From the new Buta Kabayaki at Food Republic 313@Somerset which replaces the former premises of Monster Curry, serving up Japanese Curry Rice and various forms of Donburi involving different cuts and styles of pork.

Going for the Okinawa Style Pork Jowl Don which is currently on discount at $5 (usual price $7) for its opening promotion, the Donburi came with 5 slices of Pork Jowl, sous-vide egg, pickled vegetables and spring onion on a bed of short-grain rice. Whilst the Pork Jowl was brilliantly done being all tender and succulent, carrying a light hint of char without any hint of porkiness from the meat, the meat was slathered in a sauce similar to BBQ sauce which carried a sweetness that seemingly overwhelmed the flavours of the meat — a pity considering how well-executed the meat was. Otherwise, the other elements are pretty pedestrian, though kudos to them for serving up a sous-vide egg which carried a flowy and oozy molten yolk; all jiggly and wobbly. While this was decent for its price for the promotional period, I can't really help but to think if I would actually consider to have this again at its full price — I would not mind paying slightly more for more slices of meat, considering how it all seem to have ended too quickly, and definitely also doing away with the sauce which constantly interfered with the flavours of the meat as well.