Omakase Lunch [S$140]
Celebrated my birthday this year at Hachi Restaurant at the National Gallery of Singapore. My friend suggested this omakase place, and I've never been here and was quite excited to try.
We got counter seats most importantly! The chef in front of us was quite quiet for the most part, not the chatty sort. But he happily answered all of our endless questions!
It was totally my fault that I was late for the 12pm reservation (my Grab driver disappeared to some other round and unit number and I had to hunt him down, he also didn't seem to know where to alight me...) but our food was only served like almost one hour later 🥲 So the wait for the food was quite long strangely.
I opted for no scallops so the first item on the omakase lunch which they served me was this tempura whitebait with oba leaf and edamame puree. The puree was quite nutty and almondy tasting. The fish tempura was alright. The original omakase item is the tempura scallop wrapped in seaweed by the way.
Next, they served this smoked duck with ponzu jelly. For shellfish lovers, they'll get an oyster instead of duck. I felt it was alright only, the ponzu jelly was a bit too intense and strong and sourish. Personally I felt that the food here isn't really done in a Japanese style but perhaps a Singaporean take or interpretation (meaning the flavours here are stronger rather than more plain and nuanced) instead. For context, Hachi Restaurant was established in 1999 and prides itself on being the pioneer omakase restaurant in Singapore.
After that was sashimi time.
We each had two pieces of kanpachi (amberjack) and maguro (tuna) served with chrysanthemum leaf (slightly bitter flavour), wasabi, radish and shiso flower (I think).
Next up was the grilled food: there were four cubes of grilled wagyu beef, served with basil salt and mountain wasabi, sweet potato, and lotus and sardine chips.
The sardine chip reminded me of those strips of fish snacks you get in convenience stores in Singapore. The lotus chip was alright, nothing much to shout about. The beef was okay. The sweet potato was alright too.
I then had the momotaro tomato (still not sure what's so special about this Japanese tomato) with dried shiso leaf (quite intense plum flavour) and baby kailan. Quite clean tasting.
(Oh yes before I forget, there was also chawanmushi but I don't eat that so I gave it to my friend.)
Next was the sushi: one sea bream sushi, one butterfish sushi with grated yuzu, one grilled flounder sushi with baby chives. The last one had the aburi flavour to it.
Finally there was the hot noodles with soup and fishcake and bonito flakes. Thought this was quite ordinary and nothing special: probably could DIY from Donki products really.
Hojicha was then served, which was a nice respite from all the food, gotta wash all that food down.
All in all, I paid about S$140 for this 9 course meal (or 8, if you exclude the hojicha). The restaurant gave us a $50 voucher for dinner at Hachi Restaurant.
Personally, we felt that the hefty S$140 price tag wasn't justified and that the beef omakase which is about S$10++ more, had way more premium ingredients. Honestly for S$140, I would have expected much fresher and better quality (like the fish for instance!) ingredients rather than less premium stuff (kailan is quite easy to grow for example and isn't anything special, the noodles and fishcake are also really nothing special, maguro also isn't anything special).
To me this meal should probably cost a customer about S$70-S$80 at most, and felt that the food quality and choices could have been a lot better!
Price: Steep, not really value for money.
Food quality: Okay, not amazing, actually not superb quality for the price.
Service: Alright. A little so-so, nothing really memorable or special for the price tag. At least they responded quickly to my reservation and the reservation wasn't a challenge to make! Food was quite slowly served, really not sure why, was it 'cos we were late? Feel like I've been to better restaurants..
Ambience: It was okay, I could hear other customer's conversations. Wish this place was more Japanese. Personally preferred an omakase place like Hashida Sushi. Hachi Restaurant seems to focus more on grilled food rather than on sushi.
Hachi Restaurant
1 St Andrew's Rd,
#01-02/03 National Gallery Singapore,
Singapore 178957
Omakase Lunch [S$140]
Celebrated my birthday this year at Hachi Restaurant at the National Gallery of Singapore. My friend suggested this omakase place, and I've never been here and was quite excited to try.
We got counter seats most importantly! The chef in front of us was quite quiet for the most part, not the chatty sort. But he happily answered all of our endless questions!
It was totally my fault that I was late for the 12pm reservation (my Grab driver disappeared to some other round and unit number and I had to hunt him down, he also didn't seem to know where to alight me...) but our food was only served like almost one hour later 🥲 So the wait for the food was quite long strangely.
I opted for no scallops so the first item on the omakase lunch which they served me was this tempura whitebait with oba leaf and edamame puree. The puree was quite nutty and almondy tasting. The fish tempura was alright. The original omakase item is the tempura scallop wrapped in seaweed by the way.
Next, they served this smoked duck with ponzu jelly. For shellfish lovers, they'll get an oyster instead of duck. I felt it was alright only, the ponzu jelly was a bit too intense and strong and sourish. Personally I felt that the food here isn't really done in a Japanese style but perhaps a Singaporean take or interpretation (meaning the flavours here are stronger rather than more plain and nuanced) instead. For context, Hachi Restaurant was established in 1999 and prides itself on being the pioneer omakase restaurant in Singapore.
