In Japan, it’s customary at some izakayas to insist guests have an appetiser with their first drink, and so it is too at Kyuu in Keong Saik. I’m normally averse to having anything forced upon me, but I’m more than happy that this was, because one look at this beautifully plated appetiser of sauce soaked fried fish and monkfish liver in ponzu would change anybody’s mind.

Taste: 3.5/5