wife bought lunch at hachi on 7.7.2016. ^^

that’s my best lunch ever, or at least the best lunch i can remember la! 🙂

hachi is our favourite japanese restaurant, along with mikuni & kuriya dining. 🙂

& i guess c/w chinese & western restaurants we are willing to spend money going, these 3 are still the best..

eg there is corner house but its a S$200pax degustation..there are the very expensive good ones we don’t go & the expensive not great ones we don’t go…tunglok signature & xin cuisine are very good & we go often but i would still rate the japanese restaurants better for the price i am willing to pay…

just personal preferences la…

our most recent omakase dinner at hachi though was not great…

(though before that were all excellent eg our best omakase dinne ron 15.9.2015).

just check i did not make a post on that. if it were the same, then i would not pay S$168pax for it..

that’s why we were coming here this time to try the lunch again.

the edamame mousse was very good..very light, mild sweet flavours, with a good size lump of uni inside, and so pretty to behold.

& the oyster with ponzu jelly-even more delightful..

the food plating here always so beautiful like the top western degustation restaurants & nice restaurant & ryokan kaiseki dishes in japan!

oyster so fresh, plump, juicy, big. it’s a large oyster, cut in 2 bite size, very sweet, no metallic taste & very nice with the slight tangy ponzu jelly.

there were 3 servings of ohmi wagyu 近江和牛 in this S$88pax 9-course lunch omakase.

first was the sukiyaki konabe.

this was similar to the one served at mikuni.

ohmi wagyu here is better quality than the kagoshima wagyu at mikuni, serving is smaller, & the sukiyaki broth here is much better, less sweet but very tasty!

sashimi moriawase was good quality – akami lean toro was very sweet & excellent texture w/o the usual fibrous sinewy texture of maguro. hamachi & shima-aji were very good…

not the top top quality sashimi but for a 9-course lunch omakase priced at S$88pax, this would be superior quality…

the hotate tempura was very tasty.

i not sure this the best way to eat a very sweet nice plump hokkaido scallop, but it’s not a bad way too..very nice & a good change from eating everything sashimi or cerviche style…

the bestest of the best lunch has to be the grilled ohmi wagyu 近江和牛.

this was just so good, like the very best in japan, melt in the mouth tender & intense, marbled, flavourful. ^^

done so well…

it’s even better than the miyazaki wagyu i had recently at the S$100gourmet dinner at lewin terrace.

& there was a 3rd serving of ohmi wagyu 近江和牛!

sushi – first with truffle salt, next aburi (flamed) & topped with uni & caviar, 3rd aburi & some sauce.

these were just superb la…superfluous! 🙂

rounded off with inaniwa udon with sakura ebi…nice! 🙂

wife don’t like ice cream so they replaced with yuzu jelly & black beans…bagus la!

yuzu ice cream also very good, light, fragrant & nice refreshing change from usual macha or even the stronger black sesame. 🙂

such a wonderful lunch for S$88pax.

c.h.e.f andy

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