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Or Seafood Egg Custard, is among the most luxurious and delicious renditions we've had.
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The large helping of soft wobbly steamed egg custard with eggy savoury sweet flavour, is packed with premium seafood.
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Includes 2 bouncy deshelled prawn / ebi chunks with sweet savoury flavour, 2 springy scallop / hotate pieces with briny salty sweet flavour, and half of a chewy abalone / awabi with meaty sweet savoury flavour.
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Also strips of crunchy green onion with vegetal herbal sweet flavour, generous juicy globules of salmon fish roe / ikura, and 1 slice of tender crab stick surimi with sweet savoury flavour.
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Hearty and satisfying gourmet choice.
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Tora Tora Tora Japanese Restaurant
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2024/07/tora-tora-tora-japanese-restaurant.html

The Hamachi Kama (SGD $23) or Grilled Yellowtail Fish Collar is large and chunky, with a generous portion of fish meat on the bone. It flakes off easily, and carries smoky meaty salty sweet savoury flavour, fresh and yummy. The fish skin carries a punchy salty smoky taste, making this enticing.
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Loved the reasonably priced Niku Udon (SGD $18) or Beef Udon Noodles here, which has a warm and comforting dashi soup / broth with earthy savoury sweet flavour.
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The thick chewy udon noodles carries grainy sweet flavour, the juicy tomato chunks lend vegetal sweet flavour, the crisp leeks lend vegetal bitter sweet flavour, and the tender chewy beef strips carry meaty savoury flavour.
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Completed with a wobbly onsen egg, mix it into the soup / broth for added eggy sweet flavour.
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The Wagyu Yakimeshi (SGD $30) or Wagyu Beef Fried Rice features Kagoshima wagyu beef chunks stir-fried with chicken eggs and Niigata white rice. The result is a plate of fluffy chewy tender goodness, bursting with deep meaty savoury grainy sweet eggy salty earthy flavour. We all loved this.
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Tora Tora Tora Japanese Restaurant
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2024/07/tora-tora-tora-japanese-restaurant.html

The Fugu Mirin (SGD $15) or Grilled Dried Pufferfish features soft chewy sticky strips of dried pufferfish marinated in a sake / rice wine, grilled to perfection. Has an addictive smoky sweet salty savoury earthy flavour that entices you to reach for more.
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Served with a creamy dollop of Japanese mayonnaise topped with tobiko / flying fish roe that lends milky sweet briny salty flavour.
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The Tamago Yaki (SGD $10) or Rolled Egg Omelette features that signature spongy soft moist texture, with a distinct taste of the dashi broth that results in this egg omelette carrying an earthy savoury sweet flavour. Completed with juicy grated daikon radish for vegetal sweet flavour.
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The Tori Karaage (SGD $13) or Fried Chicken features juicy tender chunks of boneless chicken, coated in a crisp crunchy batter, carrying savoury salty sweet flavour. Hot and fresh, yum. Nice snack to pair with drinks.
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The Yuki No Yousei (SGD $12) or Grilled White Corn is sourced from Hokkaido, Japan. This carries a distinct smoky vegetal sweet flavour that's pronounced, bursting with a juicy crunchy chew to texture.
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The Tontoro (SGD $28) or Grilled Pork Collar is fatty and juicy crunchy, with smoky meaty savoury salty flavour. Addictive, we kept reaching for more.
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The Surume Ika (SGD $23) or Grilled Common Squid is lavishly marinated with teriyaki sauce, lending this a smoky sweet salty savoury flavour. The squid is fresh with a bouncy springy chew to texture, garnished with spring onions and fried shallots.
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Tora Tora Tora Japanese Restaurant
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2024/07/tora-tora-tora-japanese-restaurant.html

