mikuni chirashi don

went with wife for 2pax lunch at mikuni today on 14.7.2016. ^^

amex is rebranding & varying its feed @ raffles privileges to love dining from 1aug2016.

there will be additions of new restaurants in shangri-la, marriott, st regis, raffles & W Singapore.

but also for mikuni & equinox, discounts will drop from the current 50% to 30% from 1.8.2016, the trade-offs being the flat 35% will apply for up to 10pax.

so i am dining at mikuni rather often this period. haha!

mikuni

others probably thinking the same! 🙂

mikuni chirashi don

chirashi don is always good. priced at S$90, it is S$45 after 50% discount.

there are all the premium cuts including 2 pieces of chutoro, uni, botan ebi.

the sashimi were fresh & premium quality. the don (rice) though strangely poor.

wife was commenting that overall experience the chirashi don at kuriya dining more satisfying.

quite indeed!

& though hachi omakase lunch was twice the price, on a head to head, i would pick hachi omakase lunch everytime.

look at the photos, it is easy to see why! 🙂

kagoshima wagyu don

the kagoshima wagyu don is S$48 or S$24 after 50% discounts.

wagyu was tasty, but still a long way off c/w the grilled ohmi 近江wagyu at hachi omakase lunch.

kagoshima wagyu don

the don again is below par.

strangely sweet & kind of wet.

kagoshima wagyu don

the ingredients were good, so has to put down to the preparation. i wonder.

kagoshima wagyu sukiyaki konabe (stock photo)

we also shared a kagoshima wagyu sukiyaki konabe. forgot to take photos so i am using a stock photo.

still, it was very good lunch for the price, so we would missed it somewhat come 1aug2016.

lunch was S$110nett for 2pax, quite good for the quality.

c.h.e.f andy

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Mikuni @ Fairmont

Address:

80 Bras Basah Rd, Fairmont Hotel 3/L, Raffles City, Singapore 189560

Contact:

6431 6156

Opening Hours:

Mon-Sun: 12-2:30pm, 6:30-10:30pm

spicy black bean paste fish head

went with my OPS primary school classmates for a walk along the southern ridge on 13.7.2016. ^^

we started just past 6pm, walked along the elevated gangway from hortpark to mt faber & back past 8pm.

hong kong street sum kee @ alexandra village 香港街珍记

decided to go nearby hong kong street sum kee @ alexandra village 香港街珍记for dinner.

this place notorious for parking in the day. but after 6.30pm the season carpark lots are available.

the coffeeshop & sum kee also not crowded, so it was a breeze actually, no hassle.

la pok – crispy lard

friends ordered the crispy lard.

i have decided to cut down, but still tried one piece. din like this oily style..i like the crispy dry pork lard so no problem to keep to one piece…haha! 🙂

fish belly thick beehoon 鱼肌米粉

fish belly thick beehoon 鱼肌米粉 was very good.

soup was tasty, quite intense. a friend said could smell the XO. later we decided it was the 花雕酒 fragrance. 🙂

i think though the one at holladv village XO fish head bee hoon at dover crescent is better. more intense & tasty than this.

also they gave quite a lot of fish belly. we ordered medium but maybe it was large?

fish belly thick beehoon 鱼肌米粉

very shiok la, this! ^^

san lou hor fun

the san lou hor fun was just ok passable, taste ok & had a bit of wok hae. but not too great. a lot of other places make this better.

san lou hor fun

was better when i added green chilli & chlli padi for the kick!

a friend said got to order smaller plate to feel more wok hae…looked like we again had large?

prawn paste chicken

i liked the prawn paste chicken. another friend liked too. one friend though thought the prawn paste taste was not strong enough.

prawn paste chicken

recently i had prawn paste chicken –

1. at hup choon @ binjai park
2. & then at forture restaurant @ old holland road

they were all good. this one was just as good for me. my helper makes very good deep-fried chicken wings also. just as tasty & crispy w/o the prawn paste. enjoyed that equally. 🙂

spicy black bean paste fish head

the spicy black beans was very good. everyone liked it!

spicy black bean paste fish head

but having tried this again after a very long time (i think years) i thought it was maybe not as good as the hong kong street chun kee 香港街珍记 at commonwealth food centre?

in fact after looking at the old photos i am positive the song fish head at hong kong street chun kee 香港街珍记 at commonwealth food centre is better.

bean curd skin with spinach

this bean curd skin dish never tried before.

it was very good. a very nicely done dish, great bean curd flavours & tasty dish.

bill – S$68 for 5pax

dinner was S$68 for 5pax.

really quite good tasty food at a good price.

c.h.e.f andy

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