Tori-Q chicken set ($9.30)!
Tori-Q Singapore chicken thigh set $9.30 — yakitori-style grilled boneless chicken thigh, rice, miso soup, salad. Mall food court Japanese done right.
Back home from Bangkok — Friday dinner at one of the mall food courts with BB and the obvious order is Tori-Q, the Japanese chicken kiosk that’s been a default cheap-Japanese-fix in Singapore food courts since the 90s.
We ordered:
- Tori-Q chicken thigh set — $9.30
The Tori-Q formula is simple and has barely changed: charcoal-style grilled boneless chicken thigh, brushed with their signature sweet-soy tare sauce, sliced into bite-sized strips and served over rice with miso soup and a small bowl of salad.
The chicken is the whole show. Boneless thigh with the skin on, grilled until the skin gets crispy brown edges and the fat renders into the meat. The tare sauce is the family glaze — sweet, soy-heavy, slightly thick from the reduction, brushed on throughout the grill so it builds up layered caramelisation. Slices show a faint smoke ring and have that distinct “konbini-bento” appeal that makes you want to eat the whole tray.
Set comes with fluffy short-grain rice, a few cabbage shreds doused in sesame dressing, and a tiny bowl of miso soup with tofu cubes and wakame. The proportions are tight but everything earns its slot.
At $9.30 for a hot grilled Japanese set in a food court, this is solid value — Tori-Q has resisted the urge to keep raising prices like every other chain.
Overall: 4.5 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Reliable Tori-Q chicken — would always default to this in a food court.
