Special Occasion

Can't wait to share with you my dinner last Saturday at Keyaki, Pan Pacific Singapore, which has just started serving their Spring Kaiseki Menu. There's a Haru Kaiseki at $180++ and a Sakura Kaiseki at $200++.
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Exclusive to the Sakura Menu is the Hassun, which represents the current season in a kaiseki meal. All these little but exquisite dishes were Keyaki's Executive Chef Shin's elaborate expression of spring, including:
* Takenoko (bamboo shoot) with Japanese pepper leaf;
* Deep-fried minced crab (those little colorful balls);
* Boiled broad beans;
* Grilled hamaguri clam with sour plum jelly fish;
* Soy sauce hotaru-ika; and
* Grilled mebaru (rockfish).
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I think this dish alone is the reason why I prefer the Sakura Kaiseki ($200++) over the Haru Kaiseki ($180++). But there were some really good dishes in the Haru Kaiseki as well. I'll share that soon.

Friendly and attentive staff made levelled-up the whole dining experience. Well deserved 🌟 for Kimura-san and staff!

I was lucky to secure a booking about 2-3 weeks prior. They open their bookings on the first day of the month before. It’s a 3-men team hence please be patient with replies. Only the $98 menu is available for dinner. Pretty affordable for Omakase style, chef Roy is amicable and engages in friendly banter.

Fish is good but nothing that really surprises me. My favourite sushi was the chutoro with soya sauce foam. But my favourite dish was the don at the end (pictured). So so good, I wished it was bigger. The crab temaki was pretty good too. Could do with more positive surprises but for the price nothing much to complain.

We also got a 300ml bottle of dassai 39 for $65 which was reasonable. Overall an enjoyable meal to celebrate my companion’s 30th.

My next favourite dim sum restaurant after Wah Lok at Carlton Hotel. Everything were so yummious, and it’s definitely a spot I would return again.

• Steamed Prawn Dumpling (Ha Kau)
• Steamed Pork Dumpling (上海小笼包)
• Steamed Chicken Claw with Black Bean Sauce
• Steamed Chives Dumpling
• Mini Egg Tart
• Roasted BBQ Pork Belly
• Steamed BBQ Honey Pork Bun
• Steamed Vermicelli Roll with Fresh Prawn
• Steamed Mousse on Silver Thread (Crispy fritter) Vermicelli Roll with Prawn
• Steamed Scallop Dumpling
• Steamed Glutinous Rice with Szechuan Chicken in Lotus Leaf
• Stir Fried Baby Kai Lan with Fried Onions
• Stir Fried Carrot Cake with Signature Chilli Sauce
• Oven Baked Snow Skin Bun

Among the top sushi restaurants in Singapore, 2-Michelin-star Shoukouwa is my least liked, whereas no-star Ki-sho is my fav. Perhaps because in season it’s usually an uni orgy that sends sea urchin lovers to Cloud Nine. For the best experience, splurge for the $450++ Omakase dinner menu. Generous use of premium and extremely fresh ingredients, diversity of styles, and mastery of techniques by talented chef Hamamoto.

Chef Kenny from Arbora has a knack for adding something unusual and unexpected to his recipe. Instead of mint jelly as a sauce for the lamb, he uses prune juice mixed with bell pepper and lemon.

Check out the other food here: bit.ly/arborasg
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Delve in the rich bittersweet flavours from the coffee and chocolate, accompanied by a slight hint of saltiness and sweet burst of flavours from the popping candies.
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Find out more at https://www.sgfoodonfoot.com/2018/12/salt-grill-sky-bar-ion-orchard.html
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Salt Grill and Sky Bar
ION Orchard
2 Orchard Turn
Singapore 238801
Tel: +65 65925118
Nearest MRT: Orchard (NS Line)

Opening Hours:
Daily: 1130am - 11pm

The bar's food menu is short and sweet with a list of five main fixtures. Look out for the bar's daily specials too! What the menu lacks in quantity, more than makes up for it in unparalleled quality. Every single dish is a gastronomical masterpiece perfected by Chef Martin Wong, the man who spearheaded the creation of Mythz & Myths. Chef Martin rose to prominence from humble beginnings. He has helmed the stoves of 2-starred Michelin restaurants and stoked the fire in upscale kitchens across the world in his strife for culinary innovation and perfection. Each dish is a work of art brimming with depth and complexity in delightful flavor sensations.

presentation : 10/10
taste : 20/10
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p.s. this was an off-the-menu dish, so feel free to request it to the waiter or waitress taking your order!

All my favourite in a bowl. Live changing.

Update: Had my second visit and it doesn’t taste as good as the first time I tried, consistency issue.

Yummy experience I had at Mitzo. Thou it's a little pricey, it's worth every cent for this meal! We tried the lemon sauce prawns and brinjal with minced pork. Will definitely come back for more!