Ami Ami Review: Onsen Egg Tempura Don That’s Limited To 10 Customers Daily

I ran out of moolah before I had the chance to check out Kuromon Market in Osaka , so when I heard Ami Ami dishes out charcoal-grilled seafood and bowls of tempura donburi, or tendon in short, it became the top restaurant on my to-go list. ‘Ami’ translates to ‘net’, and I found this quite apt given that the seafood used here are caught in nets before being air-flown from Japan thrice weekly. Only 10 Sets Of Onsen Egg Tempura Don Served A Day Food at Ami Ami Ami Ami only serves 10 sets of tendon a day, so of course we had to lay our hands on one!

We got the basic Ten Don Set ($23.80++) , which came with miso soup and chawanmushi, and upgraded it to a Hitsumabushi Set (additional $3.50++) for a bottle of dashi broth and extra condiments on the side. This instruction manual on how to enjoy the hitsumabushi came with the tray.

Since we didn’t want to soak the rice in tendon sauce, we placed the individual tempura items on a plate before drizzling a hypertension-inducing amount of tendon sauce over the tempura. We began our meal by breaking the onsen egg tempura, and got all its liquid gold flowing out onto the rest of the components.

Meanwhile, the strips of carrots still managed to retain their crunch, and imparted a touch of freshness along with the spring onions. Next, we moved on to steps two and three of the instruction manual and savoured the tendon in a different method. We first poured a generous amount of dashi broth over the rice bowl and mixed in a small amount of wasabi, followed by sprinkling the dry condiments over it.

The steaming hot dashi broth imparted a mellow saltiness to the short-grain Japanese rice, which got soaked in no time to result in a comforting, warm bowl of carbs. That being explained, paying an additional $3.50++ for a bottle of dashi broth and some extra garnishes isn’t exactly wallet-friendly, so I’ll leave that out the next time I visit. The chawanmushi that came along with our set boasts an even, creaseless top, and was gleaming from an excess of dashi broth.

We decided to splurge, so we ordered Live Scallop Robatayaki with 3 Toppings ($19.80++) and got a chance to get a peek of the chef in action. We watched the chef skillfully place the scallop, which was still swimming in its own juices, on a metal ring and above the charcoal grill.

The best way to enjoy this dish is definitely to have all the ingredients in one mouthful. We in addition managed to get some behind-the-scenes shots of the kitchen, where the chefs fried the tempura and slow-grilled the seafood over hot charcoal.

Once the timer hit the designated time, they proceeded to fish out the tempura in one fluid movement and shook off the excess oil before placing it on a wire rack to cool. Ambience at Ami Ami Ami Ami by Kuriya Dining is located in Shokutsu Ten Japanese Food Street at the basement of Great World City.

We were asked if we wanted to have a private booth to ourselves or sit at the counter, and being the foodies we are, of course we chose the latter! It is the first restaurant in Singapore to dish out chilli crab tempura don! For those on a budget, Konomi Zen is a hawker stall that dishes out decent tempura don at $5.