tarafuku fish market?

Somerset 313 basement now boasts alot of food shops. So decided to visit one of them, Tarafuku Fish Market Seafood. Ok, they opened like less than 2 weeks so, it's like practically empty with like around customers in the shop when we arrived.

HS commented that the shop seating arrangement is salah... as the conveyor belt is within the deep recess of the shop while the shop front has non-conveyor belt seating. When we came, we found that most of the customers chose to sit at the conveyor belt.

The interior of the shop is bright and ceiling decorated with lots of paper umbrellas and lightings. It was darn hot inside! Haha, probably from the lightings!


colorful decor


The service staff are mostly foreign employees (not Japanese!), some students part-timing there... While it takes you a few seconds to reconcile the foreign accent during taking of orders, one service staff who is quite aunty like admitted sheepishly that she's still not quite familiar with the runnings of that place. Ha! However, they did try their best to serve with constant refilling of the drinks. Tables are cleared once in a while to allow diners to dine in comfort (but I suspect its because they really have so few customers that the service staff needed something to do to kill time!)

The price here is quite exhorbitant, but they're having a promo for Hamachi sushi where it's going for $1.99++ per 2 pieces. Usual price is $2.99. Another example of exhorbitanance is the sashimi where 3 slices of fish could set you back $8.99++!!! Can you imagine? Faints.. it's not like the slices are ultra fat/thick slices.. just normal looking ones... wow.. I don't know who'll pay those prices man! For opening period, the hamachi sashimi (5 slices) is going for $8.99++. Errr.... I'm still not going to pay that price, siao!

Below are what we ordered:


salmon sushi (the size is like any other conveyor belt sushi chain here but at least the saving grace is the rice)


tamago sushi for $1.99++ for 2 pieces... sooOooo expensive! The tamago here is kinda soft


free salmon sashimi (and it's actually quite tiny!) 'coz we used the coupon


hamachi sushi, which texture I quite liked!


saba shioyaki


Conclusion:
It's like any of those conveyor belt chain that's in Singapore (like sushi fast food!) with nicer decor but not so nice pricing. Good to try out once, but I think people will just be going back for the $1.99 sushi as this price can still be stomached by consumers.