Birthday Dinner at Kamoshita 3 Neil Road, my Review Part 1

Grilled Mackerel 

We celebrated my wife's birthday at the most authentic oden (Japanese) place in Singapore. Located in Neil Road. Kamoshita is its name and this is the first time in almost one year that we managed to snag a table (for 3) since the lockdown in Singapore end April 2020. Their reservation format is quite unique, you need to sign up and request for a table via Facebook Messenger and they will reply within the same day. I had tried to book this very popular restaurant located in the back of Chinatown area (Neil Road, running parallel to Tanjong Pagar Road) three times before each time being turned down, because it was full.

So, persistent me decided to make the booking for April 11th 2021 (Sat) almost 1 month in advance. SUCCESS ! We managed to get a table for 3 (my younger son Andrew is still studying in Queensland Australia at this moment) at 7.30 pm.

We arrived at appointed time, and was ushered to our seats. Service was brisk, though we remembered that the Claypot Seafood rice takes on average 45 minutes to prepare, so we ordered that, while I had my Sake (below) and some Fried Fish appetizer (also below).

Fried Tempura 

Top quality Sake 

  

Japanese Style Half Boiled Egg

Tonkatsu Cheese Cutlet with Leek 

Radish Oden 

Oden in Japanese is synonymous with the Japanese Ryokan or Inn. The soup is painstakingly prepared and there are numerous ingredients inside the iron pot which has been slow cooked and simmered for hours, or so it seems. Upon dishing out the ingredients (radish and half boiled egg for example), the ingredients are further decorated with condiments such as leek, shallots and Japanese herbs for flavour. 

We are so very taken with the 'clean food' concept (everything is prepared right in front of you) and the ingredients are fresh and not refrigerated or frozen for long periods of time.

The pacing of the food was just right, and we had ordered something like 8 to 9 small dishes, something which is similar to the 'degustation' or tasting menus of the Western European countries.

Remember this name :

Kamoshita 

5 Neil Road

Singapore 088806

Tel : 6221 3950