After that was sashimi time.
We each had two pieces of kanpachi (amberjack) and maguro (tuna) served with chrysanthemum leaf (slightly bitter flavour), wasabi, radish and shiso flower (I think).
Next up was the grilled food: there were four cubes of grilled wagyu beef, served with basil salt and mountain wasabi, sweet potato, and lotus and sardine chips.
The sardine chip reminded me of those strips of fish snacks you get in convenience stores in Singapore. The lotus chip was alright, nothing much to shout about. The beef was okay. The sweet potato was alright too.
I then had the momotaro tomato (still not sure what's so special about this Japanese tomato) with dried shiso leaf (quite intense plum flavour) and baby kailan. Quite clean tasting.
(Oh yes before I forget, there was also chawanmushi but I don't eat that so I gave it to my friend.)
Next was the sushi: one sea bream sushi, one butterfish sushi with grated yuzu, one grilled flounder sushi with baby chives. The last one had the aburi flavour to it.
Finally there was the hot noodles with soup and fishcake and bonito flakes. Thought this was quite ordinary and nothing special: probably could DIY from Donki products really.
Hojicha was then served, which was a nice respite from all the food, gotta wash all that food down.
All in all, I paid about S$140 for this 9 course meal (or 8, if you exclude the hojicha). The restaurant gave us a $50 voucher for dinner at Hachi Restaurant.
Personally, we felt that the hefty S$140 price tag wasn't justified and that the beef omakase which is about S$10++ more, had way more premium ingredients. Honestly for S$140, I would have expected much fresher and better quality (like the fish for instance!) ingredients rather than less premium stuff (kailan is quite easy to grow for example and isn't anything special, the noodles and fishcake are also really nothing special, maguro also isn't anything special).
To me this meal should probably cost a customer about S$70-S$80 at most, and felt that the food quality and choices could have been a lot better!
Price: Steep, not really value for money.
Food quality: Okay, not amazing, actually not superb quality for the price.
Service: Alright. A little so-so, nothing really memorable or special for the price tag. At least they responded quickly to my reservation and the reservation wasn't a challenge to make! Food was quite slowly served, really not sure why, was it 'cos we were late? Feel like I've been to better restaurants..
Ambience: It was okay, I could hear other customer's conversations. Wish this place was more Japanese. Personally preferred an omakase place like Hashida Sushi. Hachi Restaurant seems to focus more on grilled food rather than on sushi.
Hachi Restaurant
1 St Andrew's Rd,
#01-02/03 National Gallery Singapore,
Singapore 178957
Omakase Lunch [S$140]
Celebrated my birthday this year at Hachi Restaurant at the National Gallery of Singapore. My friend suggested this omakase place, and I've never been here and was quite excited to try.
We got counter seats most importantly! The chef in front of us was quite quiet for the most part, not the chatty sort. But he happily answered all of our endless questions!
It was totally my fault that I was late for the 12pm reservation (my Grab driver disappeared to some other round and unit number and I had to hunt him down, he also didn't seem to know where to alight me...) but our food was only served like almost one hour later 🥲 So the wait for the food was quite long strangely.
I opted for no scallops so the first item on the omakase lunch which they served me was this tempura whitebait with oba leaf and edamame puree. The puree was quite nutty and almondy tasting. The fish tempura was alright. The original omakase item is the tempura scallop wrapped in seaweed by the way.
Next, they served this smoked duck with ponzu jelly. For shellfish lovers, they'll get an oyster instead of duck. I felt it was alright only, the ponzu jelly was a bit too intense and strong and sourish. Personally I felt that the food here isn't really done in a Japanese style but perhaps a Singaporean take or interpretation (meaning the flavours here are stronger rather than more plain and nuanced) instead. For context, Hachi Restaurant was established in 1999 and prides itself on being the pioneer omakase restaurant in Singapore.
After that was sashimi time.
We each had two pieces of kanpachi (amberjack) and maguro (tuna) served with chrysanthemum leaf (slightly bitter flavour), wasabi, radish and shiso flower (I think).
Next up was the grilled food: there were four cubes of grilled wagyu beef, served with basil salt and mountain wasabi, sweet potato, and lotus and sardine chips.
The sardine chip reminded me of those strips of fish snacks you get in convenience stores in Singapore. The lotus chip was alright, nothing much to shout about. The beef was okay. The sweet potato was alright too.
I then had the momotaro tomato (still not sure what's so special about this Japanese tomato) with dried shiso leaf (quite intense plum flavour) and baby kailan. Quite clean tasting.
(Oh yes before I forget, there was also chawanmushi but I don't eat that so I gave it to my friend.)
Next was the sushi: one sea bream sushi, one butterfish sushi with grated yuzu, one grilled flounder sushi with baby chives. The last one had the aburi flavour to it.
Finally there was the hot noodles with soup and fishcake and bonito flakes. Thought this was quite ordinary and nothing special: probably could DIY from Donki products really.
Hojicha was then served, which was a nice respite from all the food, gotta wash all that food down.
