Senki Japanese Buffet Restaurant Singapore

January 20, 2011 | 12 Comments

Senki Japanese Buffet

I have been wanting to try Japanese Buffet for very long. After doing my research, most people seemed to agree that Ikoi Japanese Restaurant at Hotel Miramar, Irodori Japanese restaurant at River View Hotel and Senki Japanese Restaurant at Killiney road are amongst the best Japanese Buffets in Singapore.

As my friends have been to Ikoi and Irodori Japanese restaurant before, we ended up at Senki Japanese Restaurant for the buffet dinner.

With over 100 items on the Japanese buffet menu, it’s probably a good idea to skip lunch if you are going there for dinner. Most importantly, come with a group of friends so that you can order more things to share.

Under normal circumstances, it is a sin to order so much food. But since we were already at Senki restaurant for their Japanese buffet, we would be fools if we didn’t eat to our hearts’ content. I could imagine the number of rounds that I have to run the next day just to burn off the calories — oh whatever, the diet can wait.

Amongst the Sushi/maki available on Senki’s menu, we tried the Floss Karashi and Mango California. The former was surpsingly good, the tasty chicken floss had a slightly spicy sauce. While the latter was not too bad, it came with the appetising mango topping on top of the typical California maki.

Japanese Sushi Hand Roll

We were proceeding on a rather slow pace. Mindful of the fact that there were many items that we wanted to try, we only had a hand roll each. Senki Japanese Restaurant has quite a selection of different hand rolls: California, ebi tempura, salmon skin, chopped tuna, tamago, tuna, salmon.

Japanese Food Singapore

My friends’ eyes were glittering when the Sashimi platter arrived. This is probably the highlight of the Japanese buffet since you can eat as much sashimi as you want. Tuna, sword fish, salmon, yellow tail sashimi were devoured in an instant. We kept asking for salmon sashimi throughout the night – free flow sashimi is joy.

Yakitori

From the appetisers, we had chawanmushi, and goma tofu. We continued to fill our stomachs with the grilled dishes: sticks of Yakitori which were so-so, the seemingly healthy grilled shiitake, the Saba Shioyaki, and the delicious Jagaimo Mentai cheese yaki (potato with fish roe and cheese).

Japanese Tempura

Deep-fried food always tastes good. Needless to say, we had an assortment of tempura (prawn and vegetables). Another favourite was the Agedashi Tofu, fried beancurd that was crispy outside and soft inside.

Tonkatsu

Forget about Senki Restaurant’s tonkatsu, it is not worth the calories. If you like deep-fried food, go for the Tori Karaage – juicy chunks of fried chicken that were good and sinful.

I cannot remember how many items we tried out of the 138 selection on Senki’s Buffet menu, but we definitely ordered at least a few dishes from each category.

For those of you who are keen on the Japanese buffet, the different selections include: appetiser, salad, sashimi, maki, nigiri sushi, hand roll, Itamemono (pan fried dishes), Owan Mono (soup), Agemono (deep fried dishes), Yakimono (grilled dishes), Menrui (noodle), and Gohan (rice).

Japanese Grilled Fish

Between bites, we stoned for a few moments, and stared at the empty plates on the table. We ate, and ate, and ordered some more. We chatted, and took toilet breaks to rest our stomach for even more food. It felt as though we were feasting for three days long.

The Japanese Buffet at Senki Japanese Restaurant is $30++ for lunch, and $33++ for dinner. Prices are the same for weekday and weekend. For eve/public holidays, it is $39++ for the buffet dinner.

Which is your favourite place for Japanese Buffet in Singapore?

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Senki Japanese Restaurant
109 Killiney Road Singapore
Tel: +65 6734 5565

Comments

12 Responses to “Senki Japanese Buffet Restaurant Singapore”

Qiaozhen
January 20th, 2011 @ 1:03 pm

The buffet at Hanabi is rather good.
Kiki
January 20th, 2011 @ 1:36 pm

Went Senki once and never want to go back there again. The grilled saba was so dried and the yakitori was tasteless….. Can try Kuishin Bo……….
Serene
January 20th, 2011 @ 2:58 pm

Yummy! Oh I think you meant… Exercise can wait, not diet, right? Cos we all know that you don’t have the willpower to go on a diet! :p
diane
January 24th, 2011 @ 1:37 am

my favourite japanese buffet is at en japanese dining bar along bukit timah road. $48++ for freeflow wagyu shabushabu and many other items, it is really good value. (:
AdorableKitten
February 25th, 2011 @ 7:23 pm

Yes, my favourite is the one at En Jap at Crown Centre too! It not only serves free flow sashimi and other high quality food it also serves wagyu beef shabu shabu All for $48++. How to beat that?

Having tried countless Jap buffets in Spore, I can safely say this is the best by far!

Beats Ikoi (standard dropped a lot over the years. Used to be my fav), Hanabi, Shin Minori, Himawari (pretty good too), and some others whose names are forgettable (there’s one at IMM, and one at Turf City).

Try En Dining!! You won’t regret it. Oh…and great service too!
whitesays
May 29th, 2011 @ 11:00 pm

Those look droolsome!
Time to hit those Japanese buffets sometime soon. Thanks for sharing!

-dee
S
October 25th, 2011 @ 4:54 pm

Has anyone tried Z’en Japanese Cuisine at River Valley Road, UE Square before? Is it good?
ad chu
November 2nd, 2011 @ 12:25 am

Food quality in Senki, including Sashimi, is way below expectation!Will never go back there again.
Seth
February 11th, 2012 @ 7:13 pm

Went to this place once. Was horrible – think there are much better places in Singapore for Japanese
Leen
February 20th, 2012 @ 12:28 pm

i love Z’en, quality is way better..i feel better than ikoi and irodori but its not as ‘main stream’ as what most Singaporeans like.
Yvonne
April 1st, 2012 @ 10:30 pm

I saw your post and went to have a try at this place. Very disappointed. Don’t think there are as many items as expected. I ran out of orders after 2nd round. Sashimi was also so-so. The swordfish was sliced very thinly, like fishcake. Sake available was really bad. Maybe the standards have dropped from before or maybe it’s just one-off. But I would never go back to give it another chance.
SJ
April 17th, 2012 @ 8:29 pm

Not worth it and it’s way below expectation.
Should top up a bit and go Kuishinbo