It's not unusual to associate omakase experiences with hefty price tags.
But this restaurant in Singapore is offering omakase meals from S$38++.
Hana Restaurant is located on the first floor of Forum The Shopping Mall in the Orchard district.
The eatery is known for selling Japanese-inspired desserts and only started selling omakase sets during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Hana Restaurant has two omakase sets going for S$38++:
- 12-course omakase
- 15-course omakase
15-course omakase
For this set, each dish was served course by course.
Here's what's in the set:
- Chilled Japanese somen (a type of noodle) with sesame and ikura ebi
- Chukka hotate (seasoned scallop wings)
- Sashimi
- Sashimi
- Grilled scallop mentaiko
- Shishamo tempura (fish deep-fried in batter)
- Asari butter clams
- White tuna with wafu dressing (Japanese salad dressing)
- Yellowtail sushi with truffle kombu (seaweed)
- Caramelised salmon sushi
- Ebi with tobiko (flying fish roe) mayo sushi
- Truffle chawanmushi
- Ebi katsu (shrimp cutlet) donburi
- Miso soup
- Dessert
Chilled Japanese somen with sesame and ikura ebi, Chukka hotate
Photo by Fasiha Nazren.
The somen was nutty and refreshing. Meanwhile, the chukka hotate was crunchy and fun to eat.
Pretty good starters.
Sashimi
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We got a couple of slices of salmon and tuna.
Grilled scallop mentaiko
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The mentaiko sauce was creamy and well-charred.
Shishamo tempura
Photo by Fasiha Nazren.
Tastes like what shishamo tempura should taste like.
Asari butter clams
Photo by Fasiha Nazren.
We'd imagine these would be extra nice to have on a rainy day.
White tuna with wafu dressing, Yellowtail sushi with truffle kombu, Caramelised salmon sushi, Ebi with tobiko mayo sushi
Photo by Fasiha Nazren.
Each sushi is a course of its own.
If we're being honest, the sushi wasn't memorable. But that also means it was at least decent.
Truffle chawanmushi
Photo by Fasiha Nazren.
Our favourite part of the omakase.
The chawanmushi was umami and silky smooth. It's topped with a generous serving of truffle, which made the dish a little more fancy.
Ebi katsu donburi
Photo by Fasiha Nazren.
About a spoonful of rice topped with crispy tempura prawn.
We feel it's just the right portion, though, because we're almost bloated at this point.
Miso soup
Photo by Fasiha Nazren.
Just miso soup.
Dessert
Photo by Fasiha Nazren.
This cheesecake was on the more gelatinous side.
Flavour is mild, so it's not jelak.
12-course omakase
This set comes all together and is served on a wooden tray. Fancy.
Photo by Fasiha Nazren
Here's what you get with this set:
- Somen with goma (Japanese sesame) dressing
- Salmon carpaccio with wafu dressing
- Caramelised aburi salmon temarizushi (a type of sushi)
- Hamachi (a type of yellowtail fish) truffle kombu temarizushi
- Hana signature temarizushi
- Unagi temarizushi with tanuki
- Chuka hotate and shishamo salad
- White pickle and kappa with mono miso
- Grilled saba
- Grilled hotate mentai (scallop with fish roe)
- Fried Hiroshima oyster
- Kappa maki (cucumber sushi rolls) with overflowing salmon chunks and tobiko
Hana Restaurant
583 Orchard Road, Forum The Shopping Mall, #01-17 Singapore 238884
Opening hours: 12pm to 2:30pm and 6pm to 9pm, daily
Top image by Fasiha Nazren.