All in all, I paid about S$140 for this 9 course meal (or 8, if you exclude the hojicha). The restaurant gave us a $50 voucher for dinner at Hachi Restaurant.
Personally, we felt that the hefty S$140 price tag wasn't justified and that the beef omakase which is about S$10++ more, had way more premium ingredients. Honestly for S$140, I would have expected much fresher and better quality (like the fish for instance!) ingredients rather than less premium stuff (kailan is quite easy to grow for example and isn't anything special, the noodles and fishcake are also really nothing special, maguro also isn't anything special).
To me this meal should probably cost a customer about S$70-S$80 at most, and felt that the food quality and choices could have been a lot better!
Price: Steep, not really value for money.
Food quality: Okay, not amazing, actually not superb quality for the price.
Service: Alright. A little so-so, nothing really memorable or special for the price tag. At least they responded quickly to my reservation and the reservation wasn't a challenge to make! Food was quite slowly served, really not sure why, was it 'cos we were late? Feel like I've been to better restaurants..
Ambience: It was okay, I could hear other customer's conversations. Wish this place was more Japanese. Personally preferred an omakase place like Hashida Sushi. Hachi Restaurant seems to focus more on grilled food rather than on sushi.
Hachi Restaurant
1 St Andrew's Rd,
#01-02/03 National Gallery Singapore,
Singapore 178957
Omakase Lunch [S$140]
Celebrated my birthday this year at Hachi Restaurant at the National Gallery of Singapore. My friend suggested this omakase place, and I've never been here and was quite excited to try.
We got counter seats most importantly! The chef in front of us was quite quiet for the most part, not the chatty sort. But he happily answered all of our endless questions!
It was totally my fault that I was late for the 12pm reservation (my Grab driver disappeared to some other round and unit number and I had to hunt him down, he also didn't seem to know where to alight me...) but our food was only served like almost one hour later 🥲 So the wait for the food was quite long strangely.
I opted for no scallops so the first item on the omakase lunch which they served me was this tempura whitebait with oba leaf and edamame puree. The puree was quite nutty and almondy tasting. The fish tempura was alright. The original omakase item is the tempura scallop wrapped in seaweed by the way.
Next, they served this smoked duck with ponzu jelly. For shellfish lovers, they'll get an oyster instead of duck. I felt it was alright only, the ponzu jelly was a bit too intense and strong and sourish. Personally I felt that the food here isn't really done in a Japanese style but perhaps a Singaporean take or interpretation (meaning the flavours here are stronger rather than more plain and nuanced) instead. For context, Hachi Restaurant was established in 1999 and prides itself on being the pioneer omakase restaurant in Singapore.
After that was sashimi time.
We each had two pieces of kanpachi (amberjack) and maguro (tuna) served with chrysanthemum leaf (slightly bitter flavour), wasabi, radish and shiso flower (I think).
Next up was the grilled food: there were four cubes of grilled wagyu beef, served with basil salt and mountain wasabi, sweet potato, and lotus and sardine chips.
The sardine chip reminded me of those strips of fish snacks you get in convenience stores in Singapore. The lotus chip was alright, nothing much to shout about. The beef was okay. The sweet potato was alright too.
I then had the momotaro tomato (still not sure what's so special about this Japanese tomato) with dried shiso leaf (quite intense plum flavour) and baby kailan. Quite clean tasting.
(Oh yes before I forget, there was also chawanmushi but I don't eat that so I gave it to my friend.)
Next was the sushi: one sea bream sushi, one butterfish sushi with grated yuzu, one grilled flounder sushi with baby chives. The last one had the aburi flavour to it.
Finally there was the hot noodles with soup and fishcake and bonito flakes. Thought this was quite ordinary and nothing special: probably could DIY from Donki products really.
Hojicha was then served, which was a nice respite from all the food, gotta wash all that food down.
All in all, I paid about S$140 for this 9 course meal (or 8, if you exclude the hojicha). The restaurant gave us a $50 voucher for dinner at Hachi Restaurant.
Personally, we felt that the hefty S$140 price tag wasn't justified and that the beef omakase which is about S$10++ more, had way more premium ingredients. Honestly for S$140, I would have expected much fresher and better quality (like the fish for instance!) ingredients rather than less premium stuff (kailan is quite easy to grow for example and isn't anything special, the noodles and fishcake are also really nothing special, maguro also isn't anything special).
To me this meal should probably cost a customer about S$70-S$80 at most, and felt that the food quality and choices could have been a lot better!
Price: Steep, not really value for money.
Food quality: Okay, not amazing, actually not superb quality for the price.
Service: Alright. A little so-so, nothing really memorable or special for the price tag. At least they responded quickly to my reservation and the reservation wasn't a challenge to make! Food was quite slowly served, really not sure why, was it 'cos we were late? Feel like I've been to better restaurants..
Ambience: It was okay, I could hear other customer's conversations. Wish this place was more Japanese. Personally preferred an omakase place like Hashida Sushi. Hachi Restaurant seems to focus more on grilled food rather than on sushi.
