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Standing Sushi Bar

I love the spontaneous meet ups that we organise via social media! Nadnut was asking online on Monday if anyone is keen to go Standing Sushi Bar for ala carte dinner and a few of us, Fari, Nicole, Justin, Glenn and Sarah and I decided to join her!

And guess what? When we reached Standing Sushi Bar, Nadnut asked if we are keen for Omakase with a budget of $50, instead of having ala carte food. Given that the UOB Credit Card is having a 1 for 1 discount for Omakase until end of October, the bill will be $25, before GST.

The problem was we were in ODD NUMBER! Someone had to sacrifice! Glenn was nice to order ala carte instead.

Chef Roy and Kawasan

So with a $50 budget, what did we get? A 7-course dinner, completed with soup and dessert! Chef Roy and Kawa-san made us really good stuff!  The each dish is served only after everyone in the group finished their current dish and hence the food served were very fresh!

First course: Sea Snails

The Seas Snails were very sweet and fresh. My first time trying this! Some of us had a hard time getting the meat out though.

Second course: Assorted Sashimi

My all time favourite! YUMZ!

Third course: Eggplant with Special Sauce

I did not know that this was Eggplant until I checked Nadnut‘s twitpic. I love the way they cooked it!

Fourth course: Deep Fried Tuna on Stick

It has some other filling other than Tuna! I like!

Fifth course: Grilled Hokke

The taste of this Fish was very nice. Lightly salted and it smelled good!

Sixth course: Yakiniku Beef

The Yakiniku Beef tasted okay only. Maybe because we were enjoying the complementary sake and did not eat this fresh enough.

Seventh course: Assorted Sushi

The sushi had very little rice, which is good! By this time, I was pretty full already!

Radish Soup

The radish soup was a nice way to end the dinner.

Dessert: Ice Cream

From what we heard from Sarah, her friend wasn’t allowed to change the flavour of the ice cream and was offered Green Tea flavoured icecream. We were in luck since we have Nadnut with us! We were allowed to choose between 3 different flavours – Citrus, Green Tea and Black Seasame!

I must say that I enjoyed the food very much and the total damage was $29.40 each after the UOB Credit card discount! Damn worth it right? If you are keen to try Omakase and you have a UOB Credit Card, go there during the month of October 2009! If you don’t have an UOB Credit Card, go look for someone who has it.

Oh, did I mention that the owner of Standing Sushi Bar is Howard Lo? He was one of the contestants on “Eye for a Guy” and coincidentally, he is also a Fresh Air Ambassador! Too bad, we did not get to meet him as he was caught up with some stuff on Monday. We will probably get to meet him during our next visit to Standing Sushi Bar, which is on 20 Oct!

The attendees for this coming round of Omakase will be Nadnut, Nicole, Justin, Jacelyn and me! This time Nadnut will be bringing her friend along so we are in even number! Nadnut has requested for Chef Roy and Kawa-san to create a different menu for us the next time we visit!

I am so looking forward to it! YUMZ!