Tag: Japanese Food

It’s easy to descend into fusion/confusion when mixing ingredients, cooking methods, seasonings and presentations across so many different cuisines, but 15 Stamford navigated it wonderfully.

The frozen oden at Don Don Donki is actually quite nice

Food

March 16, 2022May 5, 2024 Alvin Lee

If you happen to come across the petite Kibun Oden Set in Donki’s freezers, you might want to give it a try. Because good things do come in small packages, and it’s especially true in this case.

Tendon Kohaku - Seafood tendon and Kohaku tendon

Finding decent tempura in Singapore at Tendon Kohaku

Food

March 12, 2022April 22, 2022 Alvin Lee

Our two recent attempts at finding good tempura in Singapore have been somewhat disappointing. We decided to give it one last try at Tendon Kohaku before abandoning our search completely. It looks like third time’s the charm.

The amazing cost performance of fresh fish from Don Don Donki

Food

February 23, 2022May 5, 2024 Alvin Lee

Next time you visit your favourite Don Don Donki outlet, why not buy some kampachi kama, buri fillet and salmon fin and whip up some simple Japanese dishes at home? Both your stomach, and your wallet, will thank you for it.

Prosperity yusheng with a Japanese touch from Tanoke

Food

February 9, 2022June 17, 2022 Alvin Lee

Japanese ingredients in the Tanoke Prosperity Yusheng set it apart from others. Hamachi, ikura, shiso flowers, honey yuzu and goma dressing add a nice touch to the traditional Chinese New Year salad.

Auspicious mochi waffles on the first day of the Chinese New Year

Food

February 1, 2022May 5, 2024 Alvin Lee

Today is the first day of the Chinese New Year, and The Wife wanted to start off the year with an auspicious breakfast. So she made some mochi waffles and paired them with Jeju yuzu citron and Canadian maple syrup.

Sushi Raku is the pretty stepsister of Itacho

Food

January 29, 2022April 22, 2022 Alvin Lee

We started with the lighter-tasting shiromi, or white-fleshed fish, and slowly worked ourselves up to the heavier-tasting sushi. They say that first impressions are the most important, and the Raku Sushi Set did not disappoint.

Yuzu ramen two ways at Ippudo Singapore

Food

January 15, 2022December 4, 2022 Alvin Lee

We were surprised that the two yuzu ramens were nowhere to be found on the menu, but a quick check with our waitress cleared up our confusion. They were unlisted and the only way to order them was via the Chope Deals coupon, which she had to manually key into the order entry system. It felt like we were ordering off a secret menu, making them even more desirable.

We went to En Dining for mozuku and unexpectedly found good buri sashimi

Food

December 8, 2021February 23, 2022 Alvin Lee

When we heard that En Dining was offering a seasonal autumn menu featuring mozuku, we were quite intrigued. Since the special menu was only available until the end of November, we promptly made a lunch reservation and headed down to Capitol Tower.