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…
Salmon Served Two Ways from Les Amis Restaurant – wild Scottish salmon served two ways with crunchy vegetables. The creamy, wasabi-tinged tartare was a textural hybrid of sashimi and mousse whilst elsewhere the salmon, nicely charred and roasty on the outside with a soft pink centre, goes limp in yielding…
Jin Sake Don from Jinzakaya – chargrilled salmon fillet with teriyaki sauce. Whilst the salmon fillets had the seasoned competency of a 35-year-old Japanese professional, the same cannot be said for the drought-stricken rice, so arid that traversing camels are miserably falling on their sides to the ground. 3.2/5 Jinzakaya…
Glorious Prosperity Yu Sheng with Baby Abalone from Indocafe. Essentially a Peranakan curry chap chye-esque take on yu sheng, with the mischievously spicy nyonya sauce having a tentative yet beguilingly intriguing rendezvous with the raw salmon slices and the candied citrus peel adding a youthful glow to the proceedings. Unexpectedly…
Salmon soba noodles from Atlas Coffeehouse – glazed salmon, soba noodles, marinated shimeji, fried egg. Whilst the sour, vinegary noodles played it nice and cool, the salty glazed salmon possessed a Hermione Granger class participation-esque enthusiasm to gain favour with flavour. 3.6/5 Atlas Coffeehouse 6 Duke’s Road Singapore 268886
Sea-ly eggs from Gastrosmiths – smoked salmon, pickled nori, chilli oil. Essentially soft slices of smoked salmon soaking lazily in kopitiam-esque soft boiled egg. Elsewhere, the chilli oil would cheekily engage you in a game of Where’s Wally. 3.7/5 Gastrosmiths 103 Beach Road Tan Quee Lan Street Singapore 189704
Reinterpreted Seafood Tom Yum Goong on ice from The East Bureau. Rich in oceanic flavour but light on feist, this mod glacial treat – with esteemed guests like abalone and salmon sashimi gracing the event – starts the proceedings on a clean, minimalist note. 3.7/5 The East Bureau 6 Raffles…
Kaisen don from The Sushi Bar. The formidably girthed smorgasbord of raw ocean is guaranteed to stave off your sashimi craves for at least forty-six days, perhaps too efficiently – the cuts are on occasion remarkably trying on one’s teeth, as you will find yourself adjusting your in-mouth content to…
Aburi Kaisen Don from The Sushi Bar. Evoked the feels I had when I discovered that a Komodo Dragon didn’t breathe fire or fly. Only the scallop emerged from the searing process a radically improved goddess – elsewhere, while the seductive aroma of melted fish fat permeated the air, the…