[CLOSED] Akimitsu (AMK Hub)

All their tendon comes with Miso soup and chawamushi.

Ordered their Signature Tendon with Spicy Sauce. Their tendon were well fried but quite oily. Like every bite has some oil in it. Their long beans were quite string-y so you have to eat it in one mouth. Prawns, eggplant, mushroom, baby corn, fish, eggplant was not bad. Squid also have to be eaten in one bite if not the squid gets seperated from the batter. Seaweed was a bit of a letdown as it was quite plain so it felt like I was eating a plain crispy oily cracker. Their spicy sauce was good though, slightly spicy but flavourful. The rice served was quite little but I like their portion as I don't like to take in too much carbs. One thing I wished they did was provide another bowl to place your tempura (like how some other tendon shop) as I couldn't eat my rice till I had eaten 2 pieces of tempura.

Miso soup was good. Flavourful and had the Miso taste.

Chawamushi was also good. The only complain is that I wish they gave more. The chawamushi was only filled to half of the cup. *Sobs*

Also ordered their cold Houji tea ($1.90). It was ok but not sure if it was refillable. As the staff seem quite busy, I didn't ask.

Overall if you're craving for tendon and you're nearby I'm sure it'll satisfy your cravings but you will definitely leave the place smelling like fried food.

Part of a lunch deal. It is essentially a combination of a pork katsu in an oyakudon. It was pleasant however the eggs’ moisture softened the crispy katsu layer and the meat cooked on the inside was a bit overdone. This shop’s chawanmushi is really nice though and they have free flow pickles.

Sometimes, I fall for the old ‘seasonal special’ gag and come out of it wondering if I could’ve spent my money better.

While Akimitsu’s special iberico x prawn tempura ($17.90++) is decent, the torched iberico shabu shabu itself couldn’t quite convince me that it was deserving of its place in the bowl. While it was nice and satisfyingly smoky, the texture left a lot to be desired. It was like paper, and sliced far too thin with no fat to give it any actual flavor.

The prawn tempura was crisp and tasty though, so I’d definitely order those babies on their own next time. While the tempura batter is thicker and rougher than Tendon Kohaku’s, it is more flavorful, and the tendon sauce is more savory and less sweet when compared to Kohaku’s.

Today’s lesson? Pass on the pig, and shell out for the prawns.

There was some visual impact in this set of Signature Tendon (S$14.90) simply because of that long strip of dory tempura that rested across the bowl. I must agree that the exclusive tempura mix that they used gave it a super crispy touch to the ingredients. Maybe that was why they were proud to be a three-time award-winning Donburi restaurant in Tokyo.

But perhaps it was my personal preference that this rice bowl was unable to meet expectations, I felt that something was missing in terms of the seamless combination of the fried stuff, the sauce drizzle and the fragrant rice. Somehow these three stars did not complement one another as well as I hoped, so I was not sure if I would really consider this to be as good as some other Tendons that I had tried recently.

Pictured is their Signature Tendon Set - tendon, mini chawanmushi &miso soup for $14.9++

The tempura pieces were arranged nicely and resembled a cow's head! There's a huge piece of tempura fish, along with sotong, shiitake mushroom, brinjal, long beans, baby corn &prawns.

Really filling &i couldn't even finish the rice. Taste wise, the batter could have been more light and crisp. I found myself removing some of the tempura batter towards the last few pieces.

Had high hopes for this brand. How can any self-respecting tendon not have a molten egg? Their ebi was the star but I don't think I'll part with my money here again.