Tsukada Nojo Bijin Nabe (塚田農場 美人鍋) @ Plaza Singapura - Alvinology

Tsukada Nojo Bijin Nabe (塚田農場 美人鍋) @ Plaza Singapura

Getting the name of this restaurant right is not easy as the signboard is in Japanese and hanji characters only.

No English on the signboard
No English on the signboard

Nonetheless, business is still bustling at japanese collagen hotpot specialty restaurant, Tsukada Nojo Bijin Nabe (塚田農場 美人鍋). A queue starts to form even before the restaurant is open for business when we visited during dinner time on a Sunday.

Kitchen staff at work
Kitchen staff at work
chickens...
chickens…

We waited around 20 minutes to get a table, but the wait was alright as patrons are registered with a queue number and the staff will given you a call when there is a table available. Meanwhile, we were free to do some shopping in the mall.

Restaurant's interior to build to resemble a little wooden farm house
Restaurant’s interior to build to resemble a little wooden farm house
Rachel and Asher going through the menu together
Rachel and Asher going through the menu together

Prices are fixed at S$25++ per pax for the collagen hotpot, with a minimum of two person per table to order.

The collagen hotpot comes with the following items:

Melting down the collagen soup
Melting down the collagen soup
Watching the soup base melts
Watching the soup base melts
Once the soup is ready, the staff scooped two small cups for us to try it naked before putting in any ingredient
Once the soup is ready, the staff scooped two small cups for us to try it naked before putting in any ingredient
The hotpot items for two pax
The hotpot items for two pax
Close-up on the fresh prawns
Close-up on the fresh prawns
Putting in the ingredients
Putting in the ingredients
All ingredients in except for the prawns
All ingredients in except for the prawns
The beautiful hotpot is ready
The beautiful hotpot is ready
The hotpot is enjoyed with four type of home-made sauces
The hotpot is enjoyed with four type of home-made sauces

The restaurant has a set of dining instructions on how to best enjoy your hotpot. If you find it too confusing to do it on your own, you can get the staff to help you:

How to enjoy your bijin nabe like a pro
How to enjoy your bijin nabe like a pro
We got the staff to help us with rolling out the meatballs from the bamboo  container
We got the staff to help us with rolling out the meatballs from the bamboo container
Asher getting lectured on table manners
Asher getting lectured on table manners
Cooked prawns
Cooked prawns

The soup is absolutely delicious – strong in flavour and rich in aroma.

The first soup refill is free. The three of us drank up all the soup right to the last drop. The ingredients for the hotpot are a little stingy. However, what you get are quality assured:

The food items do not seem much, but we were quite full after we were done with the noodles at the end.

The noodle is dipped into the hotpot at the end of the meal
The noodle is dipped into the hotpot at the end of the meal
Bright yellow springy noodles
Bright yellow springy noodles

The restaurant also serves other menu items like their bacon rice rolls. We ordered one for Asher which he enjoyed a lot, thinking it is a bun:

Bacon rice roll which Asher loves
Bacon rice roll which Asher loves

The hotpot is only available during dinner. For lunch, they serve ramen and the other ala carte menu items. Here are some of the stuff I tried on another visit with my colleagues:

4 x assorted bacon rice rolls
4 x assorted bacon rice rolls
Cutting the bacon rice rolls open
Cutting the bacon rice rolls open
They look like potatoes close-up
They look like potatoes close-up
Signature chicken ramen
Signature chicken ramen
Another chicken ramen
Another chicken ramen
Spicy soup base ramen
Spicy soup base ramen

Overall, I enjoy dining at Tsukada Nojo. Price is a on the steep side, but the service is excellent and quality is good. I will visit again.

Complementary dessert to round up the meal
Complementary dessert to round up the meal
Sweet plum jelly
Sweet plum jelly
The loyalty card is in the form of an assistant manager
The loyalty card is in the form of an assistant manager “namecard”. If you dine at the restaurant frequent enough, they will upgrade you to manager.

Tsukada Nojo Bijin Nabe (塚田農場 美人鍋)

Address: #03-81, Plaza Singapura, 68 Orchard Road
Phone: +65-6336-5003
Hours: Daily, 11:30 – 15:00 and 17:00 – 22:00

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