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The service at Ichi Tei was prompt as it was just a small unit which can cater to limited number of customers. The Saba Don is also another item to try (based on my past visit 2 years ago). The must try would be the Chicken Teriyaki Don. Ichi Tei would be a place worth checking out. Overall, I would say that their food are not too bad. (Shishamo is capeline or what we commonly know as pregnant fish) The Shishamo were fresh and grilled till the ends were crisp.

The Shishamo were served separately with shredded Japanese cabbage and mayonnaise. The Udon was not bad and the soup-base was light and tasty. If you are a Shishamo fan, then this would be fore you. On a third occasion, I ordered the Shishamo UdonВ which was not too bad. With each bite, the flavours and juiciness are bound to satisfy your palate. Beneath, the meat was tasty and succulent.

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The top layer where the skin was, was grilled till it was sightly charred resulting in an incredibly crisp texture. The Chicken TeriyakiВ was to die for - it was well executed and delish. The chef had toВ adjusting the height of the pan to ensure that the chicken teriyaki was cooked. The Chicken TeriyakiВ was grilled in a Japanese styled oven where the heating element comes from the top. As with all Don set, it was served with potato salad and a bowl of miso soup On another occasion, I ordered the Chicken Teriyaki Don which was still as good as before.

The Potato Salad served in the Don sets was delish and left a deeper impression on me compared to the beef. In addition, this was one of the most expensive Don set on the menu. The beef did not strike me as particularly outstanding. Personally, I thought it was just average with nothing much to shout about. The Beef Teriyaki Don served with potato salad and a bowl of miso soup was listed on the menu as a 'Must Try!'. The post shows a consolidation of food consumed over several occasions. I am glad that they have switched to something more environmental friendly. Two years back, I remember that the food used to be served on disposable bento plates for dine-in. Ito only eats once during his 20-hour shifts and has stopped buying cans of coffee, instead drinking from water fountains.Disposable chopsticks and spoons are place on every table together with chilli powder. Kazuo Ito, a 62-year-old taxi driver, says he had to cut his lunch budget after his pay fell more than 10 percent. The remaining 40 percent share the task, handle their finances separately, or donвЂ™t use a particular method. Wives look after their spouseвЂ™s earnings in about 40 percent of Japanese households, double the number managed by husbands, according to a Rakuten Research report released in March. MenвЂ™s monthly allowances, or вЂњkozukai,вЂќ fell to an average 45,600 yen from 46,300 yen a year ago and a peak of 76,000 yen at the height of JapanвЂ™s economic bubble in 1990, Shinsei Financial said.

вЂњDanshi GohanвЂќ (Food for Men) is the top-selling recipe book on .jp and is currently sold out at the online retailer. The bento craze is part of a wider trend in AsiaвЂ™s biggest economy. Men with full-time jobs spend an average 590 yen (в‚¬4.30) on lunch each day, up from 570 yen in 2008, which was the lowest since Shinsei Financial, a unit of Shinsei Bank, began asking the question eight years ago. вЂњEven once the economy begins to recover, itвЂ™ll take a couple of years or more for men to be happy enough to spend.вЂќ вЂњPocket money for businessmen, especially fathers, is the first to be cut and last to be raised in Japan,вЂќ said Toshihiro Nagahama, chief economist at Dai-Ichi Life Research Institute in Tokyo. Wages fell for an 11th month in April, extending their longest losing streak in five years. In a country where wives often manage family finances, married men are seeing their daily allowances cut, leaving them with less to spend on lunch. Men surveyed said they ate home-made bento, which typically contain rice, meat and vegetables, more frequently than buying food or dining out. Nine percent of men started packing вЂњbentoвЂќ boxed lunches this year because of the economic slump, according to an annual survey published by Shinsei Financial Co. Japanese men are bringing lunch to work as the deepest postwar recession shrinks their paychecks and pocket money.

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