EVERY: Japanese Cafe With A Legit Konbini Convenience Store Hidden At Havelock

Inside, EVERY looks exactly like a legit Japanese convenience store —the kind you’ll see as you walk down the bustling streets of Tokyo. The Nissin RAOH – Tonkotsu ($2) comes with whole-grain noodles and the soup is a cloudy tonkotsu broth.

You’d be hard-pressed to find most of EVERY’s products in other stores unless you go all the way to Japan for the real transaction. Only 15 of these are made daily, and the $10 value meals vary from day to day.

The other type of rice is the Nanatsuboshi ($19) , with a lighter taste and texture that’s usually used for rice balls. Another set meal is the Gyudon & Onsen Tamago Set , which was served with a bowl of salad and thick miso soup.

We poured the runny egg into the bowl and mixed it up with the rice and beef. The meat was thin, tender, and tasty, with strips of chewy fat running through it.

While the chunks of meat weren’t as thick and plentiful as the pork cutlet, the beef had a stronger taste. Mixing it up caused the silky egg to coat the pearls of Hokkaido rice and tender beef, giving the whole spoonful a smooth mouthfeel. One thing I was excited for was the Wagyu Beef Tendon Stew ($7.40) , served with a mountain of shredded ginger and spongy daikon.

The meat sat in a bowl of light, clear dashi, with carrots giving it a splash of colour. The meat inside was a bit thicker than what I got with the gyudon, and I enjoyed slurping up warm spoonfuls of dashi soup.

Only 10 bowls of stew are available every day, making it a bit more exclusive than the lunch sets. One thing that caught my attention was the bubbling pot of Oden ($6.90 for seven sticks) that sat by the side of the counter.

The Japanese snack is usually eaten in winter and traditionally served up in bowls of dashi stock. While it was solid enough to keep its shape, it retreated apart easily as I bit into it, and was chock-full of the piquant notes of tom yum.

The Vanilla Chocolate Parfait ($6.80) was sprinkled with chopped nuts and had streaks of solid chocolate winding through it. T he brightly-coloured Melon Vanilla Parfait ($6.80) was covered in bits of sour melon, with streaks of zesty yuzu running through it.

The cream portion was quite a bit sweeter than the vanilla one and had the milder melon sweetness infused into it. EVERY is as close to a Japanese convenience store as you can get here in Singapore.