Dinner @ Kamoshita

June 15, 2017 in Japanese by thywhaleliciousfay

One can say I was trying to find and try more oden places in Singapore. Thus the visit to Kamoshita. In fact, I’ve gone back twice. During my first visit, my friend and I ordered the omakase course which was frankly a let down. But I decided to head back despite the disappointment because the dishes ordered by the other customers (from the a-la carte menu) looked really good. We couldn’t order additional dishes then because we were required to order the same priced omakase course. Ie, We couldn’t order a $60 and a $100 omakase course each. Neither could I order the omakase course while my friend go a-la carte. So yes, we were too full during our first visit to order anything more.

Reservation for both dinners were made over the phone. And Kamoshita must have a database of customers’ information because they were able to mention my name after obtaining my contact number when I called the second time to make reservation. Nice.

As requested, we were given counter seats. Yeah! And from the menu (pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5), my friend and I ordered:-

1) Omakase course, $60 comprised of:-

(A) Starter (above) – Boiled edamame.

(B) 3 kinds of appetizer (above)


(C) Bagna cauda (above) – Assortment of vegetables served with dipping sauce.

(D) Marinated seafood (above) – Sweet soy sauce soaked tuna with ikura.

(E) 3 kinds of Japanese flavour cheese (above) – Cream cheese soaked in miso, crab butter cheese cracker and smoked radish stuffed with cream cheese.



  

(F) 3 kinds of premium oden (above) – Prawn cake, tomato and half boiled egg.


(G) Fried dish (above)


(H) Cold inaniwa udon (above)

2) Avocado, $6 (above) – It’s my first to see avocado on oden menu. I didn’t even realise it was on the menu until the staff prepared the dish for a group of customers. And I must say it was quite a sight to see 6 halved avocados floating in the pot. So when I returned on my second trip, I just had to order it. I thought it would taste weird, but it was surprisingly tasty.

3) Tofu, $5 (above)


4) Lettuce & Iberian pork belly, $7 (above)


5) Potato salad from oden potato, $8 (above) – Another dish that was ordered because of my first trip where a slightly drunk customer raved about how good the potato salad was to her friends as she placed order for it. So yes, I ordered it out of curiosity. And she was right. It’s really good. Drizzled with yoke, I loved the texture and the addition of sprouts and bacon. A must order.

6) Rice yeast marinated salmon, $12 (above)


7) Ham cutlet stuffed with blue cheese, $12 (above) – Give this a miss.

8) Iberian pork spare rib dressed with spicy sauce, $12 (above) – This was really good. The meat was so tender that we easily removed it from the bone. My friend especially liked the sauce.

9) Kabayaki-grilled eel, $39 (above) – Wouldn’t recommend this too. This was average. Save the stomach space for other dishes.

10) Marinated salmon & sake lees soup, $15 (above)


  

11) Sea urchin, ikura & tuna masu bowl, $28 (above)

12) Inaniwa udon with oden soup, $8 (above)

  

13) Clay pot steamed rice with sea bream, $29 (above) – It’s written on menu that this would take 40 to 50 minutes. Thus, one should order this right at the start of the meal. And we liked this. We were also surprised at the nice packaging when we requested to pack our unfinished rice.

14) Green tea & red bean shave ice, $8 (above)

15) Home made cream pudding, $8 (above)

Would I recommend Kamoshita? I would. Honestly, there ain’t many Japanese restaurants that focus solely on oden in Singapore. So I was glad Kamoshita is one such restaurant. And I am even more glad that they served delectable dishes. And I am not referring to just the oden items. But yes… Just refrain from ordering the omakase course. Though the $89 and $100 omakase courses may be better than our $60’s.

In fact, if one is going to visit Kamoshita for dinner, do also order their miso grilled Iberian pork collar ($22). My friend and I didn’t get to try this. But the benefit of sitting at the counter was that we got to watch the staff preparing other customers’ dishes. And the smell of the grilled pork collar was divine. It’s a pity my friend and I were again too full to order and try it for ourselves.

KAMOSHITA
5 Neil Road, Singapore
6221 3950, Facebook
Overall: 7
Opening hours:-
Food/Beverage: 7
Mon – Sun : 18:00 – 00:00
Ambience: 7
Value: 8
Service: 7