Ichiban Boshi @ Esplanade Mall

Had a delicious lunch Ichiban Boshi at Esplanade prior to watching a performance with a friend.   My friend ordered this Fried Dory with garlic sauce on hotplate set. See the chunky pieces of dory meat… yum yum.   I had this before and told him it’s gonna be delicious

I ordered this Gindara with black pepper sauce on hotplate set. The gindara tasted so soft and the black pepper sauce complemented it really well.

 

The set comes with Chawanmushi, fruits, soup and a mushroom don set. Cost $20.90 ++.

 

It’s delicious and value for $$

 

Gindara with Black Pepper Sauce on Hotplate. Gindara means Cod Fish in Japanese

 

 

This mushroom don is part of the Gindara Set. It’s very delicious. Mushrooms and eggs are some of my fav

 

8 Raffles Avenue #02-14, Esplanade Mall, Singapore 039802
Tel: 6423 1151

Botan Japanese Restaurant @ Far East Square

Decided to bring my colleague to this Japanese Restaurant (at Far East Square) which Audrey and I usually go to for lunch. I love their bento sets as the the variety of appetitisers are pretty varied. This place was recommended to me by Audrey and I fell in love with their food immediately

My colleague commented that the sauce bottle looks really really cute. So, I decided to snap a pic of it

Both of us ordered the grilled fish with steamed egg bento set. Each set comes with rice, appetisiers, side dish, raw fish, soup, steamed egg and fruits.

I replaced my raw fish with agedashi tofu cos I do not take raw stuff. My colleague commented that the raw fish were pretty good.

The raw fish were replaced with 4 pcs of Agedashi Tofu (which is alot to me)

The Grilled Saba and the different types of appetitisers. My colleague and I loved this side dish. It’s smashed tofu mixed with chopped black fungus and carrots bits and then deep fried to golden brown. And you eat this with some sauce that comes with it. Nice. Loved the Chawanmushi too. The steamed egg is so smooth it basically glided down my throat. Yummy Here’s the total cost for 2 grilled fish bentos Botan Japanese Restaurant Pte Ltd 36/37 Pekin Street #01-01 Far East Square Singapore 048766 Read more on the discussions of Botan Restaurant here

Dinner at Akashi Japanese Restaurant @ Vivo City

Had dinner with my family at Akashi Japanese Restaurant at Vivo City. We were totally famished and decided to order some side dishes to eat first.

We ordered pan-fried gyoza (8 pcs/ plate), a plate of spider-crab maki and grilled king prawns with miso sauce.

The gyoza had quite a thin skin with lots of fillings inside. It is nicely pan-fried till brown on its bottom and tasted great when you dipped it in a plate of vinegar.

Want some soya sauce and chilli powder for your food?

The Spider-crab maki was very delicious too. The inside was crispy and full of bite. Simply yummy.

We also ordered 2 grilled King prawns with miso paste. When grilled, the miso melted and turned golden brown giving it a sort of a bbq with tangy miso taste. This used to be my personal fav until I developed allergies to seafood. Each plate of Grilled King Prawn comes in 2 halves. The restaurant is very nice to place each half of a prawn on a plate so that the 4 of us would have half a prawn each. I gave mine to my SO.

The 4 of us ordered 4 set dinners each. I had the grilled gindara with miso paste set dinner. It is actually cod fish grilled with miso sauce. Each set dinner comes with rice, miso soup, pickles and fruits.

Grilled Gindara Miso Sauce Set Dinner $20

Grilled Gindara with Miso Paste

Tori Karage Dinner Set $18

Gyu Teriyaki Dinner Set $18

This dish is not on the menu. We asked for it separately. It’s stired fried pork with onions on hotplate. It’s also a set dinner and the price is $25 per set.

Soft Fluffy Jap Rice

Miso Soup

Also order a bowl of chawanmushi too. It’s very smooth and really glide down your throat.

Total Bill came up to approx $147 (include 7% GST and service charge) for 4 persons.

Akashi Japanese Restaurant have 3 outlets. Do call to make reservations as it can get pretty crowded in the evenings and during weekends.

Tanglin
19 Tanglin Road, #B1-09,
Tanglin Shopping Centre, Singapore 247909
Tel: 6732 4438

Orchard
290 Orchard Road, #B1-01,
Paragon Shopping Centre, Singapore 238859
Tel: 6735 8887

Vivo City
1 HarbourFront Walk, #B2-07,
Vivo City, Singapore 098585
Tel: 6376 9972