Yeah there's a reason why this is highly raved. It's very different from the normal dry tasteless stuff u get at other places, when I but into this I tot it reminded me of xlb filling. It's really v tender, and the sauce is strong too which balances the mild tsukune. This is coming from someone who doesn't like tsukune normally
Their signature item
Outside wasn't v notable but interior was very creamy, more than the normal ckn liver. Worth a try!
Min order 2 skewers
Came back here cos they ran out of their signature gossodama previously.
Small stick, not as crispy as it looks, but the marinade/brine is pretty on point, so it's q savoury
This is a chef recommendation item and deservedly. Can safely say this is one item here that surpasses most other izakaya's rendition, theirs is extremely meaty with a slight chew and very soft too. Served w slightly tangy garlic paste. Delicious! Didn't get to try their gossodama(ran out on the day I went) but I would say this is a must-order here
Ckn wing was q crispy on the exterior. Not too bad but needs the lemon to wash down the extra seasoning on the surface
Min order 2 pcs, good to come as 2 pax
Very different from the normal yakitori style. It's a sweet savoury glaze w actual burnt parts. Not bad
It might not look pretty but it taste good, these are few items that I repeatedly order.
🍢Gosso Dama (Chicken liver).
Chicken liver wrapped in crepine and baked on charcoal so the outside with cripsy with a bit char and flurry inside.
💰$3.9 per stick.
🍢Tsukune (Chicken Minced ball).
💰$3.5 per stick.
🍢Okonomiyaki Tsukune
💰$3.8 per stick.
🍢Hatsu (Chicken Heart).
💰$2.5 per stick
📍Omotenashi Dining Gosso.
64 Boat Quay.
A colleague of mine introduced this place to me. The meats were juicy and tender - the chicken balls were especially good. The egg mayo was a good complement, and the greens provide some freshness. This lunch set also came with a salad, miso soup and ice cream. For $15, you get great food and at such good value too. Would definitely recommend!
Lunch yesterday was big ass juicy Japanese chicken balls on a stick and fried chicken nugs covered in thick and creamy egg mayo over rice. Did you also say salad, miso soup and a scoop of ice cream? Why yes please.
Taste: 3.5/5
The donburi set lunches at Gosso by the Boat Quay waterfront are decently priced. Each set comes with a small salad with Japanese dressing, miso soup and even a small scoop of ice cream.
Ever since I discovered chicken nanban at Azmaya Honten, my quest for the best dictates that I order it wherever I see it. Gosso's comes with homemade tartar sauce with a touch of vinegar, over 4 large chunks of chicken on a bed of rice. Decent, but the chicken could have been crispier and the sauce, eggier.
Taste: 3/5
16 kinds of spices were added to the Gosso Minced Chicken ($3/stick) and then cooked at high temperatures over a charcoal fire.
The thick piece of chicken had a nice char on the surface and so soft on the inside, I thought it was just melting in my mouth 🤤
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💬 Food rating: 4.5/5
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📍Where:
64 Boat Quay
Singapore 049852
For lunch, this place offers a few value-for-money rice bowl options. This is one of the two that were highlighted in the menu with a “Recommended” tag, and I found it pretty decent for the price.
The tsukune was indeed large, juicy and really tender but it lacked the crunchy bits of cartilage that I love (Tori-tama at Robertson Quay does a great one if you are looking). The nanban is essentially a slab of boneless deep fried chicken dressed in a light, tangy vinegar-like sauce, and crowned with a heap of creamy tartare. Interestingly, its crunchy coating is not as hard as the ubiquitous karaage’s due to the presence of egg in the batter.
Every lunch set comes with salad, a bowl of miso soup and a small dessert. See what I mean about it being very good value-for-money?
Take some cream cheese blocks, top it off with mentaiko and wrap them with a sheet of seaweed. They go so well together! Really good with beer too.
Chicken liver wrapped in crépine and baked with charcoal so it's crispy outside and fluffy inside. Best eaten within 40 seconds!
Specialising in yakitori and rice bowls, OmoteNashi Dining’s most popular and recommended lunch set, Gosso Don ($15) was real comforting and filling. Served nice and pipping hot, the donburi pairs tender yakitori with succulent chunks of chicken that were fried to perfection blanketed by a slightly tangy and sharp house made tar tar sauce to complement. With the desired effect of cutting through the richness of the meats, you would be glad to know that the sauce did not steal the limelight from the yummy Nanban style deep-fried chicken which were surprisingly moist yet crispy.
Available from 11.30am to 2.30pm, each lunch set also comes with mini salad, miso soup and dessert!
The best yaki onigiri in Singapore for me. I never expect them to grilled my yaki onigiri to the perfect burnt crunchy on the outside.
Their yakitori also good and if you seat at the counter you can watch they grill for you.
The famous one is a must eat in 40seconds special yakitori. It's superb!
Hot, oozing cheese.
That was definitely one of the best Tsukune I ever had – moist, so savoury juicy, had bite, without being starchy.
The Tsukune is made one by one, only upon after ordering, thus taste ‘fresher’. http://danielfooddiary.com/2016/03/08/omotenashi/
Kut is actually white chicken liver, wrapped in crepine (fat netting, the thin membrane which surrounds the stomach’s internal), and should be consumed within 40 seconds.
Yes, there is a timer.
There is also Bacon Wrapped Japanese Ricecake.
http://danielfooddiary.com/2016/03/08/omotenashi/
Japanese Tsukune Chicken freshly made and grilled upon order, topped with fresh egg.
Cut, ooze, mix, eat with the accompanying salad. Ooooooo..... At OmoteNashi Dining, a hidden gem among the row of Japanese restaurants at Boat Quay.
http://danielfooddiary.com/2016/03/08/omotenashi/
Omotenashi Dining Gosso is one of the secret treasures along Boat Quay that the ceaselessly laboring and perpetually overworked CBD crowd love and jealously guard. It's decently affordable ($12.90++ gets you a mini salad, a respectably sized rice bowl of your choice, an obligatory bowl of miso soup and a dessert) and it's pretty darn delicious too.
The Chicken Nanban bowl which I ordered was served piping hot, carefully constructed by the chef right before my very eyes (I took the counter seat). Colossal yet completely juicy and succulent chunks of fried chicken were breaded and seasoned with typical Japanese precision and perfection. As a result, they were absolutely, divinely delicious and undeniably umami. The rice was cooked to perfection, and the underlying teriyaki sauce was bang on target.
What really made this dish legendary was Omotenashi's very own house made tartar sauce. Pleasantly sharp on the tastebuds and chunky in texture thanks to the little chunks of hard boiled egg, it added another, completely welcome layer of umami to the already umami donburi and cut straight through the smidgen of grease on the chicken, leaving you with nothing short of flavor heaven. Couple this bowl of Japanese perfection with a pint of Kirin at just $9.80++ and you've got yourself one of the best working lunches in Singapore.
Although they do tend to get rather overstretched during lunchtime, you can still expect the fabled Japanese standard of service here in this little eatery. The staff (two of whom are actually Japanese and I suspect them to be the proprietors) are extremely polite and will attend to you patiently in short order. With great food and good service at reasonable prices, Omotenashi has secured itself a spot as one of my favorite lunch places.