Hachi Restaurant
1 St Andrew's Rd,
#01-02/03 National Gallery Singapore,
Singapore 178957
Omakase Lunch [S$140]
Celebrated my birthday this year at Hachi Restaurant at the National Gallery of Singapore. My friend suggested this omakase place, and I've never been here and was quite excited to try.
We got counter seats most importantly! The chef in front of us was quite quiet for the most part, not the chatty sort. But he happily answered all of our endless questions!
It was totally my fault that I was late for the 12pm reservation (my Grab driver disappeared to some other round and unit number and I had to hunt him down, he also didn't seem to know where to alight me...) but our food was only served like almost one hour later 🥲 So the wait for the food was quite long strangely.
I opted for no scallops so the first item on the omakase lunch which they served me was this tempura whitebait with oba leaf and edamame puree. The puree was quite nutty and almondy tasting. The fish tempura was alright. The original omakase item is the tempura scallop wrapped in seaweed by the way.
Next, they served this smoked duck with ponzu jelly. For shellfish lovers, they'll get an oyster instead of duck. I felt it was alright only, the ponzu jelly was a bit too intense and strong and sourish. Personally I felt that the food here isn't really done in a Japanese style but perhaps a Singaporean take or interpretation (meaning the flavours here are stronger rather than more plain and nuanced) instead. For context, Hachi Restaurant was established in 1999 and prides itself on being the pioneer omakase restaurant in Singapore.
After that was sashimi time.
We each had two pieces of kanpachi (amberjack) and maguro (tuna) served with chrysanthemum leaf (slightly bitter flavour), wasabi, radish and shiso flower (I think).
Next up was the grilled food: there were four cubes of grilled wagyu beef, served with basil salt and mountain wasabi, sweet potato, and lotus and sardine chips.
The sardine chip reminded me of those strips of fish snacks you get in convenience stores in Singapore. The lotus chip was alright, nothing much to shout about. The beef was okay. The sweet potato was alright too.
I then had the momotaro tomato (still not sure what's so special about this Japanese tomato) with dried shiso leaf (quite intense plum flavour) and baby kailan. Quite clean tasting.
(Oh yes before I forget, there was also chawanmushi but I don't eat that so I gave it to my friend.)
Next was the sushi: one sea bream sushi, one butterfish sushi with grated yuzu, one grilled flounder sushi with baby chives. The last one had the aburi flavour to it.
Finally there was the hot noodles with soup and fishcake and bonito flakes. Thought this was quite ordinary and nothing special: probably could DIY from Donki products really.
Hojicha was then served, which was a nice respite from all the food, gotta wash all that food down.
All in all, I paid about S$140 for this 9 course meal (or 8, if you exclude the hojicha). The restaurant gave us a $50 voucher for dinner at Hachi Restaurant.
Personally, we felt that the hefty S$140 price tag wasn't justified and that the beef omakase which is about S$10++ more, had way more premium ingredients. Honestly for S$140, I would have expected much fresher and better quality (like the fish for instance!) ingredients rather than less premium stuff (kailan is quite easy to grow for example and isn't anything special, the noodles and fishcake are also really nothing special, maguro also isn't anything special).
To me this meal should probably cost a customer about S$70-S$80 at most, and felt that the food quality and choices could have been a lot better!
Price: Steep, not really value for money.
Food quality: Okay, not amazing, actually not superb quality for the price.
Service: Alright. A little so-so, nothing really memorable or special for the price tag. At least they responded quickly to my reservation and the reservation wasn't a challenge to make! Food was quite slowly served, really not sure why, was it 'cos we were late? Feel like I've been to better restaurants..
Ambience: It was okay, I could hear other customer's conversations. Wish this place was more Japanese. Personally preferred an omakase place like Hashida Sushi. Hachi Restaurant seems to focus more on grilled food rather than on sushi.
Hachi Restaurant
1 St Andrew's Rd,
#01-02/03 National Gallery Singapore,
Singapore 178957
Omakase Lunch [S$140]
Celebrated my birthday this year at Hachi Restaurant at the National Gallery of Singapore. My friend suggested this omakase place, and I've never been here and was quite excited to try.
We got counter seats most importantly! The chef in front of us was quite quiet for the most part, not the chatty sort. But he happily answered all of our endless questions!
It was totally my fault that I was late for the 12pm reservation (my Grab driver disappeared to some other round and unit number and I had to hunt him down, he also didn't seem to know where to alight me...) but our food was only served like almost one hour later 🥲 So the wait for the food was quite long strangely.
I opted for no scallops so the first item on the omakase lunch which they served me was this tempura whitebait with oba leaf and edamame puree. The puree was quite nutty and almondy tasting. The fish tempura was alright. The original omakase item is the tempura scallop wrapped in seaweed by the way.
Next, they served this smoked duck with ponzu jelly. For shellfish lovers, they'll get an oyster instead of duck. I felt it was alright only, the ponzu jelly was a bit too intense and strong and sourish. Personally I felt that the food here isn't really done in a Japanese style but perhaps a Singaporean take or interpretation (meaning the flavours here are stronger rather than more plain and nuanced) instead. For context, Hachi Restaurant was established in 1999 and prides itself on being the pioneer omakase restaurant in Singapore.
