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Served chilled, this features a base of silky thin chewy somen wheat flour noodles, in a rich clam broth, carrying bright sweet savoury briny salty flavour.
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The luxurious garnish includes chunky flaky deshelled fresh Hokkaido snow crab, tender diced chutoro / bluefin tuna fish medium fatty belly, and creamy bafun uni / sea urchin.
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Also juicy ikura / salmon fish roe, juicy kaviari caviar, crisp chives, and edible flowers, combining for a bright meaty sweet savoury oily briny salty earthy flavour. Truely high 'ses'.
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Invited tasting.
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IKO Restaurant & Bar
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2022/09/iko-restaurant-bar-tasting-session-2022.html

This feeds up to 5 people.
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The claypot is filled with a base of truffle oil infused fluffy white rice, bouncy trio of mushrooms (shiitake, brown beech, king oyster), crunchy kombu seaweed, soft braised daikon radish, crisp chives, and edible flowers. This holds robust grainy vegetal earthy salty sweet savoury flavour.
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On top is laid a sliced flank of A5 wagyu beef, perfectly grilled till tender juicy succulent, with bold meaty savoury salty smoky flavour.
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There's also chunks of porc noir de bigorre pork, tender juicy crunchy with meaty oily savoury salty flavour.
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It's garnished with chrysanthemum flowers and luxurious slices of black truffle, perfuming the dish with floral earthy aroma. Stir the whole thing together and enjoy.
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To accompany is a duo of pickled vegetables (cucumber and purple cabbage), juicy and crisp with bright vegetal sour sweet flavour that contrasts nicely.
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Invited tasting.
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IKO Restaurant & Bar
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2022/09/iko-restaurant-bar-tasting-session-2022.html

This rounded off the appetizers. Served in a scallop shell, toasted to keep warm, is a base of creamy jerusalem artichoke with mild vegetal sweet earthy salty flavour
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Over this is placed thick cut slices of fresh Hokkaido scallop, bouncy and tender with bright sweet savoury flavour.
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Alongside is a crumbly pastry ball with bready buttery sweet flavour, stuffed with shredded soy braised kurobuta pork belly (en croute style) that is tender and juicy with deep meaty salty savoury herbal flavour.
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Invited tasting.
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IKO Restaurant & Bar
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2022/09/iko-restaurant-bar-tasting-session-2022.html

This was a collective favourite that won our hearts (and stomachs).
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The large serving of wobby soft egg custard is infused with prawn oil, dill oil, dashi verjus, and soy sauce, garnished with deep-sea red botan prawns, prawn tempura, and burned string cheese.
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Each mouthful was an addictive burst of eggy sweet salty vegetal earthy herbal flavours, with the succulent bouncy juicy shrimp lending natural sweet savoury flavour.
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Yummy, but the large serving is best shared.
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Invited tasting.
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IKO Restaurant & Bar
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2022/09/iko-restaurant-bar-tasting-session-2022.html

Positioned as an appetizer but more befitting of a main dish, this was among our favourite dishes of this visit.
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A tender juicy flaky roulade of salmon, coated in kombu seaweed, black pepper, and spring onions, carries a pleasant meaty savoury sweet salty earthy spice flavour.
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Served over a bed of smoked cream and green pea mousse, creamy and grainy with vegetal sweet milky earthy flavour.
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On the side are chunks of juicy caramelised red apple slices and jammy apple puree, both with bright fruity sweet flavour.
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Completed with fresh chives, and globules of ikura / salmon fish roe, with vegetal briny salty sweet flavour. Loved every bite of this.
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Invited tasting.
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IKO Restaurant & Bar
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2022/09/iko-restaurant-bar-tasting-session-2022.html

This is Chef Dylan Ong's interpretation of a Kueh Pie Tee snack.
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A beetroot infused pastry shell 'basket', crisp with vegetal sweet notes, is filled with fresh deshelled snow crab meat, succulent and clean-tasting with bright sweet savoury flavour.
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Dressed with a sticky lime gel, a creamy avocado mousse, and edible flower petals, the one-bite morsel bursts with floral vegetal earthy sour zesty sweet savoury salty spice flavours.
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Luxurious and bold in taste, a personal favourite. Although, I wish the strong dressing could be toned down a tad to allow more of the natural snow crab flavour to shine.
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Invited tasting.
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IKO Restaurant & Bar
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2022/09/iko-restaurant-bar-tasting-session-2022.html

This snack features a trio of large, plump, juicy succulent fresh oysters in the shell, with briny salty sweet clean-tasting flavour.
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Dressed with a generous topping of granita (semi-frozen ice) infused with wasabi, lychee juice, and sake rice wine, giving this a pleasant fruity sweet spicy earthy flavour. Utterly delicious.
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Invited tasting.
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IKO Restaurant & Bar
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2022/09/iko-restaurant-bar-tasting-session-2022.html

The waffles were excellent, served warm, crisp outside, fluffy inside, with an enticing bready sweet smoky flavour.
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The 2 large scoops of ice cream are creamy and rich, I preferred the chocolate ice cream with its deep chocolatey bitter sweet flavour, over the earl grey ice cream with its light floral earthy sweet milky flavour.
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Decorated with a mint leaf, and crunchy biscuit crumble for contrast of texture.
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Fuel X
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2022/09/fuel-x.html

You get a visually messy stack that is absolutely delicious.
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Thick but soft toasted white bread glazed with a thin layer of egg, topped with juicy strawberries, tender banana, grainy oats, crunchy cinnamon sugar crystals, stringy parmesan cheese, creamy hazelnut chocolate spread, and sticky maple syrup.
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You get a big bold taste layer of smoky bready sweet fruity sour chocolatey cheesy salty flavours, with the distinct difference being the contast of cheese against fruit. Yummy and memorable.
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Completed with a creamy scoop of vanilla ice cream, with floral earthy milky sweet flavour.
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Fuel X
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2022/09/fuel-x.html

This has a base of thick crisp crusty toasted sourdough bread, bright with smoky bready sour savoury flavour.
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Topped with a generous pile of tender chewy barbecue pulled pork, meaty savoury sour sweet salty tangy in taste.
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Crowned with runny poached egg with eggy sweet savoury flavour, and crisp rocket leaves / arugula with vegetal herbal bitter earthy notes.
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Served with crisp fried lotus roots that have an earthy starchy savoury salty flavour. Portion is large and filling.
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Fuel X
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2022/09/fuel-x.html

This is an interesting and tasty breakfast / brunch plate.
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The fluffy soft buttermilk waffles are so good, with mild grainy sweet flavour. The fluffy creamy scrambled eggs are perfect, lending beautiful eggy sweet notes.
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The pulled pork is tender with a light chew, and while it sometimes can be a little gamey, the meaty savoury salty sweet flavour it carries is decent overall.
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Enhanced with a drizzle of thick maple syrup which lends floral sweet flavour, and a long juicy snappy beef sausage which carries bold salty savoury spice notes.
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Fuel X
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2022/09/fuel-x.html

This is a delicious appetizer for sharing, less decadent than elsewhere, but no less loaded.
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A base of crisp fluffy shoestring potato fries is garnished with tender minced beef chili and tomato gravy, drizzled with creamy mayonnaise, thick nacho cheese sauce, sliced red chili, sliced pickled jalapenos, and crisp spring onions.
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Each mouthful is a delightful vegetal sweet savoury salty starchy cheesy burst of flavour, yum.
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Fuel X
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2022/09/fuel-x.html