Raku Ninja

1 Raffles Link
CityLink Mall #B1-23
Singapore 039393
Tel : 62380862

December 14, 2006

After the Akashi Jap Restaurant at CityLink closed down, this Raku Ninja took over. With the 2 super adorable statue of black ninja, it is hard not to notice them. But perhaps due to poor fengshui, this restaurant always look so empty everytime we passby.

As we are rushing for time to catch the ballet dance "La Sylphide" at the Esplanade, we just wanted to grab some light japanese bites, so thought of giving this place a try since it's nearby.

And expected, business is so blend and the whole place looks so gloomy due to the dark uninviting colors. We actually spend 10 mins or so to decide on what to order as there are too few items in the menu, and nothing seems delicious. But yet, we don't have the time to change another restaurant, so trying hard to finalize. In the end, we ordered a tempura rice, a raku ninja soba and a sashimi swordfish.

The swordfish though is very sweet, the black pepper that surrounds it choke up the taste which makes it disappointing. The tempura set is even more disappointing. The tempuras are badly fried which makes it so hard to bite and the rice is tasteless. The raku ninja soba is only cold soba with crab sticks, boring and not delicious. And the worst thing is, per pax is about 15 to 25 and yet the portions served for all the dishes are so little that we feel like heading for supper after the dance.

And we are asking a waiter if this place is associated with the restaurant Raku @ Holland Village, and the waiter seems confused and ask us about the menu. Bullshit.

So we really hope that this is not a sister brand of Raku, if not, it is really disappointing on the standard of food served here. Not worth it. Definitely no second visit.

Rating: 3/10

>>Scratch head, boring limited choices!! Meow feel so lost...