Kyushu highlights

If you have travelled to Kyushu in Japan, you will know that it boasts superb seafood and beef. Kumamoto, Fukuoka, Kagoshima and Nagasaki are among many cities with great produce.

Sun With Moon Japanese Dining & Cafe at Wheelock Place is having a promotion on food from Kyushu until Oct 31, and there is a slew of good things to order. These range from torched aged mentaiko or spicy cod roe ($13.80) to Kagoshima wagyu cutlet ($23.80) cooked rare.

The must-order, as far as I am concerned, is Goma Hamachi ($18.80, above), a generous serving of yellowtail sashimi slices sprinkled with sesame seeds laid out on the rim of a plate. In the middle, there is a pool of sweet soya sauce, an onsen egg and chopped spring onions.

The idea is to mix the egg with the sauce and dip the fish in it. Anything, especially grilled beef, dipped in egg yolk is delicious and it works very well with raw fish, too.

I finish the hamachi too quickly. There is still egg left in that soya sauce, which is irresistible despite being - or perhaps because it is - too salty and too sweet. So I grab a spoon and have myself a Japanese version of a Singapore breakfast of soft boiled eggs and soya sauce. Some kaya toast would have been great.

WHERE: Sun With Moon Japanese Dining & Cafe, 03-15 Wheelock Place, 501 Orchard Road

MRT: Orchard

TEL: 6733-6636

OPEN: 11.30am to 2.45pm, 5.30 to 9.30pm daily

INFO: On The Food Trail: Kyushu! promotion available until Oct 31, go to ww.sunwithmoon.com.sg

This article was first published on September 23, 2016.
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