It's always a pleasure for a family-get-together over meals. Even though Singapore cuisine is expansive due to its ethnic food and cultural diversity, but somehow its a brain cracking moment each time choosing a place to dine out.
But one thing for sure, my family loves Japanese cuisine. So, there's always a tendency we will end up dining in a Japanese restaurant, very much frequently.
Recently, we headed down to Shiraishi, an authentic Japanese restaurant, located in Ritz Carlton Hotel. Shiraishi boasts traditional Japanese cuisine serving specialities like sushi, sashimi and kaiseki menus created by Chef Shiraishi Shinji. Hubby managed to reserve a private room although it's a Saturday which is normally packed.
The simple menu...mainly serving high quality imported sashimis and ingredients, air-flown from Japan. There's hardly noodle and rice dishes, not even bento sets. This also means that you will probably spend a bomb when dining in Shiraishi, as you will mostly feed on 1st-grade sashimi, and others to fill you up.
Let's toast on special chilled sake...$65
Otoshi (starter) of potato salad....$60 for 4 pax.
It's good to have a private room to ourselves. We could snap some pictures while dining.
While waiting for food...Son's complaining his growling tummy after swimming lesson!
Kids had one each of yakimono (grilled cod fish in teriyaki) served with sushi rice....$22 per plate.
Kids' favourite...chawan mushi..$12 each
Seasonal Hokkaido hairy crab...$50..simply steamed and the meat was separated from the shell before serving. It tasted sweet and the meat was firm. There's a vinegar-like dipping sauce to go along.
Seasonal pumpkin steamed with chopped fresh shrimp, with crunchy flat-podded green beans...this whole dish was refreshing with pumpkin sweetness. But the small potion was a tad pricey....$56 for 2 small servings.
Yakimono fish...just a sprinkle of sea salt, it brings out the robust sweetness of the fish meat...$38..served with pickled ginger stem, grated raddish and slice of lemon.
Towards the end of the meal, we had imported Asahi beer... $14 per bottle.
Tempted to get some maki...fresh tuna, uni (sea urchin), and tamago (egg) maki...$64. One uni piece costs $20...but worth the price..its very fresh, and sweet, no fishy stale aftertaste. I normally savour the tastiness of fresh uni, followed by the sushi rice...to sample the authentic ocean fresh uni to the fullest.
Our Japanese dinner ended with some single scoop ice-cream....$5 per scoop.
*The bill totals up to $700.32*. The verdict: Dining in Shiraishi is a bit costly looking at the impeccable food served, though it's no doubt the ingredients used are fresh and of high quality. But we rather choose Akashi, with more creative sushi/sashimi...of course omakase style....which averagely fetch around $500 for 2 pax.
To make reservation in Shiraishi Japanese Restaurant
Tel: 63383788
The Ritz-Calton, Millenia Singapore
7 Raffles Avenue
Singapore, 039799
*Appropriate dress code is required*
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