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2014-11-29
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See my full reviews & photos at = http://chefquak.com/2014/11/29/sumptuous-alluring-omakase-hachi-on-22nov2014/my wife’s good friend couple bought us a wonderful super delicious omakase dinner at hachi on 22.11.2014. : my wife & i had been to hachi several times. we had never take this S$188pax premium omakase here(restaurant said it's a new menu started 2014). every time we just took the S$118pax (now increased to S$128 pax) omakase, which was also pretty good.#1 first course was a japanese per
my wife’s good friend couple bought us a wonderful super delicious omakase dinner at hachi on 22.11.2014. : my wife & i had been to hachi several times. we had never take this S$188pax premium omakase here(restaurant said it's a new menu started 2014). every time we just took the S$118pax (now increased to S$128 pax) omakase, which was also pretty good.
#1 first course was a japanese persimmon came shielded with persimmon leaf. dish was beautiful & exquisite, feeling of koyo (autumn colours). persimmon was very sweet but could not recall the other items. there was goma (sesame) sauce. #2 second course was ayu fish, tamago, ginkgo nuts, chestnut, crispy sweet potato, dish of seaweed. such delicate & beautiful plating. ayu is a tasty but flaky (falling apart) fish, not my favourite but ayu shioyaki (鮎塩焼) is a very popular dish (see photo of the open grill here). in small bites for this starter, it was quite nice. #3 third course was a steamed tai (seabream) on braised tofu. sea bream was very sweet & tasty. tofu was excellent, very crispy outside & smooth consistency inside. #4 the next course sashimi moriawase for 1pax was a real treat. i have not taken sawala before & probably not kinmedai too. the kinmedai was really good. :-) and of course the chutoro, botan ebi^^ we had really good sashimi moriawase just last week at sumiya on 16.11.2014which included uni, awabi & akami. and of course mikuni’s chirashi don sashimi quality was top draw. but to have this sashimi moriawase as part of an 11-course omakase was truly luxurious, sumptuous.
the sashimi moriawase for GOTO’s kaiseki was not too bad, but it was expensive & not as good value. #5 fifth course was crispy sweet potatoes on steamed sea bream on japaenese rice cake in a very tasty starchy mountain yam soup. simply yummy. i drank the whole thing. #6 sixth course was a large (3in), firm & tasty oyster. i like this dish very much.
#7 next course was an excellent tempura – anago (conger eel), very good hotate, shiso 紫蘇 leaf (also called oba), and red pepper. the konbu (昆布) which japanese use for dashi (clear soup stock) is not edible. #8 eighth course was ohmi wagyu (近江牛) – among the top 3 japanese wagyu – with caviar, jalapeño chilli, sweet potatoes. taste was simply sublime, out of this world. ^^ #9 next was hokkaido momotaro tomatoes – a palate cleanser. #10 for sushi, each diner could pick 3 types of sushi. my selection of sushi = kinmedai, hotate, uni. the hotate was really good, very huge, plump & sweet. the uni & kinmedai too of course.
wife had uni, negi toro & kinmedai. the 2 friends each had botan ebi, hotate & uni.
#11 i guess dessert was the least tantalising of the omakase – yuzu ice cream, kiwi fruit, grapes, strawberries, blue berries, cheese cake slice. overall this hachi premium omakase was much superior in quality of ingredients & taste c/w the kaiseki we had at GOTO on 23.10.2014, which cost a lot more.
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