chirashi
Showing posts with label chirashi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chirashi. Show all posts

teppei syokudo, ion.

one of the things i miss eating, being on whole 30, is chirashi. sashimi cubes over japanese rice- so simple, but nothing quite comes close to it. 30 days without chirashi is no mean feat. when i found that teppei has chirashi with a salad option, i wanted to eat it immediately. came by on a sunday afternoon for a late lunch, so even though seats were limited, we managed to snag a table.

it was a DIY concept, quite different from the other teppei outlets.



i got the M sized bowl to customise, with salad as the base. i picked salmon, baby scallop and two portions of swordfish. one of the rules of whole 30 is no soy sauce, so i asked for no marination (also because i remember from having the regular chirashi at their other outlets that their marination was on the salty side), and no dressing for the salad as well. (the counter staff gave me disbelieving looks. don't judge me!)



even without dressing, it was yummy. never had sashimi without soy sauce, with just wasabi, but it was surprisingly good! the sashimi cubes were chunky and fresh- exactly the way i like it. the salad leaves, however, were pretty cumbersome to eat, as it was in large pieces. i was pleasantly surprised by the addition of wakame to the base- yum.



the M sized portion was a pretty light one, though, maybe because there wasn't rice. i found myself wanting some more food afterwards (also maybe because i came from the gym). it is a good, clean replacement for chirashi though! comparing this to the ones i've had at other teppei outlets... i find myself liking those better. for some reason portions seem more generous there, though my perspective might be slightly skewed because of the difference in base- greens instead of rice might be the reason why.

teppei syokudo
ion orchard
#b4-57
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rollie ollie, pasarbella suntec.

needed a light (late) lunch after the gym, and decided on pasarbella, since i was at suntec. not many choices, given that pasarbella hadn't really officially opened. wanted something clean and fresh, so rollie ollie caught my eye. not their first outlet- the first one is at star vista (which is too out of the way for me).



got the aloha poké bowl ($12.95), which reminded me of aloha poké at amoy street. it was basically a chirashi with vegetables- salmon and tuna, mesclun, avocado, cucumber, tamago, purple onion, alfalfa and flying fish roe, dressed in a light soy sauce. liked that i got a choice of rice- white, brown or tea-infused rice- of course i picked the tea-infused rice.



my food took quite a while, even though i was the only one. i was expecting it to be served more quickly since it was all ready-made ingredients (and i was hungry!) but then when i got my bowl, i noticed that it was really plated with care. couldn't complain about the sashimi cubes- lightly dressed in soy, not stingy with the cut, and fresh. mixed together with the other ingredients, it was a good eat. exactly what i was looking for. quite liked the rice, too- it really carried a faint whiff of tea.

will be back if i want a quick chirashi fix!


rollie ollie
pasarbella suntec
#01-k42
https://www.facebook.com/RollieOlieSingapore
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wasabi tei, far east plaza.

i once queued for almost an hour for wasabi tei during dinner time with X, only to be told that they were out of japanese rice (though they'd be able to serve us normal rice). since what we wanted to have was chirashi, after a short discussion, we decided to scrape our plan of having dinner there, and headed to the sushi bar downstairs instead. that was a really long time ago, and somehow i never made it back there until recently.

they'd opened another space nearby, but after looking through the offerings on both sides, we decided on the original outlet. counter seating only, with an additional $2 per seat, no gst and service charge.

they're famed for having thickly sliced sashimi in their chirashi, which is exactly what i like. that made decision making a breeze. X also decided on the chirashi after some contemplation.

not a fan of cheap tuna, so i requested to replace the tuna slices. the chef willingly obliged with no extra charges, which meant that i got more salmon.



the slices were indeed thickly cut. the portions of fish were generous as well, with a good ratio of fish to rice. it came with mostly salmon, some salmon belly, mekajiki, octopus, crabstick, tamago, scallop and a scoop of ikura. X complained about the tamago being anaemic, and i concur- would've liked more of the egg. no other complaints otherwise, though. super filling- i was almost struggling to finish it, and i usually feel that sashimi is not enough. haha.

for $30 ($28 for the chirashi), the set came with an appetiser (hijiki seaweed when we went), miso soup, green tea and fruit. pretty good value, given how satisfying it was. service was nonexistent- we were served the chirashi by the chef over the counter with barely a grunt of acknowledgement, but who cares when food was the main reason we were there.

