Tetsu + Coffee Club

Visited Tetsu at Tanglin Mall. Been some time since I last had a good Japanese meal.

 

Was feeling hungry so I ordered an appetizer - Hiyayakko or Cold Tofu. The condiments, which consisted of bonito, seaweed, spring onions and minced ginger, and sauce actually came in a separate bowl from the tofu. The combination, together with the crunchy and juicy cucumbers, actually blended quite well.

 

For mains, I ordered the Jubako Set. You had a choice of kushi-age or kushi-tem. Kushi-age means it is breaded and fried, while kushi-tem is fried with tempura flour; I chose the former.

 

The set comes with 4 mini appetizers - pickles, cold braised chicken, salad and a mini cold tofu. Out of the four, I think the cold tofu was the most unique as it was topped with mashed century eggs and the overall flavour was pretty interesting.

 

3 pieces of sushi; I cannot remember what was wrapped inside, but this was pretty ordinary.

 

The kushi-age which consisted of pumpkin, mushroom, beef, scallop and prawn. Especially noteworthy was the mushroom for its juiciness, and the scallop for its sweet freshness. These were served with 4 different sauces for you to dip in - flavoured salt, chili sauce, mayonnaise and tonkatsu sauce.

My set also came with coffee. Overall, the whole meal was satisfying and well worth the money.

 

We subsequently adjourned to Coffee Club and I had the Raspberry Ice Parfait. The raspberry was frozen hard, while the piece of cake wedged in between was hard and pretty rough in texture. A total waste of my calories! This was an utter disappointment, a stain on what would otherwise had been a night of good food.