Attended an Omakase dinner one of the evenings with a bunch of friends at this newly opened Japanese restaurant located right smack where all the action is, Club Street. Head Chef Ron Leo hosted us to a wonderful meal of yummilicious Japanese cuisine and sake which left us filled to the brim! Check out the pics below of what we had!
EntranceGround floor long counterDecoFirst up, Scallops with Spicy Cod Roe sauce and Japanese tomatoFresh shuck oystersSashimi… Love the tuna belly here…Grilled Sweet TroutKing Crab… The meat is soooooo sweet!!!
Firing up the Joshu wagyu!!!
Served with special sauce!
Crispy shell from the prawn we ate earlier… Nothing goes to waste!!!Special made by chef… Uni, hotate and dunno what… taste pretty good!
Chef showed us the way to eat uni…
Pop into your mouth!
Chawanmushi with black truffle and uni… Damn shiok this one.
Yums!!!
Forgot what fish but damn sweet…This soup is awesome!More treats from the chef!Japanese melon and peach really damn sweet… These are not cheap when I was there the last time!
Rating: 5/5.
Taste: Hands down one of the best tasting Japanese cuisine places in Singapore. Freshness accompanied by awesome service!
Portion: Good.
Ambience: We were there before their opening hence I believe the overall feel wasn’t completed then.
Service: Plain awesome. Chef Ron was humorous and staff we super friendly.
Price: $100 onwards (Depends on your budget but chef is very generous!)
RTE: Definitely!! When I feel rich! 😉
Location: 82 Club Street, Singapore 069450. Tel: 62220235 (Call to reserve with a budget and number of pax ready!)
Recently I was invited to this restaurant for a media tasting and was a surprising gem on Bukit Timah indeed. Torikin is established in Singapore in November 2014 as a casual dining restaurant serving up collagen-enriched chicken hotpots to both locals as well as Japanese expatriates.
Torikin is part of a chain of restaurants by the Ishida Kikaku Group, originating from Fukuoka in Kyushu, Japan. It is the first overseas venture by the Group and embodies its founder, Mr Kyota Ishida’s philosophy of allowing all customers to discover the authentic taste of Kyushu, without compromising on quality. Check out the pics with comments below:
Outside seatingMedia friends and me waiting for tasting to startInside the restaurantPrivate rooms which is not suitable for big guys like me!Cooks are helping on prepping the other ordersFirst up, Bagna Cauda. Veg sticks with a very interesting anchovies dip. Quite yummy and refreshing!PR manager explaining to us on how Oden is made and the contents.Yummy Oden. Reminds me of Japan. These items inside needs to be cooked and soak overnight. That’s how wonderful the flavour would get.An assortment of different sorts of Oden.Oden ready to be served.Wow look at how the mochi inside the beancurd bag flows out! Super yummy!Oh they have flavoured beers too! Apparently the Matcha one was more popular with everyone!Miyazaki Chicken Nanban – Tender chicken chunks deep fried then doused with their in house sauce and dipped in tartar sauce before eating. Quite yummy this one.Hakata Tonpei Yaki – Love this dish a lot. It has layers of thinly sliced pork and veg. A little like Okonomiyaki but it’s not. Very very yummy.Pretty service crew showing us how it was done.See the yummy fillings insideIn comes the Tomato Okonomiyaki. Sizzling and cooked in front of us by the head chef.Head chef cookingLooking good!Yummy! Loads of natural tomato puree, very different from the street style ones we normally get.Kyushu Hakata Specialty Chicken Mizutaki – A specialty of Hakata in Kyushu, Mizutaki is a hotpot chicken dish that is healthy, rich in collagen and fibre. At Torikin, the stock is made daily from Sakura chickens and boiled for more than 6 hours, with no additives at all. What you get is a pale, white stock of natural collagen and a lighter, more refined taste, compared to other collagen-enhanced hot pots.
Tasting the broth… O.M.G… Super rich in flavour! Gives a nice milky finish.As part of the Mizutaki experience, the server will skillfully roll minced chicken into balls to be dropped into the soup, together with cabbage, mushroom and tofu.Adding in the vegPouring some more brothAfter adding all the ingredients in.Ready for indulgence.Towards the end, the broth is thickened with egg and rice is added for a rich concoction of nutritious porridge.Yummy porridge that soaks up all the lovely rich broth.Karinto Manju – Dessert time! Basically it’s mantou with red bean fillings inside. Very nice and the fillings were filled to the brim!
Rating: 5/5.
Taste: Everything taste really good. Love the way they use natural ingredients to bring out the flavours in the food.
Portion: Slightly above average portioning.
Service: Very good.
Ambience: Cosy, family, feel the warmth.
Price: $$
RTE: Yeah for gatherings would be great!
Location:
Address:
557 Bukit Timah Road #01-14/16
Crown Centre
Singapore 269694
Hours:
Mon-Fri: 6:00pm – 11:00pm
Sat-Sun: 12:00pm – 3:00pm, 6:00pm – 11:00pm
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