www.Go To The Mountain - Musings of a Potential Guru

There are all kinds of Japanese restaurants out there these days. Some very reputable ones of the past were gone. In the modern day, we are talking about commercialism much more than just the food. You find a certain business model which is successful meaning that you rake in your moolas. The service industry here in retail and F and B is indeed a very challenging one. How do you get workers? Are locals interested? What about service staff attitude? Can they be rewarded more if they are to improve their service? Will Singaporeans pay for better service? Do customers think that service staffs are slaves? Do workers think that being in service is being subservient? How to take pride and ownership in service? I used to take customers, friends and family to Orchard Shopping Centre those days to a small family oriented Japanese restaurant at the basement level called Tomoe. Of course they have since relocated to 263, Thomson Road at a row of shop houses where there are also a ...

It is an irony that on medical leave and not being able to eat the best I found myself talking about food. In certain phases of our daily life, we can sometimes allow our minds a wee bit of drifting. We recollect things, events, people and places. Places can be places where you grew up, the people you have met at the time or where you would eat. You may then go to a place often enough over a long stretch of time spanning years probably because of work or meeting friends or simply where you used to shop or for recreation and therefore would eat there. I found one such restaurant and venue and found to my delight that despite changes certain good things remains untouched. There is this Japanese restaurant that was once located at the basement in Orchard Building next to Centrepoint. They have relocated to Thomson Road and the last time I have visited the new location was when they have just relocated. The restaurant is "Tomoe Japanese Cuisine". Some of you may be familia...