After that was sashimi time.
We each had two pieces of kanpachi (amberjack) and maguro (tuna) served with chrysanthemum leaf (slightly bitter flavour), wasabi, radish and shiso flower (I think).
Next up was the grilled food: there were four cubes of grilled wagyu beef, served with basil salt and mountain wasabi, sweet potato, and lotus and sardine chips.
The sardine chip reminded me of those strips of fish snacks you get in convenience stores in Singapore. The lotus chip was alright, nothing much to shout about. The beef was okay. The sweet potato was alright too.
I then had the momotaro tomato (still not sure what's so special about this Japanese tomato) with dried shiso leaf (quite intense plum flavour) and baby kailan. Quite clean tasting.
(Oh yes before I forget, there was also chawanmushi but I don't eat that so I gave it to my friend.)
Next was the sushi: one sea bream sushi, one butterfish sushi with grated yuzu, one grilled flounder sushi with baby chives. The last one had the aburi flavour to it.
Finally there was the hot noodles with soup and fishcake and bonito flakes. Thought this was quite ordinary and nothing special: probably could DIY from Donki products really.
Hojicha was then served, which was a nice respite from all the food, gotta wash all that food down.
All in all, I paid about S$140 for this 9 course meal (or 8, if you exclude the hojicha). The restaurant gave us a $50 voucher for dinner at Hachi Restaurant.
Personally, we felt that the hefty S$140 price tag wasn't justified and that the beef omakase which is about S$10++ more, had way more premium ingredients. Honestly for S$140, I would have expected much fresher and better quality (like the fish for instance!) ingredients rather than less premium stuff (kailan is quite easy to grow for example and isn't anything special, the noodles and fishcake are also really nothing special, maguro also isn't anything special).
To me this meal should probably cost a customer about S$70-S$80 at most, and felt that the food quality and choices could have been a lot better!
Price: Steep, not really value for money.
Food quality: Okay, not amazing, actually not superb quality for the price.
Service: Alright. A little so-so, nothing really memorable or special for the price tag. At least they responded quickly to my reservation and the reservation wasn't a challenge to make! Food was quite slowly served, really not sure why, was it 'cos we were late? Feel like I've been to better restaurants..
Ambience: It was okay, I could hear other customer's conversations. Wish this place was more Japanese. Personally preferred an omakase place like Hashida Sushi. Hachi Restaurant seems to focus more on grilled food rather than on sushi.
Hachi Restaurant
1 St Andrew's Rd,
#01-02/03 National Gallery Singapore,
Singapore 178957
Omakase Lunch [S$140]
Celebrated my birthday this year at Hachi Restaurant at the National Gallery of Singapore. My friend suggested this omakase place, and I've never been here and was quite excited to try.
We got counter seats most importantly! The chef in front of us was quite quiet for the most part, not the chatty sort. But he happily answered all of our endless questions!
It was totally my fault that I was late for the 12pm reservation (my Grab driver disappeared to some other round and unit number and I had to hunt him down, he also didn't seem to know where to alight me...) but our food was only served like almost one hour later 🥲 So the wait for the food was quite long strangely.
I opted for no scallops so the first item on the omakase lunch which they served me was this tempura whitebait with oba leaf and edamame puree. The puree was quite nutty and almondy tasting. The fish tempura was alright. The original omakase item is the tempura scallop wrapped in seaweed by the way.
Next, they served this smoked duck with ponzu jelly. For shellfish lovers, they'll get an oyster instead of duck. I felt it was alright only, the ponzu jelly was a bit too intense and strong and sourish. Personally I felt that the food here isn't really done in a Japanese style but perhaps a Singaporean take or interpretation (meaning the flavours here are stronger rather than more plain and nuanced) instead. For context, Hachi Restaurant was established in 1999 and prides itself on being the pioneer omakase restaurant in Singapore.
After that was sashimi time.
We each had two pieces of kanpachi (amberjack) and maguro (tuna) served with chrysanthemum leaf (slightly bitter flavour), wasabi, radish and shiso flower (I think).
Next up was the grilled food: there were four cubes of grilled wagyu beef, served with basil salt and mountain wasabi, sweet potato, and lotus and sardine chips.
The sardine chip reminded me of those strips of fish snacks you get in convenience stores in Singapore. The lotus chip was alright, nothing much to shout about. The beef was okay. The sweet potato was alright too.
I then had the momotaro tomato (still not sure what's so special about this Japanese tomato) with dried shiso leaf (quite intense plum flavour) and baby kailan. Quite clean tasting.
(Oh yes before I forget, there was also chawanmushi but I don't eat that so I gave it to my friend.)
Next was the sushi: one sea bream sushi, one butterfish sushi with grated yuzu, one grilled flounder sushi with baby chives. The last one had the aburi flavour to it.
Finally there was the hot noodles with soup and fishcake and bonito flakes. Thought this was quite ordinary and nothing special: probably could DIY from Donki products really.
Hojicha was then served, which was a nice respite from all the food, gotta wash all that food down.
