Boiled Pork with Small Clams Oden
Oden is a type of Japanese comfort food, so my wife and I decided to try 2 outlets over the last 2 weeks and I am happy to report that the first one we went on 27th April 2019 (Sat) was up to expectations. Basically the broth is kept in a large copper like tub with lots of ingredients and boiled for easily 4 hours. Here is the review from KAMOSHITA located at 5 Neil Road, in a small unobtrusive shophouse with seating of 25 and 5 serving cum cooking staff.
Straight to the main dish, to get the oden taste absolutely correct, the chef needs to taste a little each portion he serves and adds additional condiments to the ingredients before serving to the customers.
Our favourites are as shown in the pictures above and below. The boiled pork with clams, chopped spring onions, tomatoes and some secret ingredients was really tasty. The pork was slightly fatty and so tender, testament to the long hours in the oden pot.The clams were small and 'al dente' or chewy to the first bite, just as I like it.
Melt in your Mouth FishCake
The fishcake had the texture of boiled carrot cake, for those who know what carrot cake is like, it is so soft and tasty, full of flavour and very nice. The bowl was kind of like a throwback to the bowls in my childhood days in St Andrew's primary school ; they are 'aged' in appearence to give that earthy and well used look. Top marks for taste, although the presentation is very subjective.
Radish with mint spice
The radish was firm and good to the bite. On top of it, there were some Japanese condiments like seaweed and mint which was quite novel. The broth was heavenly to say the least.
I will save the other photos for the next post.
Name : KAMOSHITA
Location : 5 Neil Road, Singapore, 088806
(diaganally opposite Maxwell road Hawker Center shophouses along the main road)
Food : 4.5 / 5
Really good and authentic Japanese Oden with Japanese proprietors and staff. They had a massive selection of Japanese sake in huge bottles.
Ambience : 4.5 / 5
Spacing was ample and they only could do 1 'turn' for the night, not too many diners packed inside the shophouse restaurant which was minimally furnished.
Service : 3.5 / 5
Very shorthanded ; only 4 serving and cooking staff in total, including the boss. The pacing of the food was very long drawn due to the lack of kitchen staff. The lady server was Japanese and tried very hard to please but they had too much intricate small tasks to do with too few people behind the counter
Price : $$$$
$166 for 2 pax (with a premium cold sake). No GST which was a surprise.
Total : 12 . 5 / 15 or 4.2 over 5 stars
Will we go back again : Yes. For the food ; We hope they can survive the cutthroat Food and Beverage Business in Singapore which has numerous top quality food at short distances from one another and with sky high rents for central locations, very adverse hiring conditions (very difficult to hire foreigners and only Singaporeans and possibly the business owners who are Japanese or must can work), it is a tough call for them to survive let alone thrive.
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