Kamoshita - A Revisit ; same great simple Japanese cooking

Fish Cake Oden

We had not been back to this superb Izakaya (Japanese Inn) place for more than 6 months, and our return was marked by eating and drinking some superb oden (Japanese soup) which is served according to your selection, (like Spanish Tapas) warm and cold. 

My wife and I had a total of 8 dishes ; some of which are shown above ;

a) Firefly squid with Yuzu sauce (below)

b) Warm Potato salad (below)

c) Smelt Tempura (below)

Firefly squid with Yuzu sauce 

It indeed looked like a largish grey fly and the texture was soft and not chewy. While it didn't excatly melt in my mouth, it had a little bit of the sea flavor which we found a little off putting. The Yuzu (yellow) sauce more than  made up with its tangerine and tangy sweetish flavour. 4.5 out of 5.

Warm Potato Salad 

This dish really stood out, we were really taken by the myriad of flavors, with potato salad filled with some ham (bacon ?) bits, small sprout leaves, butter and yuzu. 

5 of out 5 ; a top quality dish 

Smelt Tempura 

These small fish can be eaten whole, head, tail and all just like white bait or a cracker snack.It did my elevated cholesterol levels no good but what is there to live if one only lives by bread alone ?

Its crunchy, and flavorful, add the pink rock salt by the side for a superb entree.

4.5 out of 5. 

Smelt Tempura 

Warm Potato Salad

d) Radish Oden

e) Teriyaki Grilled Rainbow Runner

f) Boiled Egg

Radish Oden

Radish Oden.

A beautiful nuanced soup dish with very mild flavors. Good for cold evenings in Japan, not in warm and humid Singapore. But we loved it nonetheless.

5 out of 5. 

Water Cress with Fatty Iberico Pork Soup 

Water Cress with Fatty Iberico Pork 

The watercress was boiled for some time, and the pork was fatty, so the taste of the soup was absolutely yummy. So, the vegetable was tasty and not crunchy, same as the pork.

It seemed like a dish we could have easily made at home but probably with a different outcome :)

5 out of 5.

Teriyaki Grilled Rainbow Runner 

Teriyaki Grilled Rainbow Runner

The only dish which we felt was ordinary. The flavour was above average, though we felt that some parts of the fish were a little undercooked. The white radish, with the chopped spring onions garnished with a light soya sauce was a nice touch. Again not too sharp a taste.
4 out of 5.

The restaurant is practically the best Izakaya (Inn) we have tasted in Singapore, and it is indeed value for money. We only had a juice and an Asahi beer to complement our fine meal and the total bill came to $110 for 2 pax.

The closest MRT is probably Tanjung Pagar, and if you do drive, park opposite Maxwell Road Hawker Centre at the URA building along Kadayanallur Road. 

Kamoshita 
5 Neil Road  (shophouse)
S'pore 088806.