This is my first time I have taken over the reins from the official club
scribe in view that it was “Veg” Choi turn to buy. The restaurant under review today is
Yakinikutei Ao-Chan which is situated at Level 2, Concorde hotel (formely known
as Hotel Meridien & Shopping Centre).
I was personally looking forward to this venue as I had never previously
ate at any other Japanese eateries other than the usual sushi and ramen joints.
Once we reached, veg did the ordering as he has personally eaten here a number
of times and had mentioned that this place was better than Gyu-Kaku despite the
fact that I have never eaten at either one of these places. Anyway, back to the
food!!!!!!!. As most of the items on the menu are raw, the food came pretty
quickly.
This is a snapshot of what we ordered and how I felt about each dish.
Dann being the buddahigh he is, ordered the non beef set, which
basically came with the following items, prawns, scallop, pork harami and lamb.
I was fortunate enough to sample everything and was quite impressed with the
set. The food was pretty good. Fresh and juicy.
The raw beef sashimi served with raw egg yolk brought back memories as
the last time I ate this was when I was in university in Oz. The beef was juicy
and well marinated. Definitely a must try !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Veg ordered two different sorts of ox tongue which he mentioned was
really good. Initially, I was a bit skeptica with regards to eating tongue but
both the marinated ox tongue as well as the shoi negi (salted) ox tongue turned
out better than expected.
The texture of the meat was comparable to bacon minus
the fats. Once dipped with a bit of home made Ao chan sauce, it tasted even
better.
The beefs were next, we ordered belly prime beef cubes, wagyu harami and
the belly prime set.
The belly prime cubes were fantastic. It had the right
amount of fat and really melts in your mouth.
The wagyu harami were well
marinated and once served was snapped up within minutes.
The belly prime set
was basically thinly sliced beef which had great marbling and tasted really
good.
Despite Yakinikutei Ao-Chan being infamous for its beef, its pork belly
and pork harami turned out to be great as well. Businessman felt that the pork
belly and pork harami were even better than the beef that we ordered.
The mushrooms that we ordered and the salad that came with Dann set were
ordinary. But overall I give this place a thumbs up and another commendable
effort from veg for choosing this place.
The total damage came up to S$348.50.
However, judging from the faces of the members it was well worth it.
By: Ass Club Scribe aka "Erap II"
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