The family has found a favourite Japanese restaurant, a rarity for one that is monitoring the news for coverage on post-Fukushima earthquake. I suppose not eating fish in a Japanese restaurant as a standing rule sounds ridiculous but resistance is usually futile. The point is, don't fish swim everywhere?
Modernist touches of black and white makes this less of a Japanese restaurant.
Roses on the fence.
Complimentary first rounds of prawn crackers, these are always delish to have. Subsequent rounds come at $5 each.
Spider Maki ($22)
Stick with the signatures of California and Mikuni roll. This is green in taste, mostly raw and grassy with a tempura prawn to balance the alkalinity of the roll. However spidery the intentions were, this is probably demonstrated in the sprigs of greens sticking out rather oddly. Not the best attempted unfortunately, even for a salad lover.
Kurobuta Katsu ($48)
At this price, it better be the best you can ever have and true enough - the best. Crispy batter without a trace of oil and I marvel at the ingenuity though the pork chop itself could do with less tendon.
Tempura Soba ($38)
Lovely fried items which shone on its own but was letdown by the yee mian tasting soba.
While it was kept constantly warm, the texture of the soba left little to be desired for. I would have preferred a texture smoother and easier to slurp. The broth however redeemed the dish - clean tasting yet robust.
Teppanyaki Crab Fried Rice ($18)
Having missed this the last visit, I had to have it. Their fried rice unlike most Japanese places, has wok hei and is well charred. The unmistakeable fragrance makes this a winner already, stuffed with enough crabmeat to choose this over a tussle with the crustacean to extract precious flesh. Pricey for a bowl but worth every cent.
Petit fours of matcha pralines and red bean cubes to end off the meal.
Love them melty centers!
Until the next return, I say Sayonara!
Mikuni
Fairmont Hotel
Modernist touches of black and white makes this less of a Japanese restaurant.
Roses on the fence.
Complimentary first rounds of prawn crackers, these are always delish to have. Subsequent rounds come at $5 each.
Spider Maki ($22)
Stick with the signatures of California and Mikuni roll. This is green in taste, mostly raw and grassy with a tempura prawn to balance the alkalinity of the roll. However spidery the intentions were, this is probably demonstrated in the sprigs of greens sticking out rather oddly. Not the best attempted unfortunately, even for a salad lover.
Kurobuta Katsu ($48)
At this price, it better be the best you can ever have and true enough - the best. Crispy batter without a trace of oil and I marvel at the ingenuity though the pork chop itself could do with less tendon.
Tempura Soba ($38)
Lovely fried items which shone on its own but was letdown by the yee mian tasting soba.
While it was kept constantly warm, the texture of the soba left little to be desired for. I would have preferred a texture smoother and easier to slurp. The broth however redeemed the dish - clean tasting yet robust.
Teppanyaki Crab Fried Rice ($18)
Having missed this the last visit, I had to have it. Their fried rice unlike most Japanese places, has wok hei and is well charred. The unmistakeable fragrance makes this a winner already, stuffed with enough crabmeat to choose this over a tussle with the crustacean to extract precious flesh. Pricey for a bowl but worth every cent.
Petit fours of matcha pralines and red bean cubes to end off the meal.
Love them melty centers!
Until the next return, I say Sayonara!
Mikuni
Fairmont Hotel
Wow! looks and tastes great! How much did your bill came up to at the end of the day?
ReplyDeleteGreat writing! Would you recommend this place to your friends? Value and quality wise.
cheers!
@sandy: was sgd 130+ if im not wrong, I had a discount card which gave me 50% off so that's really worth it. Even without the discount, one of singapore's better japanese restaurants around!
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