Omoté

Tamago Mentai Chirashi Don ($18.80). A two variant bowl of complementing torched mentaiko on sweet egg omelette slices finished with an assortment of marinated diced seafood on sushi rice.
Mentaiko was good and creamy. Egg was sweet and chilled. Marinated seafood was firm, crunchy, well seasoned and at an optimum temperature. Really good.

I also added the lunch premium set (+$8) which consisted of miso soup, salad, sashimi and chawamushi. Miso soup was the usual which you get from everywhere. Salad was good. It was paired with a citrus dressing. Sashimi was ok, it would have been better if it was more chilled. Chawamushi was average. There was a crabstick and a slice of mushroom inside.

My friend had the Mount Omote Chirashi Don ($28.80). A massive mountain of a n assortment of marinated diced seafood on a tower of sushi rice.
The marinated seafood on this don wasn't as chilled as mine. Most probably because of the fact that it takes a longer time to construct this don. This made it felt like the sashimi wasn't as good as the other don.

Overall both don were really filling and we didn't finish the rice. Maybe because we added the set(?) Anyway it was good and worth the money. Also I love their new menu. There are lots of fun elements and lots of items to choose.

Tasty, fresh and very generous servings too! Although there are various options to top up to a set, I think the don itself is already very filling! Sure, it is not the cheapest jap place out there, but for this standard, definitely good bang for your buck! 😋 Menu is very extensive, has very wide variety of dons and more, I can't wait to return to try more dishes!

Notes: Omote just launched their Menu 2.0 on 17 July 2019.

This menu is part of Omote’s 2.0 menu, under the new contemporary modern donburi, offering 3 variations of don:
1. Salmon Mentai - definitely my favourite part of the dish; the mentai sauce is super creamy while the salmon is torched in aburi style. It was executed well as the aburi salmon is still juicy and not too dry!
2. Cubed Salmon in Spicy Cheese Sauce - the wasabi taste is a bit strong for me. The salmon cubes are cold with crunchy texture.
3. Assortment Chirashi - Omoté’s classic dish which never goes wrong! The chirashi is fresh with generous chunks of salmon, tuna and tako.

tastewise it was pretty good at an affordable price of S$13.90!!!! the only downside was that there was a huge slab of “beef” that ended up being tissue paper wot even LOL

On top their signature marinated diced seafood, this don also had spicy lobster meat and spicy salmon tartare.

I had this thinking the quantity was gonna be more manageable than the upsized chirashi don, but it's definitely just as generous with the toppings - easily a portion that two people can share if they're not looking to be filled to the brim. The rice, similar to the upsized chirashi don, was clumpy albeit seasoned sufficiently. However, I'd recommend the spicy triple chirashi don only for those that prefer stronger flavours and seasoning: I personally felt that the natural flavour of salmon and lobster meat was lost in the sauce/marinate that they were in.
But again, this is good for those with looking to eat their fill and would wanna have something other than the more familiar marinated diced seafood.

The portion was so generous with the seasoned seafood and rice, I daresay it's easily enough for two people. I did notice that because of this generosity, the rice was clumpy and did not have the best seasoning. Similarly, I personally found that some of the cubes was seasoned stronger than others - the freshness was slightly questionable too as I felt that the tuna had a grainy feel that I wasn't so used to.

With all that said, I still stand by this being very easily worth its price point for the quantity given - albeit with quality slightly compromised.