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Izakaya
What it is:
Izakaya
is akin to tapas: casual food eaten with an
alcoholic beverage or three. The similarities with tapas don’t
extend any further, though; the Japanese version includes
raw fish with your beer or sake.
Where to get it:
Izakaya Enmaru at Laguna National Golf &
Country Club | 6248 1722
What to order:
Don’t worry that Enmaru is located inside a golf
club: you don’t need to be a member and parking is plentiful
at this East Coast landmark. It’s the go-to venue for many
Japanese who rate the fresh seafood and quality ingredients
highly. Get started with a mug of icy-cold, draft Sapporo beer
($8.50) and a bowl of
edamame
($5.80) to munch on before
the Hokkaido black rockfish
sashimi
($40.80) and the Wagyu
carpaccio
($20.80). The flavours of both are sensational:
melt-in-the-month tender, and fresh, fresh, fresh. Follow them
up with the signature quirky Enmaru sushi ($26.80), an
assortment of fresh seafood draped over a long
maki
roll.
If you can fit it in, try a stick or two of
mentaimoyo
tsukune
(minced chicken skewers) ($3.80). Finish up with the delicious
homemade
maccha
tiramisu ($8.80) for a coffee hit.
Also try:
Izy on Club Street | 6220 3327
Izakaya Tomo at Esplanade Mall | 6333 0012