Good Japanese Wagyu @ Nabehide on 1Oct2016

japanese wagyu

japanese wagyu 

we decided to try nabehide where amex lovedining offers 50% discounts for 2pax this evening on 1.10.2016.^^

nabehide

nabehide 

restaurant was quite with few customers at 7.30pm on a saturday.

server told us restaurant closing/shutting down on 23.10.2016. no business i guess.

palate (lovedining) menu

palate (lovedining) menu 

the usual lovedining conditions require minimum order of 2 main courses.

unlike most lovedining restaurants where you can order 2 mains from the ala carte menu, nabehide restricts the 2 main courses to a small palate (now lovedining) menu.

japanese wagyu

japanese wagyu 

we were uncertain of the quality of the Jap wagyu, so we started with 1 order.

the 250g wagyu was served in 2 trays, 9 pieces.

wagyu was tender & flavourful. quality was very good. 🙂

japanese wagyu

japanese wagyu 

the wagyu came with complimentary vegetable platter. or choices of 3 items from the veg menu.

vegetables

vegetables 

we picked the platter for our first order.

charcoal-hotpot

charcoal-hotpot 

the hotpot came in a cast iron pot over a smokeless charcoal stove.

charcoal hotpot-konbu & goma soup base

charcoal hotpot-konbu & goma soup base

the server told us the S$5 goma (sesame) dashi the most popular. the knobu dashi is free, so we had the 鸳鸯 duet dashi. there s no 50% discounts for the $5 dashi.

japanese wagyu

japanese wagyu 

we were happy with the wagyu so we order a second serving, plus we tried the S$8.90 pork collar as well.

this time we had 3 veg=tan orh, king oyster mushroom & shitake. 🙂

pork collar was pretty good actually, just that we didn’t really need it, just to try only.

very tasty goma dashu

very tasty goma dashu 

the goma dashi after infusing all the wagyu goodness, was super tasty.

japanese normally don’t take soup from shabu shabu. but this goma dashi obviously for drinking & it was very good.

the damage (at S$160nett for 2pax) was substantial, even with 50% discounts…haha! 🙂

of course one can be paying S$350/kg for jap wagyu steak at isetan supermart. for shabu beef maybe S$200+/kg, and we had 500g wagyu for 2 servings, should be almost 500g anyway for the 4 trays.

they charge service on the full price (so that’s S$22.60). restaurant need to make some money la…so nothing to say.

the sake at S$22.80 was poor/average quality…

nothing like the S$15 for 4 sake smapler at sun with moon.

i think dinner was ok, not great value for money (mikuni’s S$48 wagyu sukiyaki + 50% discounts would be better value) but quite ok.

c.h.e.f andy

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10mins Kaya (Coconut Jam) Encore on 28Sep2016

kaya

kaya

just made a 10mins kaya (coconut jam)-

200ml coconut milk
3 tbsp white sugar (45g)
3 tbsp palm sugar (45g)
4 pandan leaves
4 egg yolks

kaya

kaya

same kaya (coconut jam) recipe as before.

i made my first 10mins kaya 2+yrs back in 0ct2014…

this my 3rd time, & after a long while…simple recipe so won’t make mistakes…

i got some spare pandan leaves in chiller anyway so might as well use it…

kaya bread & butter

kaya bread & butter

a pretty good standard kaya. 🙂

fragrant, flavourful from the coconut milk & palm sugar & pandan leaves, very smooth and thick/intense enough.

kaya always go great with butter, on bread or toast.

it is sweet enough, i am ok with the sweetness (like normal kaya), but can also make less sweet if desired.

maybe not the best kaya i had, but as good as most in coffeeshop outside (must say i hardly eat bread or toast outside though).

kaya

kaya

& it was so easy to make.

truly just 10mins.

kaya

kaya

just boiling 200ml coconut milk with white sugar & palm sugar in pandan leaves.

kaya

kaya

pour 1/2 to 4 egg yolks (beaten).

then pour back into pot with the remaining coconut milk mixture & boil (constantly stirring) till it thickens to the right viscous texture.

kaya bread & butter

kaya bread & butter

quite enjoyed it.

kaya bread & butter

kaya bread & butter

just like the real thing at coffeshops.

kaya

kaya

when cooled, removed the pandan leaves & put in a glass container. can keep up to 2weeks in the fridge.

should finish before then la. 🙂

c.h.e.f andy