With a min 4 months wait for a table @ Teppei, we were extremely lucky to nab seats when BFF's friend had seats to give up! I've heard raves about Teppei, especially their omakase sets, which they are popular for. Omakase (お任せ) is a Japanese phrase meaning "I'll leave it to you", so the chef will select what he wants to prepare/present to the audience. The cosy restaurant sits around 20 pax, with 2 seatings for dinner ~ the earlier seating starts at 6.30pm, while the later one starts at 8.30pm.
with BFF! We walked all the way from our offices to Teppei, working off those fats to gear up for a scrumptious meal.
Chawanmushi & fresh oyster with miso chilli. The trick is to slurp the oyster together with the small dab of miso chilli at the side, yums!
We are forever eating on every meet up, lol!
Looking very much like braised meat, I bit into it only to realise that it was actually saba fish!
Once again, I was tricked into thinking that this was sweet potato only to realise that it was eggplant tempura.
Our stomach were only operating at 60% capacity thus far, lol!
We were kept busy taking pics dish after dish #thewoesofbeingablogger, haha!
Break time for pictures, lol!
Another item ready to be served!
The highlight ~ wagyu beef! Too small a portion but delicious nevertheless. Almost everyone on the table got excited when we saw the assistant chef taking out the beef, lol!
The main course is the last to appear & you get to pick from the selected range of fried rice with sunny side egg (spicy), sashimi rice, soba (hot/cold) and udon (hot/cold).
I went with fried rice with sunny side egg & I was blown away by the portion. At this point, my stomach was bursting and I had to remove my belt, lol!
Both BFF & Leecher went for sashimi rice, which seemed more manageable. I shouldn't be so greedy next time.
We each got a scope of ice cream for dessert. The range consisted of calpis, durian, green tea, sesame and walnut. I still prefer green tea ice cream over everything else.
A large pint of beer to go with food. Their omakase sets range from $50, $60, $80 and $100. Once we sat down at our seats, the servers will come around taking orders for your omakase. If you don't take raw food/beef/shell fish etc, do let the servers know so alternatives can be arranged. We ordered the $80 set which includes wagyu beef, haha!
Introducing Chef Yamashita Teppei ~ engrossed in the food preparation. No wonder they say 认真的男人最有魅丽. Perhaps I should try to capture Leecher when he's making dinner next time, heh.
Counter seats where everyone gets to witness the live preparation of food. Honestly, I wasn't prepared for the sheer amount of dishes that Chef Teppei has prepared for us. I only remembered I ate non-stop from the time I sat down.
First up, we had salad with Japanese dressing served with fish cake. As regular readers would know that I'm not fond of my greens - however, the japanese dressing whet my appetite. Unlike my fave thousand island dressing, the dressing was light and flavourful. Radish and edamame were both delish, much to my surprise. Since Chef Teppei scored points (with me) on the items-that-I-usually-avoid, I was looking forward to see what tricks he got next :)
Nv ending preparation. While he focused on his work, he still took time to chat & joke along with the patrons.
Sashimi plate, my fave :) Every slice was so fresh that it literally melt in my mouth. I wished there were seconds for this! How do you usually eat your sashimi? I'll normally head for any item, while saving salmon (my fave) for the last :)
I remembered we had a tuna handroll, but most of my pics turned out blurry :( This is the only pic I have of Chef Teppei deep in concentration preparing for tuna handroll.
Chawanmushi & fresh oyster with miso chilli. The trick is to slurp the oyster together with the small dab of miso chilli at the side, yums!
We are forever eating on every meet up, lol!
Looking very much like braised meat, I bit into it only to realise that it was actually saba fish!
Once again, I was tricked into thinking that this was sweet potato only to realise that it was eggplant tempura.
Shellfish which Chef Teppei claimed it was "fresh from Sentosa", bringing laughter to us. Homemade beancurd skin and uni was so-so in my opinion. The colourful bits were purely for decoration much to our disappointment.
Our stomach were only operating at 60% capacity thus far, lol!
We were kept busy taking pics dish after dish #thewoesofbeingablogger, haha!
Break time for pictures, lol!
Another item ready to be served!
Tempura fish which I was hopping it will be prawn :( The fish was well-fried, but there were countless of tiny bones inside which made eating a hassle. On the other hand, cheese with salted egg yolk, pitan and sesame was good, haha! One of the mini surprises of the night.
Smoked radish served on satay stick ... one mouth and its gone!
Dumpling soup
The highlight ~ wagyu beef! Too small a portion but delicious nevertheless. Almost everyone on the table got excited when we saw the assistant chef taking out the beef, lol!
The main course is the last to appear & you get to pick from the selected range of fried rice with sunny side egg (spicy), sashimi rice, soba (hot/cold) and udon (hot/cold).
I went with fried rice with sunny side egg & I was blown away by the portion. At this point, my stomach was bursting and I had to remove my belt, lol!
Both BFF & Leecher went for sashimi rice, which seemed more manageable. I shouldn't be so greedy next time.
We each got a scope of ice cream for dessert. The range consisted of calpis, durian, green tea, sesame and walnut. I still prefer green tea ice cream over everything else.
The end of the first seating at 8.15pm. The chef bid us farewell while he rewarded himself with a can of beer from the fridge.
The diners who have arrived for 2nd seating.
The beauty of omakase means I won't know exactly what I'm eating. It all boils down to the chef 's creativity, translating his thoughts into cuisines. We were extremely bloated from all the delicious food that we had to take a walk before heading home :) Wonderful experience & I hope to plan a trip back soon!
Teppei Japanese Restaurant1 Tras Link, Orchid HotelSingapore 078867Tel: 9229 4941
