy balls as topping. Duhh... girls... Always indecisive.. 😂 Or just like to follow the mood.. 😜

So after the long story just now, that's the drink that arrived!
Left: Maccha chocolate latte. Right: Maccha latte float with shiratoma.
They are just too good.. My latte addiction fixed on that night 😃

Sukiyaki hotpot set

Maccha house bento - everything with matcha!!
Hmm, why not on sushi as well.. 😝

Zoom into maccha house bento, we can see the side dishes here!
Nice little pieces of cakes as well. 

Oh ya not to forget to mention on this, the noodles served in the menu
are actually made from matcha. Yummy! 💜

Personally, I prefer the noodles to be the udon type and not the ramen type. I feel that the "fat" udon noodles has more bouncy feeling on your taste bud and the green tea smell could be stronger in the sense? In Singapore, ramen is more sought after than udon, there are actually many ramen shops booming around, but as much as I love matcha, I just love udon as well! Set aside the noodles portion, the taste is actually not bad and is a place to get decent japanese food. After the food tasting, slowly enjoy the drink and just sit down, relax, surf the internet or just selfies like what we do. 😄Of course, we choose the seatings facing the outside view as well, you still remember the colorful water fountain which I mentioned in the FAQ section earlier right.

Night view, relax while you can..

The price is also considerably cheap as you can see from the menu above. My choice on maccha house bento set is priced at $9.99, and you able to get yourself  main course, side dish, sushi, dessert! My bf choice on sukiyaki hotpot set is priced at $13.99, and you able to savour the hotpot with tons of meats inside, noodle soup, and sushi! However, drinks are slightly on the expensive side, but you complete them with the set meal which means you are entitled to get 20% off drinks as well! 

A Little Info. on Maccha House
Facebook Webpage: https://www.facebook.com/macchahouse.sg/
Location/ How to Go: Inside Suntec City shopping mall, Ground floor
Alight at Promenade mrt station and walk for 6 minutes
Opening Hours: Daily 11.00am ~ 10.00pm




Personal Rating: 
Taste ➪ 7.5/10 (1-3: Below average, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Above average)
Price➪  7/10 (1-3: Expensive, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Budget-friendly)
Ambiance ➪ 6.5/10  (1-3: Below average, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Above average)



💗 Author: Ng Mei Lian/ Adrian Yeoh Aun Hong
👉 Date of Visit: 18 March 2018

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Tendon Ginza Itsuki (Japanese Dining) @ Tanjong Pagar

Crave for Japanese tempura prawns? I have been craving on Japanese foods for quite some time, especially for tempura lover like me. Recently I paid a visit to a Tanjung Pagar, purposely to satisfy my hunger on a bowl of tempura rice set. Tendon Ginza Itsuki is the first tendon restaurant in Singapore and it a collaboration with the highly acclaimed Ginza Itsuki Sushi restaurant in Tokyo, Japan. There are one row of seating available beside the restaurant and that's where your queue starts. The restaurant is friendly to the visitors as they have prepared iced barley tea near the seating area for you to quench your thirst while waiting for your turn. They have food menu hung on the wall and they will take your food order when is almost your turn. Do you always have an issue of difficulty in making food choices? Fret not, for this restaurant, there are only two options from food menu which are Special Tendon (tempura rice set) and Vegetable Tendon (vegetable tempura rice set). Go for Special Tendon if you are a meat lover as you can get yourself big tempura prawns and big chickens as well as half boiled egg inside the huge bowl. On the other hand, go for Vegetable Tendon if you are vegetarian! Easy right?

Exterior building of Tendon Ginza Itsuki

Food menu which only 2 sets available

The moment you step into the restaurant, you will be transferred to Japan for awhile, as there are Japanese musics playing constantly as the background while you enjoy your food. The smell of tendon is quite strong in the restaurant. The chef fries meat and vegetable by using different pans. And by controlling different ingredients at different frying temperature, they get the best tendon meat and vegetables on plates for your dining pleasure.

Here's my Special Tendon set for the day. It even comes with miso soup and chawanmushi. This chawanmushi is specially soft compared to outside one that I have ever tasted, I guess that's the power of egg yolk. After miso soup and chawanmushi as entree meal, here comes the Special Tendon rice bowl. It is very generous in portion. You get to eat 2 tempura prawns, 2 big chickens, one half boiled egg yolk hidden beneath the dishes, and a variety choices of vegetables. Since the food is tendon, hence is very soft and elastic compared to outside restaurants. I have not realized I was actually eating chicken, until I have been told by my bf. I thought it was fish all the while. The texture is really that soft.

Chawanmushi

Special Tendon Set!

Special mention on the rice as well, it is actually imported from Japan and guaranteed to be Japan rice, as they get the certification of using genuine Japan rice when I glanced through the certification that has been hung on the wall of the restaurant. So you can know that the rice here is actually fragrance and pearl shape like. The porcelain bowl used here also will help to retain the heat of your foods and you get enjoy the foods better even at a longer time. However, since there is always queue outside, so once we finished our foods, we will not be able to stay and spend longer time there. And, there is one thing to point out, the smell of tendon will "stuck" inside your clothes and it has been there for whole day! Guess that's the sacrifice for good foods. 

So, head over to this restaurant and try out the dish yourself! There are a number of Japanese restaurant here and there is even Sapporo beer cafe. For beer lover, you can end your night with a glass of beer after the dinner.

A Little Info. on Tendon Ginza Itsuki

Homepage: http://www.tendon-itsuki.sg/

Facebook: Ginza-Tendon-Itsuki 

Opening Hours: Lunch (11.30am-2.30pm) & Dinner (5.30pm-10.00pm)

Location: 101, Tanjong Pagar Road, 088522 Singapore.

Personal Rating: 
Taste ➪ 7.5/10 (1-3: Below average, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Above average)
Price➪  6.5/10 (1-3: Expensive, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Budget-friendly)
Ambiance ➪ 6/10  (1-3: Below average, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Above average)



💗 Author: Ng Mei Lian/ Adrian Yeoh Aun Hong
👉 Date of Visit: 7 October 2017

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