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2013-10-02
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MOF is one of my favourite Japanese stores in Singapore. I used to love the menu in their Japanese Sweets and Coffee stores, but they are no longer found locally and whatever that's left have been converted to My Izakaya. ): While My Izakaya serves more premium Japanese dishes (at a higher price, of course), I'm glad that the dessert menu remained the same. Every drink and cold dessert is worth a try and I have problems deciding on which dessert to get on every visit!Nevertheless, I shall be rev
Nevertheless, I shall be reviewing my latest visit to the Lot One branch. It was my second time there (I usually frequent AMK Hub's outlet) and as usual I was satisfied by the quality of the service and food.
I'm a fan of rice bento meals and the ones served at MOF don't disappoint. I tried the Yakiniku bento the previous time (the meat was tender but personally too dry) so I decided to go with the Gindara bento this time round. I felt that the fish was kinda bland and it would have been a better dish if they were more generous with the sauce, but the fish itself was pretty fresh and tender. The best thing I like about these bentos are the egg pieces at the top that add to the texture of the rice and give it a little sweetness when eaten together.
Being an avid fan of salmon, I went with the salmon tofu hotplate. I felt that the salmon was only decent (it would have been better if it wasn't fried, personally), but the tofu was good, soft in the inside. Usually when it comes to fried tofu, there's always a problem of not having enough sauce to coat the insides of the tofu skin. Compared to the bento, there was plenty of sauce to go around (and even left over) and who can resist a delicious dish with teriyaki sauce? I highly recommend this dish (any other tofu hotplate variations should be equally delicious!)
When it comes to drinks, anything on the menu that has the word Matcha or Azuki in it should be fine. They're simply wonderful and sometimes I visit MOF just to take away the drinks. For desserts, I usually go with cold desserts because they're all awesome (especially the sundaes), but I decided to be adventurous and try a hot one, going with the Mochi and An Bun. I was quite disappointed as they didn't turn out like I expected. The mochi was hard to chew (I believe it was baked?) and I had a hard time trying to finish it. The An Bun (bun filled with red bean paste) was a little better, except that it had too little red bean paste inside. Maybe I should've stuck with the cold desserts.
Overall, MOF serves decent Japanese cuisine and excellent (cold) desserts, although you might have to spend quite a bit.
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