All in all, I paid about S$140 for this 9 course meal (or 8, if you exclude the hojicha). The restaurant gave us a $50 voucher for dinner at Hachi Restaurant.
Personally, we felt that the hefty S$140 price tag wasn't justified and that the beef omakase which is about S$10++ more, had way more premium ingredients. Honestly for S$140, I would have expected much fresher and better quality (like the fish for instance!) ingredients rather than less premium stuff (kailan is quite easy to grow for example and isn't anything special, the noodles and fishcake are also really nothing special, maguro also isn't anything special).
To me this meal should probably cost a customer about S$70-S$80 at most, and felt that the food quality and choices could have been a lot better!
Price: Steep, not really value for money.
Food quality: Okay, not amazing, actually not superb quality for the price.
Service: Alright. A little so-so, nothing really memorable or special for the price tag. At least they responded quickly to my reservation and the reservation wasn't a challenge to make! Food was quite slowly served, really not sure why, was it 'cos we were late? Feel like I've been to better restaurants..
Ambience: It was okay, I could hear other customer's conversations. Wish this place was more Japanese. Personally preferred an omakase place like Hashida Sushi. Hachi Restaurant seems to focus more on grilled food rather than on sushi.
Hachi Restaurant
1 St Andrew's Rd,
#01-02/03 National Gallery Singapore,
Singapore 178957
Omakase Lunch [S$140]
Celebrated my birthday this year at Hachi Restaurant at the National Gallery of Singapore. My friend suggested this omakase place, and I've never been here and was quite excited to try.
We got counter seats most importantly! The chef in front of us was quite quiet for the most part, not the chatty sort. But he happily answered all of our endless questions!
It was totally my fault that I was late for the 12pm reservation (my Grab driver disappeared to some other round and unit number and I had to hunt him down, he also didn't seem to know where to alight me...) but our food was only served like almost one hour later 🥲 So the wait for the food was quite long strangely.
I opted for no scallops so the first item on the omakase lunch which they served me was this tempura whitebait with oba leaf and edamame puree. The puree was quite nutty and almondy tasting. The fish tempura was alright. The original omakase item is the tempura scallop wrapped in seaweed by the way.
Next, they served this smoked duck with ponzu jelly. For shellfish lovers, they'll get an oyster instead of duck. I felt it was alright only, the ponzu jelly was a bit too intense and strong and sourish. Personally I felt that the food here isn't really done in a Japanese style but perhaps a Singaporean take or interpretation (meaning the flavours here are stronger rather than more plain and nuanced) instead. For context, Hachi Restaurant was established in 1999 and prides itself on being the pioneer omakase restaurant in Singapore.
After that was sashimi time.
We each had two pieces of kanpachi (amberjack) and maguro (tuna) served with chrysanthemum leaf (slightly bitter flavour), wasabi, radish and shiso flower (I think).
Next up was the grilled food: there were four cubes of grilled wagyu beef, served with basil salt and mountain wasabi, sweet potato, and lotus and sardine chips.
The sardine chip reminded me of those strips of fish snacks you get in convenience stores in Singapore. The lotus chip was alright, nothing much to shout about. The beef was okay. The sweet potato was alright too.
I then had the momotaro tomato (still not sure what's so special about this Japanese tomato) with dried shiso leaf (quite intense plum flavour) and baby kailan. Quite clean tasting.
(Oh yes before I forget, there was also chawanmushi but I don't eat that so I gave it to my friend.)
Next was the sushi: one sea bream sushi, one butterfish sushi with grated yuzu, one grilled flounder sushi with baby chives. The last one had the aburi flavour to it.
Finally there was the hot noodles with soup and fishcake and bonito flakes. Thought this was quite ordinary and nothing special: probably could DIY from Donki products really.
Hojicha was then served, which was a nice respite from all the food, gotta wash all that food down.
All in all, I paid about S$140 for this 9 course meal (or 8, if you exclude the hojicha). The restaurant gave us a $50 voucher for dinner at Hachi Restaurant.
Personally, we felt that the hefty S$140 price tag wasn't justified and that the beef omakase which is about S$10++ more, had way more premium ingredients. Honestly for S$140, I would have expected much fresher and better quality (like the fish for instance!) ingredients rather than less premium stuff (kailan is quite easy to grow for example and isn't anything special, the noodles and fishcake are also really nothing special, maguro also isn't anything special).
To me this meal should probably cost a customer about S$70-S$80 at most, and felt that the food quality and choices could have been a lot better!
Price: Steep, not really value for money.
Food quality: Okay, not amazing, actually not superb quality for the price.
Service: Alright. A little so-so, nothing really memorable or special for the price tag. At least they responded quickly to my reservation and the reservation wasn't a challenge to make! Food was quite slowly served, really not sure why, was it 'cos we were late? Feel like I've been to better restaurants..
Ambience: It was okay, I could hear other customer's conversations. Wish this place was more Japanese. Personally preferred an omakase place like Hashida Sushi. Hachi Restaurant seems to focus more on grilled food rather than on sushi.
