pianomania: Marina Square

Thursday, 22 January 2026

SUKA MAKAN: SUKI-YA SUKIYAKI & SHABU SHABU @ MARINA SQUARE

We're back in Marina Square again. This time for another "Eat As Much As You Can" buffet, at Suki-Ya Sukiyaki & Shabu Shabu Restaurant. This is the Japanese version of hotpot or steamboat meals which you pretty much do it yourself which we so love in Singapore.

This is the basic buffet section,
and the sauce station.

There is a basic buffet with all the vegetables, mushrooms and meat balls, with a variety of sauces, and a premium buffet which includes wagyu beef, pork collar, prawns, scallops and black mussels for a $13 upgrade. You order as much as you can eat, but have to pay extra for leftovers. No fear of that for us, as our appetites have shrunken over the years, and we are not one for wasting precious food. So two rounds were more than enough for us.

The premium items are ordered separately,
and are individually delivered in trays.

There are two soup bases which you can choose, and both make hearty soups to wash down a protein rich meal. There is also free-flow of drinks, dessert and ice cream to end a hearty makan session. We have come here many times, and as there is a discount for seniors over 55, its likely we will return.

Now, we are ready to cook... and eat!

Some desserts and fruits to end the meal.

SUKI-YA SUKIYAKI & SHABU SHABU

6 Raffles Boulevard #02-183 B/C

Marina Square

Best Hotpot Buffet in Maria Square Singapore — Suki-Ya

Thursday, 25 December 2025

SUKA MAKAN: OUR PRE-CHRISTMAS DINNER TREAT @ TENKAICHI, MARINA SQUARE

It's almost Christmas, and my Missus and I are due for a dinner treat. So we head to a neighbourhood very familiar to us - just beside Esplanade. Tenkaichi is a Japanese yakinuku (table grill / barbeque) restaurant located on the third storey of Marina Square, overlooking Esplanade and the iconic Marina Bay city skyline.

One cannot but help
admire the view from here.

It's a table bbq buffet with three tiers of offerings - standard, deluxe and premium. Not having the biggest of appetites, we pick the deluxe menu which has all most of the meat, seafood, sushi and sashimi dishes minus the wagyu stuff and fresh oysters. Enough to keep us fulfilled and satisfied. It's fun to do your own grilling to the level of your preferred "doneness" (Boy I hate that word, but you know what I mean). All I wish were more sauces to choose from, but everything's so tasty here that is hard to complain.

The friendly atmosphere to do
grilling, and it's not too crowded as well.

Here is the visual evidence. There is a discount of $5 for seniors (over 60) so I definitely qualify, but not sure I can gobble down enough to make that rebate worth it. But there's no harm to try, but just do not forget to take the statins!