Tatsuya's Bento Sets..

Tatsuya Revisited: I started with the Omakase which killed me cause it costs $120 for 8 pieces of Aburi sushi. It is sushi that is broiled over a flame.. and added with sauces and garnishing that includes exquisite items like Foie Gras and sauces.

Its served with the signature Tatsuya Tamago which is sweet, also with radish and sweet potato. The line-up: Otoro (Tuna Belly), Salmon, Scallop and Shrimp! Amazingly, the shrimp stuck the greatest impression of the four!
BENTO SETS:

First up is the Unajyu Sashimi Bento ($30++).
It comes with slices of grilled unagi on a bed of rice with seaweed. Accompanied by assorted tempura and 6 thick slices of Sashimi, chawanmushi and miso soup. The tempura was well-battered and fried, resulting in a light tempura.

The Sashimi is fresh, no doubt. Coming from Tsukiji, one can expect the standards to be high. And it doesnt disappoint, the tuna, yellowtail and salmon were indeed fresh.

Ladies Lunch ($28)

This set consists of Fried Kakiage, Assorted Sushi selection, potato salad, and handmade cold noodles served with quail egg.

The cold noodles were exquisite. They were smooth and downed with the sauce that was thickened by the quail egg. Special mention for the california maki. The roe was so fresh that it just burst in the mouth with each bite!

The Kakiage was novel and crunchy. and the sushi was light enough. This is the perfect lunch for office ladies. Just enough and not too much so that they wont fall asleep after lunch!

The Sashimi Bento ($30)

The key difference in this is that the rice here is vinegared and is certainly one of the best sushi rice I have tasted. With a generous amount of Sashimi, this bento set is certainly worth it!

Buta Kakuni ($18)

This dish is quite a dampener! It didnt live up to what I had expected. But then again, its also not one of the specials! It was rather tough and I felt it wasnt well braised and simmered enough..

All in all, Tatsuya is a class above all Japanese restaurants in S'pore and understandably charges a premium for its food. Its been a real privilege to have savoured the food here.

Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2009

This is my 100th blog post ! And it coincides with the post on my 4th marathon: The Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2009. Affectionately known as Stanchart, this race holds good memories for me given that last year, I was organising an Adventure Race the day before then i went to run in the race.

Characterised by a relatively flat route, this year's edition is no different and the weather was absolutely perfect for a long run. In fact, it was so cool that it helped in the evaporation of sweat. I completed the race with a time of 4h35mins . Though its 8 minutes slower than my time last year, I was glad and proud that I completed because my legs refused to listen to me anymore after 36km.

I had made a tactical error at the 12km mark as I followed the 4.15hr pacers and felt comfortable when I should have restrained. As a result, my tank went flat and I paid the price for a tactical mistake. Wiser head belongs to the wise old man. Haha.. young man should have followed Old man.

Nonetheless, it was a good race with the exception of the merging with the half-marathon and 10k runners.

No disrespect to them, but I feel the organisers should create lanes to avoid having the massive blockages that we saw today. And we wouldnt have to zip around avoiding them and waste our energy.


With Mentor and Chin Seng

We had matching DS-Trainers from Asics. Old man really no joke, did his PB with a time of 4h25mins! Really commendable and he's going to do more marathons next year! Haha.. Im going to rest now.. Legs are jellied and abrasions to armpits and nipples. Super jialat..

Okay, its chillout from now on!