Nadaman has an established reputation as the premier choice for businessmen and ladies of leisure seeking an extravagant Japanese meal. While I’m far from either, it’s a joy that I could lunch out with my favourite person at one of the top Japanese restaurants in Singapore. Comprising 7 bite sized and beautifully presented courses, the mini kaiseki ($45++) is undoubtedly the top pick food-wise. We also tried the teppanyaki set B menu ($55++) which is a pretty good deal as there’s variety and portions are rather generous.
Menu for the mini kaiseki changes weekly. I had boiled garland chrysanthemum and a soy bean milk-sesame mousse for appetisers, followed by a clear and light-tasting soup with yomogi fish cake, chef’s selection of fresh tuna and sea bream sashimi and a simmered dish of prawn tempura and eggplant with radish sauce. Everything tasted great, especially the mousse and fish cake cuz I love their texture, the former smooth and the latter soft and chewy. So far so good!
For the teppanyaki menu B, appetiser was the same garland chrysanthemum sans the mousse for appetiser, chawanmushi with my favourite ginkgo nut hidden at the bottom, a sizzling hot plate of silver cod, prawn and scallop which was delicious and an easily forgettable mixed greens salad.
Both set comes with fried or steamed rice with wild vegetables, pickles and miso soup. My main for the mini kaiseki was a nicely grilled swordfish with teriyaki sauce, meaty and firm. As for the teppanyaki, it’s a choice of either lamb or beef with fried mixed vegetables.
Desserts were so boring that Aoki’s sweet trio flashed into mind immediately! Custard mousse for mini kaiseki and a scoop of vanilla ice cream (no vanilla bean specks sighted) for the teppanyaki set.
A peek at the dinner ala carte menu is not for the faint hearted. Prices can easily run up to 3 figures! I’ll just stick to lunch happily.
I like the way you present your photos, makes the food look cute. Nice.
Thanks, PY! =)