FIVE Izakaya Bar

A junmai-shu sake made from only 70% milled white rice, spring water, yeast, and koji / fermented rice, brewed by the Gekkeikan Sake Co., Ltd. in Fushimi ward, Kyoto prefecture, Kansai region of Japan.
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It has a clear transparent colour, with aromas and tastes of muskmelon, coconut, white rice, and steel.
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The body is crisp, balanced, and smooth, and the flavour is vegetal earthy sweet. Has a medium clean finish.
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This feature thinly sliced, super crispy pork luncheon meat / spam chips, with bold savoury salty meaty flavour. These crack with a loud, satisfying crunch when bit.
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Served with a sweet chili dipping sauce on the side. Proper bar snack.
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This was delicious. The large rounds of eggplant / aubergine / brinjal have a soft juicy bite, and bright vegetal sweet earthy flavour.
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The rich miso glaze on top lends robust savoury salty flavour, resulting in a really addictive bite.
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Perfect for sharing between 2 people. It features a pair, each, of 5 different skewer varieties. These are standard though, you can't swap them for other skewers.
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The Skewer Yakitori Momo Tare / Chicken Thigh With Tare Sauce Skewer (SGD $5) isn't as chunky as I'd like, but is still nicely tender and moist. Coated with sticky tare teriyaki sauce, the chicken thigh takes on a bold salty savoury sweet flavour.
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The Skewer Negima Tare / Chicken Thigh & Leek With Tare Sauce Skewer (SGD $6) has big chunks of moist and tender chicken thigh, paired with crunchy juicy leeks, coated in sticky tare teriyaki sauce. Nicely vegetal sweet savoury salty in flavour.
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The Skewer Butabara Shio / Pork Belly With Salt Skewer (SGD $5) features large succulent chunks of pork belly, sprinkled with salt. With a tender juicy bite that has a slight crunch, and bold savoury salty flavour, this was really appealing.
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The Skewer Bekon Shiitake Shio / Shiitake Mushroom & Bacon With Salt Skewer (SGD $5) was above average. The chunks of shiitake mushroom were juicy and bouncy soft, while the pork bacon was slightly crisp. Sprinkled with salt, I loved that this wasn't dry. The combined earthy sweet salty savoury flavour is nicely enticing.
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This was delicious, with large, moist oily chunks of flaky tender salmon fish loin. Rather than just being torched, it's almost cooked through.
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Each bite is a succulent burst of sweet savoury flavour. Tasty!.
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Five Izakaya Bar
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Simple looking bowl, tender sliced braised pork belly over fluffy Japanese rice.
Cheerful colour from green broccoli, orange carrot & yellow pickled radish.
Side served bowl of miso soup.
Yummy!