Seki Japanese Restaurant, located at Rendezvous Hotel is a mid-priced japanese restaurant, specialising in fresh sushi and sashimi.
Most of their seafood served are brought in from Japan’s Hokkaido and Chiba region twice a week for freshness. Hence the pricing is considered pretty reasonable for quality.
I was invited for a tasting session sometime back. A special omakase menu was served for us to sample a range of their dishes:
![Fugu Mirin Boshi (S$12) Fugu Mirin Boshi (S$12)](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8037/7910451898_bc3973b7e1_z.jpg)
Fugu mirin boshi refers to dried puffer fish. It tastes chewy like a thin strip of bak kwa (Chinese barbecue pork) and is served at Seki with a mayonnaise dip topped with Japanese chilli powder.
![Seki Kamo Salad (S$8) Seki Kamo Salad (S$8)](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8035/7910450032_fc59fd9248_z.jpg)
This cabbage salad is served with black pepper smoked duck and topped with thin strips of deep fried spring roll skin, sesame seed and homemade dressing.
I like the mix of crunch and softness in the salad ingredient.
![3-Kind Sashimi Moriawase (S$42) 3-Kind Sashimi Moriawase (S$42)](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8312/7910449776_04e44f30dd_z.jpg)
![I love fresh sashimi! I love fresh sashimi!](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8322/7910450464_f3324ee778_z.jpg)
At Seki, their sashimi is served with the freshest ingredients, imported directly from the Japanese mecca of seafood, Tsukiji Market, Tokyo, on every Tuesday and Thursday.
Lovely!
![Gyu Shioyaki (S$15) Gyu Shioyaki (S$15)](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8181/7910451432_d816c25cec_z.jpg)
![Juicy and tender! Juicy and tender!](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8460/7910451674_9ddbcf4eb3_z.jpg)
This is the main course – charcoal-grilled beef in black pepper and salt, served with a special mayonnaise mustard sauce for dipping.
![Cheese Chawanmushi (S$7) Cheese Chawanmushi (S$7)](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8029/7910450270_4cfec89341_z.jpg)
The cheese is not overbearing in this dish and adds a nice nutty fragrance to the smooth egg custard. I quite like this.
![Sushi Moriawase and California Roll (S$35) Sushi Moriawase and California Roll (S$35)](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8042/7910450742_c42ce4569a_z.jpg)
![I can eat a hundred pieces of thse sushi I can eat a hundred pieces of thse sushi](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8435/7910451186_20646bc16e_z.jpg)
The sushi served were really fresh and melts in the mouth. I could have eaten a hundred pieces of these.
![Miso soup Miso soup](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8306/7910450966_a736c8097c_z.jpg)
Overall, Seki gives pretty good value-for-money. It is not exactly the cheapest japanese restaurant around, but for the quality of the seafood, it is pretty reasonable.
Here’s more details about the restaurant if you are interested to visit:
Address: 9 Bras Basah Road, #01-02 Rendezvous Hotel Gallery
Tel: +65 6336 3806
Opening Hours: Daily, 12pm–3pm, 6pm–11pm