Hachi Restaurant
1 St Andrew's Rd,
#01-02/03 National Gallery Singapore,
Singapore 178957
Omakase Lunch [S$140]
Celebrated my birthday this year at Hachi Restaurant at the National Gallery of Singapore. My friend suggested this omakase place, and I've never been here and was quite excited to try.
We got counter seats most importantly! The chef in front of us was quite quiet for the most part, not the chatty sort. But he happily answered all of our endless questions!
It was totally my fault that I was late for the 12pm reservation (my Grab driver disappeared to some other round and unit number and I had to hunt him down, he also didn't seem to know where to alight me...) but our food was only served like almost one hour later 🥲 So the wait for the food was quite long strangely.
I opted for no scallops so the first item on the omakase lunch which they served me was this tempura whitebait with oba leaf and edamame puree. The puree was quite nutty and almondy tasting. The fish tempura was alright. The original omakase item is the tempura scallop wrapped in seaweed by the way.
Next, they served this smoked duck with ponzu jelly. For shellfish lovers, they'll get an oyster instead of duck. I felt it was alright only, the ponzu jelly was a bit too intense and strong and sourish. Personally I felt that the food here isn't really done in a Japanese style but perhaps a Singaporean take or interpretation (meaning the flavours here are stronger rather than more plain and nuanced) instead. For context, Hachi Restaurant was established in 1999 and prides itself on being the pioneer omakase restaurant in Singapore.
After that was sashimi time.
We each had two pieces of kanpachi (amberjack) and maguro (tuna) served with chrysanthemum leaf (slightly bitter flavour), wasabi, radish and shiso flower (I think).
Next up was the grilled food: there were four cubes of grilled wagyu beef, served with basil salt and mountain wasabi, sweet potato, and lotus and sardine chips.
The sardine chip reminded me of those strips of fish snacks you get in convenience stores in Singapore. The lotus chip was alright, nothing much to shout about. The beef was okay. The sweet potato was alright too.
I then had the momotaro tomato (still not sure what's so special about this Japanese tomato) with dried shiso leaf (quite intense plum flavour) and baby kailan. Quite clean tasting.
(Oh yes before I forget, there was also chawanmushi but I don't eat that so I gave it to my friend.)
Next was the sushi: one sea bream sushi, one butterfish sushi with grated yuzu, one grilled flounder sushi with baby chives. The last one had the aburi flavour to it.
Finally there was the hot noodles with soup and fishcake and bonito flakes. Thought this was quite ordinary and nothing special: probably could DIY from Donki products really.
Hojicha was then served, which was a nice respite from all the food, gotta wash all that food down.
All in all, I paid about S$140 for this 9 course meal (or 8, if you exclude the hojicha). The restaurant gave us a $50 voucher for dinner at Hachi Restaurant.
Personally, we felt that the hefty S$140 price tag wasn't justified and that the beef omakase which is about S$10++ more, had way more premium ingredients. Honestly for S$140, I would have expected much fresher and better quality (like the fish for instance!) ingredients rather than less premium stuff (kailan is quite easy to grow for example and isn't anything special, the noodles and fishcake are also really nothing special, maguro also isn't anything special).
To me this meal should probably cost a customer about S$70-S$80 at most, and felt that the food quality and choices could have been a lot better!
Price: Steep, not really value for money.
Food quality: Okay, not amazing, actually not superb quality for the price.
Service: Alright. A little so-so, nothing really memorable or special for the price tag. At least they responded quickly to my reservation and the reservation wasn't a challenge to make! Food was quite slowly served, really not sure why, was it 'cos we were late? Feel like I've been to better restaurants..
Ambience: It was okay, I could hear other customer's conversations. Wish this place was more Japanese. Personally preferred an omakase place like Hashida Sushi. Hachi Restaurant seems to focus more on grilled food rather than on sushi.
Hachi Restaurant
1 St Andrew's Rd,
#01-02/03 National Gallery Singapore,
Singapore 178957
A lover of Japanese cuisine, it’s no surprise my family went to Hachi to celebrate our birthdays. Right from the start to end, the staffs were attentive & presented dishes based on our preferences. We love Uni & so the Chef incorporated more Uni dishes into our course.
Finishing of the course, Hachi presented their signature black sesame ice cream as dessert - it’s really amazing, one of the best I’ve ever had.
Topping it off, the team presented a musical box brought back from Japan that played happy birthday.
Having gone to many omakase restaurants, Hachi is ranked one of the higher ones with Kisho still taking the lead.
Chef Sawada still rocks. Live oyster with ponzu, uni sushi, Miyazaki beef and foie gras chawanmushi were some of the standout items on our early Mother's Day lunch.
And of course, not forgetting the masterfully grilled marinated saba on the bed of oyster mushrooms, paired with grated radish and crunchy brussel sprouts; wholesome flavours representing the simplicity of the earth and sea.
#hachi #omakase #burpple
Omakase Lunch [S$140]
Celebrated my birthday this year at Hachi Restaurant at the National Gallery of Singapore. My friend suggested this omakase place, and I've never been here and was quite excited to try.
