[Singapore Restaurant] TODAI's Spicy Roll Eating Contest

Needing to add some SPICE to your daily routine?  If you love spicy food and chilli padi is a must at your dining table, this is the place you must check out - TODAI at the Marina Bay Sands.





 

At every lunch and dinner from now until end August, diners have the chance to participate in the "Spicy Roll Eating Contest".  Those who complete all 4 levels (comprising 8 pieces of rice rolls aka sushi) will walk away with a $80 Todai gift voucher.  Sounds like a good deal?

Are the spicy rolls too hot to handle?  Let's have a visual rehearsal.

Level 1 - oh well, just pieces of cut chilli padi as the garnish.

Level 2 - Hmm....the spicy sauces are showing.

Level 3 - wow!  Red hot sauces covering both rice rolls.  Are you prepared for it? 

 Level 4 - Doesn't look as hot as Level 3?  Take a closer look IN the rolls!

 

Wonder if anyone overcame the challenge?  Of course!  These 2 diners completed the challenge, with some (or maybe lots of) sweat, and walked away with the $80 voucher in their grins!

Todai Singapore

The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands

2 Bayfront Avenue

#B2-01

Singapore 018972

Tel: +65 6688 7771

Website: www.todai.com.sg/



Getting there: Take MRT to Bayfront Station.  Use Exit D.  Enter Marina Bay Sands (MBS) and walk through The Shoppes in MBS.  Todai is located almost at the end of the building.

Nihon Mura - YCK Stadium

Nihon Mura is another Japanese family restaurant under the Suki Group. Not too long ago, the outlet took over a seafood (round) restaurant next to YCK Sports Complex. Why round? Go take a look for yourself and you will know. In fact, Suki Group has been expanding quite rapidly as far as I can see in which they also took over another restaurant just less than 200m away from Nihon Mura, and opened the Sakura International Buffet Restaurant.

Went there on a Friday evening and had no problem getting seats since the restaurant is tucked away in a quiet corner of AMK. What had attracted me when I stepped into the restaurant was the 4 layer sushi conveyor belt, that blurred my eyes, with sushi moving left and right. The reflection on the side of the conveyor did not help at all. While I do not think that 8pm was considered late, the sushi selection was already very limited and they had stopped making fresh ones.

Since I was there for the 1st time, the waitress explained how we should go about ordering our food as no menu was provided. WHat we had to do was to bring our "pen holder", exit the restaurant from a side door and there a array of menu was on display. There were ice cream sticks beside each menu and we just had to pick up the corresponding ice cream sticks and place them in the "pen holder". Something quite innovative, ya?

After we have made our selection, just pass to a counter and return to our seats. One down side to this is that either someone needs to stay back and watch our barang barang or leave the barangs on the table and run the risk of losing our valuables.

Food quality wise - not for fussy diners. Expectations had to be adjust for $0.99 sushi, $4 agedashi tofu (4 pieces) and $6.90 soft shell crab.

Frankly, the dipping sauces were pretty good but the hot aren't quite piping hot. Perhaps the air-con was too strong? But ya, the rice dishes are served in hot stone bowl, I will probably give it a try next time.