Scallop & Mixed Fish Don from Teppei Syokudo. Essentially your standard value-for-money if slightly too salty Teppei Syokudo Kaisendon but with a few fish chunks substituted for scallop. Not entirely sure scallop wears the marinate as well as her fishly brethren – the porcelain beauty is beautiful just as she…
Pancake Soufflé with Peach from Hoshino Coffee Singapore. Whilst the signature pancake souffle was probably made with magical Angora bunny fur, the peaches were unfortunately a tad Del Monte. 3.7/5 P.S. I had a similar item at a Hoshino Coffee outlet in Tokyo and the peach slices used were fresh,…
Seared & Sashimi Salmon Don from Teppei Syokudo. Whilst the marinated sashimi salmon felt reassuringly familiar, the seared salmon unflinchingly remained true to his raw self, despite society and the menu requiring him to be aburi. 3.6/5 Teppei Syokudo 391 Orchard Road #B2 Takashimaya Food Hall, Ngee Ann City Singapore…
Negitoro don from Oceans of Seafood. Rather appalling – the negitoro was emotionally distant and clumpy, the hard egg yolk with its remnants of white felt like something constipationally crapped out, and accessing the rice via the spring onion required NSF-jungle training levels of forest bashing. I can’t even. 2.6/5…
Sake blossom – Japanese sake, St. Germain elderflower, lemon juice, homemade rose sato, nigori sake. Starts off all casual Japanese woman sultry, but go deeper and the drink segues into the familiar passions of sweet bandung. Yes, as in the Mr Teh Tarik at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5 type of…
Kimakari gyoza from Takumen. Essentially a quail egg-headed and heavily pregnant xiao long bao which erupts a powdery, Myojo-esque Japanese curry. 3.8/5 This was a hosted meal, courtesy of Takumen. Takumen 66 Circular Road Singapore 049420
Bijin nabe (beauty hotpot, or 美人鍋) from Tsukada Nojo. Essentially the hotpot equivalent of your mother, grandmother or similar female maternal figure caressing your back and making you feel warm and fuzzy inside, and telling you everything is going to be just fine. Hands down my favourite hotpot experience in the…
Kaisen-don from Teppei Syokudo. The same marinated sashimi cubes on rice concept from the people behind Teppei and Hanare etc, only saltier and less consistent at these takeaway joints. However, given the avalanche and supreme fatness of these cubes (my jaws were working harder than a competitive nerd the eve…
Chirashi Teishoku set from Chirashi-Tei. Despite looking rather The Sushi Bar and Chikuwa Tei/Manzoku-esque with its thick cuts, this was like one of those Louis Vuitton bags from a back alley car boot that look damn legit from afar but up-close you can see the uneven stitching and detect the…