Somen are thin Japanese noodles made of wheat flour and given that Neptune focuses on serving Japanese-Western fusion food, we felt that we had to give it a try! First, we were pleasantly surprised because somen is usually served cold whereas the noodles in this dish are warm. However, they were still cooked very well and the noodles were not overly soggy, nor did they clump together. 😁

The salmon was really thick and was served aburi-style (i.e., lightly seared on the outside) and hence the insides of the salmon were still pretty tender and fresh so that made it really delicious! The dish also came with three scallops that were seared but we thought they were charred a little too much! Perhaps they could have gone a little easier on the blowtorch for the scallops. The dish was garnished with konbu/kelp which is edible although this tasted pretty normal.

All in all, it was a surprisingly good and interesting Japanese dish at Neptune and we think that given the quality of the ingredients and the dish, $22.90++ is pretty much a steal for this! Strongly encourage everyone to try this at least once!