Dinner with a show has always had an unbeatable allure, and for good reason. Nothing quite beats that feeling of seeing food prepared right before your eyes. Enter Miyoshiby Fat Cow, which has launched a menu with dishes prepared on a griddle in classic teppanyaki formation.
The eight-course “teppan-kaiseki” dinner menu, as the restaurant calls it, is priced at $228++ per person. A five-glass wine pairing and four-glass sake pairing are also available at $68++ each.
We begin with a platter of five seasonal items: red miso-braised wagyu, Japanese ivory shell, dried persimmon, boiled sweet potato and deep-fried freshwater crab. Nothing here has seen the teppan just yet, but it’s fantastic nonetheless. We like the contrast of textures and flavours, especially as we work our way around the plate to the crunchy, crackly crabshell.
Our first teppan-kissed dish comes in an unexpected form: soup. A Korean black abalone goes for a quick spin on the griddle before getting scooped into a bowl with dashi ladled over top. The addition of mizuna (Japanese mustard greens) gives the dish a subtle pepperiness, which pairs well with the light smoke on the shellfish.
An onslaught of grilled dishes then comes our way, all expertly prepared right in front of us. We watch in awe as the chefs seamlessly go from searing scallops to smoking the bivalves in straw, then serving them up with caviar and shiso flowers. There’s a level of precision here that one might not usually associate with teppanyaki.
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More dishes follow, from dry-aged maguro tuna with mountain pepper sauce, to lobster with uni sauce. You’d think that we’d grow bored of the repeated preparation, but there’s just enough variation between each course to keep us eager for the next dish.
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The menu offers two optional add-ons: Kanto-style wagyu sukiyaki with an egg yolk sauce and black truffles ($38++) and foie gras ($28++), which is gingerly coated in cornflour before going on the teppan, adding a crispy coating that offsets the liver’s richness. Both dishes are great in their own right, though small eaters might have to make a choice between the two.
Wrapping up the savoury courses is a wagyu tenderloin served with yuzu kosho, shoyu-marinated wasabi, garlic chips and vegetables; followed by garlic fried rice with cubes of wagyu. The fried rice begins with a dazzling quantity of garlic, heaped onto the teppan and browned before being tossed with rice, butter and the beef — easily becoming our favourite dish of the night.
For a sweet treat to close the meal,we’re served a yokan of red bean paste, condensed milk and shochu, set with gelatin and served with fruits and matcha ice cream.
It’s often said we eat with our eyes first. That adage certainly holds true here at Miyoshi, though the food holds its own well enough to prove it’s more than just a smokeshow. If you’re ever in the mood for a trip down to Sentosa and a meal that’s equal parts exciting and delicious, you know where to go.
Miyoshi by Fat Cow
Mess Hall, Sentosa
2 Gunner Lane #01-04/05/06
Singapore 099567
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Contact:
Tel: +65 6019 0089
Email: enquiry@miyoshi.sg
Opening hours:
Lunch: Wednesday to Friday, 12pm – 3pm; Saturday & Sunday, 11.30am – 3pm
Dinner: Wednesday, Thursday & Sunday, 6pm – 10pm; Friday & Saturday, 6pm – 10.30pm
