Tokyo Eater (NEX)

For fries in a set meal to be truffled, good job. Slaw was kinda salty.

Tempura-style chicken tenders. Big, fried well, not jelak like usual tenders - but almost tasteless. I guess that's why they provided a dollop of what might be garlic to enhance the meat's taste.

New pop up at NEX with mentai dishes and I got the $15 bowl of salmon don. Felt that the dish didn't hit my expectations with its meat serving and the mentai sauce (or maybe I'm just not familiar with the pink cod roes) Overall, it's a heaty dish - but hope to find better mentai dishes around :)

Tokyo Eater pop-up stall had seen a slight switch in its menu; taking over the previous Tendon menu, the new menu now features a whole variety of Mentaiko dishes — most of them being pretty familiar dishes such as Aburi Salmon Mentaiko Mayo Donburi and Mazesoba that is served with Mentaiko.

The highlight of the new menu would probably be the Mentaiko ice-cream; served in a pre-packaged cup, the consistency is pretty much like the ice-cream one would pick up from the convenience store — a little hard though still creamy and requires a little bit of digging through with the plastic spoon provided within. Carrying notes of umami and a slight tinge of spiciness, this is something meant only for the more adventurous; not that I love it, but certainly interesting and something I don’t really mind having again.

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Served with a decent side of Pickles and Chawanmushi, as well as a bottle with a generous portion of Dashi Broth. Because the meal is served in a deep and wide bowl, it's easy to eat this Chazuke Style, pouring some of the broth into the bowl and over the fluffy rice.
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Topped with 11 tempura fried ingredients, all having a lovely crisp and light batter. The ingredients include 2 string beans, 1 shiitake mushroom, 1 large pumpkin slice, 1 red bell pepper / capsicum, 1 baby corn, 2 chicken fillets, 2 prawns / shrimp, and 1 fried egg.
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Choose 1 of 5 sauces to drizzle over, including original soy, wasabi mayo, and even zesty ume! Shiok max.
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Batter could be crispier and more sauce. Love the rice with soup