Japanese all-you-can-eat shabu-shabu restaurant chain Wagyu More from Hong Kong has opened its first outlet in Singapore at Bugis Junction on 9 October. The casual brand with a playful Japanese monster mascot has six outlets in Hong Kong and two in Malaysia. While the highlight here is the Australian and Japanese A5 wagyu, served with your choice of 10 soups such as chicken collagen, there are also more affordable non-wagyu options. Such as...

The cheapest all-you-can-eat option is the $16.90 set lunch where you get a free-flow of modest items like meatballs, vegetables, drinks and desserts. All items will be served to you by the wait staff instead of being laid out on a buffet table. If you need more protein, top up with the single plate of meat or two ($18.90 & $20.90 respectively), with your choice of chicken, beef, fish or pork slices. Note that there is a makan time limit of 60 minutes.

Their standard dinner buffet ($29.90) is slightly fancier with seafood like prawns, Aussie beef brisket, and sushi included on the menu. You’re allowed a more leisurely 90 minutes of stuffing your face.

This “premium” tier starts from $36.90 for free-flow Black Angus Beef. However, for unlimited servings of the good stuff — wagyu — you’ll have to fork out $46.90 per person for the Aussie variety and $118.90 for the superior, more intensely marbled Japanese A5 Wagyu. There’s also a 90-minute deadline in which to load up as much as you want on the meats here, but it's available all day.

Buy three standard or premium meals and the fourth diner eats for free till 31 Oct. So if four of you opt for the $46.90 Aussie Wagyu set, you’ll each pay about $35 to inhale, say, half your body weight in wagyu... within 90 minutes. Not a bad deal.

Wagyu More is at #02-47/48 Bugis Junction, 200 Victoria St, S188021. Open daily 11am-10pm. Tel: 8028-2868. https://www.facebook.com/wagyumoresg

Photos: Wagyu More Singapore