Gyoza-ya

Rating: 4.25/5
Destination: Robinson Orchard, 260 Orchard Road, B1-02A        

Comments: A restaurant in the basement of a big shopping center. It’s situated in the middle of the line of restaurants. Counter seats are also available. Gyoza-ya probably sells one of the best gyoza in Singapore. The environment makes it a good place for a person to enjoy some small bites with a few cold beer. Let me talk about some Gyozas now.

Yaki Pork Gyoza, Pork Gyoza. The simplest dish is always the hardest to master, this phrase targets every single simple dish. Pork Gyoza may be simple to make, but definitely not easy to make it delicious. The flat side of the skin is fried till crispy, and not over cooked. The thickness of the dough is neither too thick nor too thin, allowing us to enjoy the skin and the fillings completely. When the thickness of the gyoza is perfect, you’re able to enjoy the juicy fillings to the optimum. They have a special homemade gyoza sauce ready on the table, it is slightly sour and salty and very fragrant due to some sort of oil which was used in making the sauce. Going together with the pork gyoza deeply stimulates the appetite of the consumer, making it irresistible to go get another plate to consume.

Mentaiko Pork Gyoza, pork gyoza topped with mentaiko. They are totally not stingy with the mentaiko, it completely covered the 5 pork gyoza. Before serving, they torched the mentaiko slightly in ordered to give it a charred flavor. With the mentaiko on top of the pork gyoza, there is completely no need to dip your gyoza into their homemade gyoza sauce. The moment the gyoza and the mentaiko goes into the mouth, you’re able to immerse yourself in the richness of the mentaiko and the juicy fillings. A Must Try.

Jyajyamen, Thick noodles with minced pork and special Miso. There are 2 versions to this dish. First version is when it is just served, where there are huge amount of cucumbers, spring onion and other vegetables together with minced meat and seasoned with chilli oil and white vinegar to suit your own taste buds. The first version has a very refreshing flavor due to the different types of vegetables used. Leaving a few strands of noodles aside, here comes the second version. The servers will bring miso paste and egg for you to mix with the noodle and after mixing well, they will add hot soup into it. Honestly, the looks of the second version isn’t that appetizing. It completely looked like mud water and who wants to eat mud water? But giving it a try, it actually surprised me. I liked the second version better than the first version as the taste is deeply enhanced by the miso paste and the egg. There is a very nice soupy flavor that makes you want to slurp the noodle and the soup down.  

Ninniku Yaki Meshi, Japanese Garlic Fried Rice. The dish is very well seasoned, with a very fragrant garlic aroma. The taste of the garlic swirls around in the mouth for so long that it becomes really irresistible. The rice is not dry at all, making it easy to swallow and bite in the mouth.  

Torinankotsu Tatsutaage, Crispy Chicken Soft Bone. This dish is great as a small bites for beer. Deep fried soft bones served with mayonnaise. The crispy yet easily bite-able bone going with the mayonnaise is great even though it’s slightly greasy. Gulping a mouthful of ice cold beer down after that is unimaginably good.

I’ll recommend all the dishes I’ve said in this review for your first try, but feel free to try other dishes too! I’m quite sure it won’t taste bad at all.

Price ranges from $10-$20 per pax without alcohol.