Shiu Yakiniku Review

We bought some vouchers from Deal.com.sg for this buffet. I think had there been no offers we wouldn't have gone all the way there to try it out because it's situated at this place called The Village which is right next to the Jurong Birdpark carpark. It's pretty quiet there so presumably their main customers must come from the people that visit the bird park.

The restaurant itself is pretty small but I was impressed with the number of waitstaff they had which meant service was prompt, but with the same level of unfriendliness you've come to expect from any other restaurants in Singapore.

We bought the vouchers for $23. The funny thing was, we only had 2 vouchers but wanted to bring my Mum along and was told on the phone when making the reservation that we could buy the same voucher direct from the restaurant.

The best thing about the buffet is that it truly is smoke free and you start to wonder how on earth they do it because there are no exhaust fans sucking up the smoke. It felt really good to go to a BBQ without having smelly clothes. And somehow the food tasted healthier too because the they didn't stick onto the grill plate and didn't char as much...

Food wise it was ok only. Yes the meats were good, well marinated. And we definitely had our fill of Pork Belly, Pork Collar and Beef Ribeye. Only thing was all the meats seemed to have been marinated the same way with some kind of sweet marinade - not bulgogi or anything. After you cook the meats you can dip it into their Korean red pepper paste dipping sauce or their home made BBQ sauce which to be Frank was tasteless and too runny. meats are ordered ala-carte style.

On the special deal menu, there was also appetisers and hot food you could either take from the buffet table or order ala-carte. The buffet table seemed like a cheap display and was rather unappealing. The sushi was quite poor standard (I could've made better) and same for the teriyaki chicken, didn't really make you want to have seconds. The only thing I really liked from the displayed buffet was the cucumber and radish kimchi....and ice cream.

But despite the little offering they had, we were satisfied with the meats and really when you come to a BBQ buffet that's all that matters. If you want to compare with something like Seoul Garden, the food at Seoul Garden is more but Shiu Yakiniku beats it in it's smokeless environment and good quality cuts of meat such as the pork belly, pork collar, beef ribeye and beef tenderloin. But with such little variety you get sick of eating the same stuff over and over again after a little while. This is based on the special deal menu though, so not sure how the normal menu compares.....but I doubt that I'd make a return trip there again - once is enough.

Pork Belly

Pork Collar

Tempura

Beef Tenderloin

sushi, octopus, seaweed, kimchi cucumber, beansprouts, terriyaki chicken

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