Uchiwa is a new neighbourhood restaurant serving Japanese food. Don't expect authentic Japanese food here, but the flavours are good. I saw some reviews on the net questioning why jasmine rice is used when short grain rice is usually used in Japanese cuisine. I didn't mind it at all, because the price is very reasonable for the flavours and portions served.
We ordered the fried oysters ($7). There are 3 pieces and they are fried perfectly. I love deep fried anything but deep fried oysters are especially delicious because of the crispy outside and buttery soft insides.
Teriyaki beef bento ($13) which comes with salad and three pieces of sushi. There were lots of beef slices, and they were good quality slices, not the ones with more fat than meat. Or gristly meat. There was even some 'wok hei' or in this case should I say 'breath of the teppan' instead of 'breath of the wok' in this dish. And this is why I have no complains over what type of rice is used.
I ordered the katsu don ($11) which came with egg and onions and a chicken (or pork) cutlet on top of rice. The deep fried chicken cutlet was moist (I've had the pork cutlet as well, it can be a bit dry) and well fried. The dish was seasoned well, again no complains over what type of rice it was as I would be happy to eat the whole bowl, Jasmine or short grain rice!
This is a small place located in the Vermont South shopping complex. Many of their orders are from takeaway or Uber Eats but there is a comfy enough seated dining area for their eat in diners. The waitpersons are polite and they even offer free tea at dinnertime.
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