Or Assorted Fish Cake Stew features a warm dashi soup / broth that carries lovely savoury earthy sweet flavour.
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There's 8 pieces within, including soft stewed daikon radish with vegetal salty earthy sweet savoury flavour, bouncy satsuma-age / fried fish cake with savoury herbal sweet flavour, and spongy soft money bag tofu puffs stuffed with chewy rice cakes with grainy sweet earthy flavour. I rather enjoyed this.
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Tora Tora Tora Japanese Restaurant
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2024/07/tora-tora-tora-japanese-restaurant.html

Dining Experience @ Tora Tora Tora Japanese Restaurant.
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This Japanese izakaya is located on the rooftop of an industrial building, and there's almost no way to stumble upon this place by chance, so people that visit mostly hear about Tora Tora Tora Japanese Restaurant through word of mouth.
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The Sashimi Moriawase 8-Kinds (SGD $98) or Assorted 8-Kinds Raw Seafood dish is the premium option.
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As such, this features thick juicy succulent cuts of fresh fish and seafood, including shake harasu / salmon fish belly with fatty sweet savoury flavour, hotate / scallop with briny salty sweet flavour, hamachi / yellowtail fish with savoury sweet flavour, and kanpachi / greater amberjack fish with savoury sweet flavour.
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Also shime saba / cured mackerel fish with salty savoury sour flavour, mekajiki / swordfish with sweet oily savoury flavour, awabi / abalone with briny salty sweet flavour, and bafun uni / horse **** sea urchin with briny salty sweeet flavour.
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Completed with juicy cucumbers with vegetal sweet flavour, and a lemon wedge for a zesty tangy sour kick.
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Tora Tora Tora Japanese Restaurant
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2024/07/tora-tora-tora-japanese-restaurant.html

Originally established as Polar Café in November 1925 by couple Hinky Chan and Shum Shui Yu, this Singapore heritage brand is today known as Polar Puffs & Cakes Bistro, with multiple outlets across Singapore.
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Most outlets are pure takeaway kiosks, but those under Polar Puffs & Cakes Bistro are sit-down outlets for a quick bite.
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The Curry Puff (SGD $2.60) features a crisp flaky puff pastry filled with chunky boneless diced chicken, tender potatoes, and crunchy red onions, marinated in a thick blend of 9 spices. Warm and satisfying, each bite gets you a bold buttery bready starchy savoury salty spice sweet flavour kick.
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The Tuna Puff (SGD $2.80) features a crisp flaky puff pastry filled with flaky tuna fish flakes, bouncy button mushrooms, and crunchy red onions. Carries lovely buttery bready meaty savoury vegetal earthy sweet flavour, without any unpleasant fishy taste, so nice. Good amount of filling too.
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The Chicken Pie (SGD $3) features a crisp flaky puff pastry filled with chunky boneless diced chicken, tender potatoes, bouncy button mushrooms, and juicy corn kernels. Has enticing meaty sweet vegetal savoury bready buttery flavour.
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The Black Pepper Chicken Puff (SGD $3.20) features a crisp flaky puff pastry filled with chunky boneless diced chicken, mixed with generous black pepper. Has mild meaty savoury peppery spice bready buttery flavour, nice though I wish this was more intense in taste.
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The Chicken Sausage Puff (SGD $2.80) features a crisp flaky puff pastry stuffed with a classic chicken sausage, tender and snappy. Has mild meaty salty savoury bready buttery flavour. What I really like about this is actually the puff pastry itself.
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Polar Puffs & Cakes Bistro
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2024/07/polar-puffs-cakes-bistro.html

Chef Eugene See informed us that the Charred Marinated Octopus (SGD $32) would soon be removed from the menu, as the season was ending.
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This features a whole octopus leg, perfectly grilled then marinated in Sichuan pickled green chili salsa, sun-dried joyn tomato, feta cheese, and baby arugula / rocket leaves.
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Paired with toasted charcoal pita bread and spring onions, you mix everything together and stack it within the bun.
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This has soft springy juicy crisp textures, with lovely bready earthy savoury sweet vegetal herbal sour flavour.
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Birds Of A Feather
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2024/06/birds-of-feather-2024.html

