Sushi Kou - Great Sashimi and Excellent Service

Our family have frequented Sushi Kou at Orchid Hotel along Tras Street for 3 years now. That in itself is a feat given my wife's extremely high standards in wanting to eat tasty, clean food and with the requirement of a changing menu every few months. Never an easy task.

Located along the walkway of the Orchid Hotel along Tras Street, the establishment is helmed by a Mr. Anthony Tan and his fine crew of 3 chefs and 3 serving staff.

Piece de Resistance, Sashimi 

Sushi Kou's sashimi always is excellent. The fish is freshly flown in from either Hokkaido or Tokyo's Tsujiki market and we normally order the following types of fish which never disappoints.

- swordfish

- tuna belly (otoro)

- scallops

-sea urchin (uni) ; the edible part

- salmon belly

Lately there has been in season fresh oysters, so we normally have a couple per person

Sushi Kou's boss Mr. Anthony Tan makes it a point to always seat my family even when they are quite full, so I am most appreciative of his support.

California Maki 

Depending on what we order, the bill per person easily comes to S$60 and above per person (including a couple of glasses of beer at $6 per glass). Our family of 4 normally has the following, starters of sashimi and whatever else is in season like oysters, some vegetable tempura , grilled cheek of flying fish or yellowtail.

Next, we will have the sushi which is normally the stamina rolls (soft shell crab), unagi rolls and perhaps California Maki. 

 Unagi (grilled eel) Rolls 

For the young men in our family, they will then order a side dish of a (beef or pork ) katsu don, followed with some miso soup.

To round off the meal, we will normally order each a scoop of ice cream which is not too creamy and with their typical Japanese flavours ; 1 of each so 4 to share amongst the 4 of us.

a) Green (Matcha) Tea

b) Black Sesame

c) Salted Sea Caramel

d) Plain Milky Vanilla

The facade inside the sushi restaurant

So my review with the scores below :

1. Food :  4.8 / 5 

Very fresh fish ; tasty choices and fully satisfying

2. Service : 4.9 / 5  

Almost Full Marks again, Mr. Tan and his crew must be commended for application of Ikigai or the art of focussing on the small tasks and creating the right dining mood for us.

3. Ambience :  3.5 / 5  

Some let down as the building is old and there were times when the air conditioning (HVAC) vent system didn't function properly. Fortunately they had the presence of mind to use high powered fans to enhance the cooling environment.    

4. Price        : $$$       ;
Be prepared to pay $ 60 - 80 per person if ordering sashimi, which is their speciality.

                                

Overall        :  4.4 / 5

SUSHI KOU

1 Tras Link (by the side of Orchid Hotel ; Tras Road)

Singapore 078867 

Tel : 6444 8433