Kyoaji Japanese Dining (111 Somerset)

Kyoaji is one of the long time Japanese restaurant along Orchard Road, opened since 2016 at Centrepoint; before moving to their current location at 111 Somerset.

Located at the 2nd floor, which many people would miss out unless you are the regular, or know where they are now.

Came during dinner time and I went for this dinner set, a complete set but not too much of food.

The sea bream with mentaiko is just so strong with the mentaiko flavour, taste well with the soft sea bream that grilled perfectly.

Accompanied in this simple dinner set is the slices of sashimi, salad and miso soup.

This is a tiny teapot, and served like tea as well. The taste is damn unique, it's not for everyone, and is really hard to describe. It is kind of like savoury tea, there's there edge to it, but otherwise I really cant pinpoint where that taste is coming from

There's one prawn, and quite a lot of stuff inside.tofu, Gingko, maitake, shimeji, ckn, narutomaki

Don't expect too much, you're not guaranteed to like this.

Nice crisp, and an insane maillard reaction on the surface. It's super complex and absolutely delicious, if slightly salty on the surface. Meat was fine

This is worth a try if you're here

Choice of udon/soba/inaniwa udon

I got the last. The thin udon had a decent texture, sweet fried bean curd was airy, and dashi was fine as well

Overall decent

Small portion but big flavours, pitan sauce was nice it's a thin layer of tofu on top of a lot of crabstick

Not bad at all

Bringing to you a "taste from Kyoto", that's what Kyoaji stands for. Hidden within @111somersetsg , @kyoajisg is a Japanese restaurant that aims to embrace diners with the warmth of Japanese culture and cuisine.

I tried their Omakase menu awhile back, which comprises of:
1️⃣ 𝐒𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐢
Consists of maguro, salmon belly, botan ebi and hamachi. Very fresh!
2️⃣ 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐤𝐨 𝐓𝐨𝐟𝐮
A homemade tofu dish that melts in the mouth with assorted mushroom. A clean and light appetiser to start your palate.
3️⃣ 𝐇𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐞
You could never go wrong with this!
4️⃣ 𝐍𝐢𝐤𝐮 𝐊𝐢𝐦𝐨 𝐘𝐚𝐤𝐢
Super like the foie gras! Personally feel it would be better if a more premium beef cut was used.
5️⃣ 𝐀𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐢 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧
Very light and refreshing. The soup was robust and pairs really well with the fresh and silky noodles.
6️⃣ 𝐌𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐚 𝐈𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦
A standard dessert to end your meal on a sweet note.

Overall, it was a light and refreshing menu that wasn’t too heavy!