The Oxtail Mapo Tofu (SGD $38) was delicious, hearty, and filling. Served in a hefty stone bowl (which keeps it warm), the large bone-in braised oxtail has meat and tendon which just falls off the bone.
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Together with the rich mapo tofu (with tender minced beef and soft silken tofu bean curd) and its garnish of crisp spring onions and crunchy white sesame seeds, this carries rich meaty grainy savoury salty sweet spice vegetal nutty flavour.
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Accompanied by a bowl of soft fluffy moist steamed white rice dressed with crunchy black sesame seeds, carrying grainy sweet nutty flavour.
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Birds Of A Feather
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2024/06/birds-of-feather-2024.html

The Barramundi Chazuke (SGD $36) is now on its 4th revision.
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This latest version features a classic hearty Sichuan / Szechuan stew of pickled mustard greens, garlic, ginger, peppercorns, leeks, spring onions, and Japanese white rice, in a warm fish bone soup / broth that has been stewed for hours.
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The ingredients are soft and tender while the soup / broth carries robust grainy sweet savoury sour salty earthy spice flavours.
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The medium large slab of pan-fried barramundi fish fillet sits on top, with a garnish of juicy ikura / salmon fish roe that bursts with briny salty flavour.
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The boneless barramundi fish fillet is tender flaky moist, with a smoky sweet savoury flavour that is nicely enticing.
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The bubbling stew looks so appetizing when served, and the crisp rice wafer gradually dissolves within.
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Birds Of A Feather
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2024/06/birds-of-feather-2024.html

The Crab And Avocado Bruschetta (SGD $18) is a little morsel of luxury. A base of fluffy soft toasted brioche bread is topped with a chunky moist tartare made from deshelled crab meat, avocado guacamole, and Sichuan spices.
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Garnished with crunchy pomegranate seeds, crisp green apple slices, juicy sturgeon fish caviar, and edible flowers. Bite in and you get the lovely smoky bready sweet vegetal earthy salty briny savoury fruity floral flavour.
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Birds Of A Feather
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2024/06/birds-of-feather-2024.html

The Find The Chicken In The Chillies (SGD $19), also known as Laziji / Spicy Firecracker Chicken / Mala Chicken, features marinated then deep-fried pieces of boneless chicken chunks, tossed with dried Sichuan chilli pepper, spicy bean paste, Sichuan mala peppercorn, garlic, ginger, leeks, spring onions, and white sesame seeds.
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Each satisfying bite of the crispy tender chicken releases a bold savoury salty spicy flavour, tingling the palate and piquing the appetite. Yummy and addictive, among the best renditions I've had.
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The 2024 version doesn't include kale anymore, though price has remained the same as before.
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Birds Of A Feather
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2024/06/birds-of-feather-2024.html

The Cold Brewed Orchid Pu'Erh Tea (SGD $10.90) has a blend of orchid flowers with pu'erh tea leaves harvested from Jingmai Mountain in Huimin, Lancang Lahu, Pu'er, Yunnan, China.
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This tea blend is thick and velvety smooth on the palate, resembling the texture of whisky, with a strong earthy smoky flavour tempered by a floral sweet flavour. Served on the rocks, this was a punchy delight.
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The Tea-rrifically Healthy (SGD $14) has a blend of buckwheat tea infused with chrysanthemum flowers and osmanthus flowers. This tea blend is light and mellow, with a gentle earthy floral bitter sweet flavour.
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The Beau-tea-ful You (SGD $14) has a blend of dried cranberries, rose flowers, strawberries, and dragonfruit. With a lovely vibrant hue, this fruit tea blend is light and pleasant, with an appetizing fruity sour sweet floral flavour.
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Invited media tasting.
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H&C Cafe
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2024/06/h-cafe-tasting-session.html