We got counter seats most importantly! The chef in front of us was quite quiet for the most part, not the chatty sort. But he happily answered all of our endless questions!
It was totally my fault that I was late for the 12pm reservation (my Grab driver disappeared to some other round and unit number and I had to hunt him down, he also didn't seem to know where to alight me...) but our food was only served like almost one hour later 🥲 So the wait for the food was quite long strangely.
I opted for no scallops so the first item on the omakase lunch which they served me was this tempura whitebait with oba leaf and edamame puree. The puree was quite nutty and almondy tasting. The fish tempura was alright. The original omakase item is the tempura scallop wrapped in seaweed by the way.
Next, they served this smoked duck with ponzu jelly. For shellfish lovers, they'll get an oyster instead of duck. I felt it was alright only, the ponzu jelly was a bit too intense and strong and sourish. Personally I felt that the food here isn't really done in a Japanese style but perhaps a Singaporean take or interpretation (meaning the flavours here are stronger rather than more plain and nuanced) instead. For context, Hachi Restaurant was established in 1999 and prides itself on being the pioneer omakase restaurant in Singapore.
After that was sashimi time.
We each had two pieces of kanpachi (amberjack) and maguro (tuna) served with chrysanthemum leaf (slightly bitter flavour), wasabi, radish and shiso flower (I think).
Next up was the grilled food: there were four cubes of grilled wagyu beef, served with basil salt and mountain wasabi, sweet potato, and lotus and sardine chips.
The sardine chip reminded me of those strips of fish snacks you get in convenience stores in Singapore. The lotus chip was alright, nothing much to shout about. The beef was okay. The sweet potato was alright too.
I then had the momotaro tomato (still not sure what's so special about this Japanese tomato) with dried shiso leaf (quite intense plum flavour) and baby kailan. Quite clean tasting.
(Oh yes before I forget, there was also chawanmushi but I don't eat that so I gave it to my friend.)
Next was the sushi: one sea bream sushi, one butterfish sushi with grated yuzu, one grilled flounder sushi with baby chives. The last one had the aburi flavour to it.
Finally there was the hot noodles with soup and fishcake and bonito flakes. Thought this was quite ordinary and nothing special: probably could DIY from Donki products really.
Hojicha was then served, which was a nice respite from all the food, gotta wash all that food down.
All in all, I paid about S$140 for this 9 course meal (or 8, if you exclude the hojicha). The restaurant gave us a $50 voucher for dinner at Hachi Restaurant.
Personally, we felt that the hefty S$140 price tag wasn't justified and that the beef omakase which is about S$10++ more, had way more premium ingredients. Honestly for S$140, I would have expected much fresher and better quality (like the fish for instance!) ingredients rather than less premium stuff (kailan is quite easy to grow for example and isn't anything special, the noodles and fishcake are also really nothing special, maguro also isn't anything special).
To me this meal should probably cost a customer about S$70-S$80 at most, and felt that the food quality and choices could have been a lot better!
Price: Steep, not really value for money.
Food quality: Okay, not amazing, actually not superb quality for the price.
Service: Alright. A little so-so, nothing really memorable or special for the price tag. At least they responded quickly to my reservation and the reservation wasn't a challenge to make! Food was quite slowly served, really not sure why, was it 'cos we were late? Feel like I've been to better restaurants..
Ambience: It was okay, I could hear other customer's conversations. Wish this place was more Japanese. Personally preferred an omakase place like Hashida Sushi. Hachi Restaurant seems to focus more on grilled food rather than on sushi.
Hachi Restaurant
1 St Andrew's Rd,
#01-02/03 National Gallery Singapore,
Singapore 178957
still quite a distance from a 50:50 ratio of the chasing process and being together. but we will get there.
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the restaurant has relocated to national gallery from mohd sultan. no geotag for the new location, so please check out the new address before heading over.
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first time having omakase at hachi. only remembered having their lunch bento at mohd sultan branch with #cptljy.
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wagyu set for me and lunch set for her. difference between the two sets are quite minimal; only the chawanmushi and sushi dishes. images have been arranged in order of my personal likes.
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first up is the wagyu beef cubes with a very interesting sardine keropok. slightly charred on the outside, melty on the inside with a subtle beefy taste which was not overpowering. cant get enough of these.
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next will be the appetiser. succulent scallop wrapped in a piece of crispy seaweed on a bed of edamame puree. loved how the scallop and the seaweed come together to form such a magnificent combination.
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third on my list is the dessert. noodles made out of konyaku i believe with peach cubes which were surprisingly not too sweet. silky and super nice to slurp.
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honourable mention to the white eel sushi which is supposedly sea eel and not the usual river eel we have. its sweeter and not as fishy.
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raw food is not really my thing so sorry raw beef sushi. oyster too. first time i had oyster and i was able to stomach it perhaps due to the ponzu sauce. and it was the same reason xy thought that might have covered the sweet oyster taste. she did mention its very fresh though.
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fresh ingredients, good ambience, background music and courteous staff. worth a trip if your wallet is feeling healthy.
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$135 per pax.
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