DInner of the day: Watami Japanese Casual Restaurant @ Orchard Ion

I went to meet up with my ex-colleagues which I met from my previous part-time job at a furnishing company, and one of them suggested eating at Watami at ION as she mentioned the food served there was good! It has been a while since I last met them (a year ago?) and was absolutely thrilled to meet them again and talked about the old times ad catch up on each other’s lives. 🙂

At Watami, we decided on having a set meal for 2 pax instead as my friend mentioned that the meal served was actually really filling and she was sure that it will fill up all three of us, so we agreed on that!

We chose the $59 set meal. Initially, I thought it wouldn’t be that much as the pictures look like the serving is small. Boy! I was wrong! As the food came one by one, we were starting to worry that we may not even be able to finish it, let alone two people!

The first dish served was the Kankoku Butechige (Korean-style Army Hot Pot) with Udon. I have never tried Army stew before, and it puzzled me that this Korean dish was actually served in a Japanese restaurant!

You have the option to choose between udon or rice when served with the army stew. Since we have already ordered rice for other dish, we choose udon instead. The combination of the Kankoku Butechige and udon was great, where you can slurp the udon with the soup. However, the downside is that I find the soup quite bland, which kind of disappointing because I have always see army stew in korean shows where the dish looks so delicious! Since this is my first try and taste of the dish, perhaps I will try other places that serve army stew to see if it is suppose to be bland and compare from there.

Next dish served is actually a new dish which Watami has come up with: Obihiro Meibutsu Ishiyaki Buta Don which means Pork Neck rice in stone pot. So far, I find the meat texture average, not so hard, not so soft either. But the marination of the meat was good. If not for the sauce and the mixing of the rice, I might have abandoned this dish totally.

This is the best dish of all! I love the texture of the chicken and the crispness when you bite into it. Mixing together with the tamago (egg), the combination of the two was heavenly. A big thumb up for this one! I am one big sucker for chicken katsu topped with tamago, especially when the texture of the egg is so fluffy and soft, oozing a little with the white and yolk. So I am really very pleased with this dish!

 

After feasting on all the meat, this is the dish I would like to see to “kill” off my guilt for eating so sinfully. I like the salad overall. Not a very fantastic and extremely delicious, but the dressing tasted good, together with the crispy bacon and lettuce. The crumbs were y favorite, and I wish that they add more crumbs instead of just a few miserable pieces.

 

And finally my favorite dish which is the sashimi! Carpaccio 3-shu Moriawase means assorted Sashimi Carpaccio, and it was said that the dish will always be different subjected to seasonal availability. The sashimi were all presented very nicely on the plate topped with the sauce which increase my appetite every time I take a glance at them while gobbling down the chicken katsu. So far, I like the sashimi together with the sauce, which was really delicious 😀

 

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Spend the most enjoyable dinner with the two girls who never fail to make me laugh and making my previous job so enjoyable! <3

Rating:  4/5

Watami Japanese Restaurant
2 Orchard Turn
#B3-23 ION Orchard