今日の夕食は、大阪キッチンに行きました。少し前(1ヶ月くらい前?と思ったら2ヶ月前でした、いつもこのパターン。。。)に初めて行って美味しかったので。今日もカウンターに座りました。
We went to Osaka Kitchen for dinner today. We tried it once (we thought maybe a month ago but it was actually 2 months ago) and liked it so we went back. We sat at the counter again.
キュウリのラー油マリネ。
Cucumber marinaded with chilli oil.
アスパラガス(半分に分けてくださった状態)。
Asparagus – this is half of an order.
カマンベール(半分に分けた状態)。
Camembert cheese – again half.
手作り胡麻豆腐(半分位分けた状態)。
Homemade Goma-dofu. Half again.
近江牛のリブアイのステーキ(これは1オーダー分)。
Rib Eye steak of Ohmi beef – this is one order.
ソバメシ(半分の状態)。
Sobameshi (stir-fried mixture of noodle and rice). A half of an order.
黒豆ときな粉のアイス(1オーダー分)。
Ice cream of black soy bean & soy bean powder – one whole order.
どれもとても美味しかったです。特に胡麻豆腐とステーキ。ステーキは1人1枚ずつ食べたいねと夫と言いつついただきました(笑)。まだ1月なので、ビールなし、ウーロン茶(わたし1杯、夫2杯)をいただきました。お会計は185ドル。(前回はビールを飲んだのに160ドル台でした、今回は高めのものをオーダーしたんでしょうね。)やはり高く感じますが、ステーキが60ドルくらいしますからね。日本のお店も高めの設定のようなので仕方のないお値段でしょうね。美味しいので良いか、と思えます。中で働いておられるお2人も元気にキビキビ働いておられて好感が持てます。お客さんはほとんど日本の方でした。
We enjoyed everything but I particularly enjoyed Goma-dofu and Ohmi beef steak. We could have eaten a whole steak each very easily. It’s still in Dry January so no beer, we had Oolong tea (1 for me and 2 for my husband). The bill was S$185. The last time it was about S$160 even though we did drink beer. I guess we ordered one or two more expensive items. It seems quite expensive for this type of dinner but it’s on the expensive side in Japan (this place has its main restaurant in Japan) so it cannot be helped to be expensive here. Just the steak is about S$60. As everything is good quality we feel it’s OK to pay that much. The staff working behind the counter work very efficiently, which is a pleasure to see. Most customers are Japanese here.
このところ、金曜日の夕食はこういうカジュアル系が多い気がします。素敵なレストランに行っても高い割に美味しくない経験が多く、だんだん諦めてしまいました。夫もこういう日本のカウンターのお店が好きですし、カジュアルでも美味しところの方がいいね、ということに。
We seem to go to these casual places for Friday dinners these days more often than to more “posh” places. We used to want to go to posh places on Fridays but I find lots of those type of restaurants here are very expensive but their food isn’t that great and you feel silly to pay that much money, so I sort of gave up trying find such restaurants. My husband loves these casual Japanese places, where we eat at the counter and we now prefer good food in casual places than mediocre food in posh places.
Osaka Kitchen
4F Wisma Atria
435 Orchard Rd
Singapore 238877
Tel:+65 6262 3271
Droooooool! Looks all so good!
Yes, it was very good!