wasabi tei
far east plaza
#05-68/70
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kai sushi & robatayaki, plaza singapura.

after being in melbourne on holiday for two weeks, i really needed some japanese food- definitely no more cafés, for a while at least. remembered glancing through their menu and noticing that they had pretty well priced set lunches, so i suggested going there for lunch.

it turned out to be a really good choice. for $15.80 (before taxes and service charge) i got a pretty good portion of sashimi, especially compared to the rice. i love it when i have chirashi and the proportion of rice to sashimi is just right. there were much more fish cubes than rice, and i ended up with just fish (my favourite kind of problem). also loved the cut of the fish- one of my pet peeves is when they dice up the fish in a bara chirashi so much that i can barely taste anything, which pretty much defeats the purpose of having it.



the set also came with miso soup, an appetizer and chawanmushi. interestingly enough the chawanmushi had yuzu- i've never had that particular combination.

i'm definitely coming back here. this might be one of my favourite places to have bara chirashi now, given how reasonably priced it is and how generous they are. here's to hoping they maintain standards till my next visit.

kai sushi & robatayaki
plaza singapura #04-68
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aloha poke, amoy street.

i've been tempted by their concept ever since i saw on instagram that they were opening. sashimi + rice + vegetables- right up my alley.



so i swung by for a takeaway, since i was going to be in the area. picked up the standard nalu ($15.90, but i only paid $12.80 because they were having a 20% off opening promotion), which comes with two scoops of poké. for my two scoops, i got one scoop each of the original ahi tuna and salmon. three other add-ons were included too, so i picked the flying fish roe, edamame and pomegranate.



it certainly was a pretty bowl, with bursts of colour from the pomegranate seeds, pineapple chunks and flying fish roe. the bottommost layer was brown rice, followed by the greens, then the various toppings.



thankfully it wasn't just pretty, but also tasty. i loved the marination of the sashimi cubes- reminded me of teppei's, but not quite as salty (which is a good thing since i find teppei's way too heavy-handed). the variety of toppings added much texture and flavour to the entire bowl. it was kind of like a chirashi, just with much more vegetables. they were also quite generous with the sashimi, so i didn't end up with just rice. would've liked them to be more heavy-handed with the other toppings though- especially the edamame and pomegranate, especially with that kind of prices.

it was also quite a good portion. i felt generally satisfied with the bowl, though i don't know if i'll come back, especially when i compare it to the daily cut, which still seems to offer better value for money.

aloha poke
92 amoy street
https://www.facebook.com/alohapoke
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sumiya, suntec city.

tried sumiya's chirashi for the first time at its orchard central outlet. i remember being blown away by how value for money it was- very generous serving of sashimi cubes, accompanied by a variety of sides. so when the suntec city outlet opened, i was excited to see what they had to offer. but then i realised that somehow, the suntec outlet's prices were higher for the same thing. that was the reason why i didn't try it, until recently when they started offering set lunches at a comparably competitive price point.


went for the kaisen bara don set ($18.80). it came with a variety of sides- edamame, salad, potato salad and miso soup.





all the sides were competently done, but of course the main focus was the kaisen don. it was beautifully presented, but i wish i could say the same for how it tasted. the sashimi cubes were cut way too small (i remember the orchard central outlet's offering to be bigger cubes), and the avocado was on the raw side, adding nothing to the experience. while eating, i had a nagging feeling that something was missing, and halfway through the bowl, i realised what it was. they'd completely left out salmon roe from my bowl! i consulted the menu again to make sure that salmon roe was included before asking the waiter, who then questioned, oh, is it included? ... okay... i persisted and was presented with a separate dish filled with salmon roe.


the salty kick of the salmon roe made the kaisen don more palatable, but it was quite confounding that they actually managed to completely forget one element of the dish. the kaisen don also came with a variety of dips- truffle paste and some sesame sauce. interesting, but it covered the taste of the sashimi, which is missing the point. 

the set also came with dessert, with a choice of either mochi or fruit. 


really wanted to like this place, given how much i enjoyed the one at orchard central. unfortunately it doesn't quite measure up. doubt i'll be back for the chirashi, though perhaps i'll return for one of the fish sets. 

sumiya
#03-332/333 suntec city
http://sumiya.com.sg
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