Udon from Hyogo braised with squid ink stock, topped with firefly squid and yuzu molecules from Boruto’s Hidden Gems of Kansai menu. The squid ink udon plays like a slinky pasta but retains udon’s slurp suction qualities while elsewhere the dish feels like a tribute to explosive squirts, with the…
DIY Kaisendon with additional mentaiko and salmon roe from Teppei Syokudo at Ion Orchard. Essentially your usual reliable Teppei Syokudo experience, with one major distinction – the sashimi here is softer, more thoughtfully cubed and sized (in contrast to the mouth-busting outrageousness you occasionally get at other outlets which requires…
Bara-Chirashi Don from Sushiro, a humble 12-seater Japanese concept situated within Thomson Plaza. The generous portion of the happily-sized and uber-fresh seafood cubes will leave you in a state of suspended sashimi bliss and the pearly rice-to-seafood ratio was magical. Elsewhere, the marinate was a glorious cross between Teppei Syokudo’s…
Roasted miso cod from The Disgruntled Chef – sweet pea puree, ikura, sea beans. The tanned and buttery cod, after taking heed of advice from social media outlets on the dangers of sun exposure and incredible merits of cold-pressed juices and the like, dons a chic veil made from its…
Kaisendon (Deluxe) set from Ken Japanish Restaurant. From the urghsome half-cooked egg that straddled the texture between half-boiled egg and cooked egg for Maggi Mee, to the two octopus sashimi slices which were so unmanageable that I felt like that guy in Korean thriller Oldboy having to swallow the gooey…
Baked blinis from FYR Cycene Ond Drinc – blinis (thin pancake made with yeasted butter) with grilled salmon, egg, Avruga caviar and grated Bottarga. The blini tasted like a interesting, savoury cross between soft dough and butter cake, while elsewhere the roe appeared to have undergone cellular fusion and the…
Ocean’s Thirteen from Rise & Grind Coffee Co. – smoked salmon, poached eggs, asparagus, brioche toast, beetroot yogurt and yuzu hollandaise sauce. Magnificent presentation, with the bold splash of beetroot yogurt adding so much drama to the plate that a wavy-haired nymphet with mascara tears who is on a phone…
Steamed egg with coconut juice topped with crab meat and salmon roe from Tao Seafood Asia. Essentially smooth, egg-whitey chawanmushi gone tropical. 3.7/5 This dish is part of the Tao Seafood Asia’s “Mrs Lee’s Favourites” Mother’s Day 2015 menu. [This was a hosted meal, courtesy of Tao Seafood Asia.] Tao Seafood…
Chirashi Don – scallop, amberjack, tuna, chopped tuna belly, whelk, salmon, salmon roe and crispy tempura bits on Hokkaido rice. Unlike other commercial variants which have their sashimi grouped by type and forced to huddle and squeeze in a predetermined sitting plan, this chirashi don is so carefully put together,…