Fukuichi Japanese Restaurant

 Tier-1-friend-Boss-Khim "mandated" us to head out for a dinner session, so we were coerced to meet for dinner @ Orchard. Yaozu kindly made reservations at Fukuichi Japanese Restaurant, located at TripleOne Somerset. I seldom go to Orchard nowadays, so I tend to get a bit confused with TripleOne/313/Orchard Central. At times, I would mixed them up and ended up walking in circles just to locate the shop.  

 Reservation booked for 8pm, but as usual ... you'll only spot 3 early birds

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Leecher & Yaozu plus me behind the camera. If we were to have a fine for latecomers, I'm pretty sure we know who are the biggest contributors, heh.

The restaurant has a 150 seating capacity that encompasses a Sushi Bar, Tatami Room, VIP Room and a Sake Wine Bar nestled in an outdoor terrace overlooking a tree-lined boulevard. We went for al fresco dining as we couldn't get a table inside.

Kenneth dear finally arrived! 

Before his buttocks even touched the seat, he ordered us to order sake, heh! Alcoholic at heart - the large bottle that Boss EK insisted to order, claiming that it will only take us awhile to finish. Thankfully, this bottle lasted us the whole dinner.

We started with sashimi & salmon sushi. Thick slices of salmon that simply melts in your mouth, yummy! 

 Tomorokoshi Kakiage ($15), my fave since I love anything that comes with corn. Almond Ebi Tempura ($22) was coated full of almond and fried to perfection. The only grouse - tempura was too tiny! Fugu Mirin Boshi ($15) is actually blowfish seasoned with sweet sake - this tasted just like cuttle-fish. Add in a dip of mayonnaise for the added taste.  

With Priscilla :) Meiqin had to work, so she couldn't make it for dinner. 

From clock-wise: Hotate Garlic Yaki ($32) - Scallop with butter and garlic, Gyuniku Fagura Sauce ($35) - Grilled Beef with Foie Gras Sauce, Ebi Shitake Tempura ($12) - fried shitake mushrooms (my personal fave!) and Gyuniku Hoba Yaki ($38) - beef served on a "hoba" leaf.

EK has developed the habit of photo-bombing nowadays, lol! 

 We were pretty full by the time we finished dinner.

I wanted to take a selfie outside the restaurant, then these 2 guys insisted on squeezing into the pic with me, haha. 

Not to be outdone, Pris & Leecher had their "couple" shot across the corridor. 

We then adjourned to Mac @ Scape, for I was still craving for french fries and a cuppa of hot tea. Meiqin came over to join us after closing shop. We lingered for a while more to chit chat & the usual parting pics :) 

Fukuichi Japanese Dining

111 Somerset Road

TripleOne Somerset #02-11/12

Singapore 238164

Tel: 6271 5586