manzoku, purvis street.

not the first time i've been here; the first i came was when they just opened. i found out about this place when X called chikuwa tei for reservations, and she was informed that they'd just opened a new outlet in bugis, and was urged to go there instead. that was sometime in february this year.

when we went there for the first time, the whole place was quiet. very different from our second visit. the place was buzzing and acoustics were poor, so we could barely hear each other. in addition, the place wasn't very big and tables were placed close to each other. my chair was placed in the aisle and i can't even keep track of how many times my chair got kicked by waitresses and patrons.

i got the chirashi ($25), of course. after some deliberation, X did as well. i don't know if it was because i had a blocked nose, but the sashimi didn't seem to be as good as when i had it the first time. the slices weren't nearly as generously thick as i remembered them to be, and my yellowtail was haphazardly cut. it was broken in places.