Dinner @ Sen of Japan, Marina Bay Sands
The boys and DH met DD and I for dinner at Marina Bay Sands after we girls spent our afternoon at the Art Science Museum. I had originally wanted to eat at Gordon Ramsey’s Bread Kitchen but when I called that morning, they did not have a table for 5 anymore. They only had smaller tables. So we decided on Sen of Japan, a modern Japanese casual restaurant, since the kids like Japanese food. It was also conveniently located next to the Art Science Museum, and faces the promenade which I felt will have a nice evening view. We made our reservations via Chope, and managed to get a table for 5 at 7.30pm.
Sen of Japan @ Marina Bay Sands
DH arrived earlier than the boys. So the three of us decided to take a stroll along the promenade outside Sen. In fact the promenade is quite busy on this Friday evening. The sunset view of the city skyline across the bay was beautiful. It was a cool and pleasant evening stroll. It is rare for us to have such opportunity to just hang around to enjoy the beautiful city view with our busy schedule. Sometimes as locals we never truly make time to enjoy our own city.
The beautiful city skyline across the bay from the Marina Bay Sands promenade
The boys arrived and we went for our dinner. We started our meal with a 16 piece sashimi platter. It was generally good except for the scallop which I thought was not that fresh. A good scallop sashimi should be sweeter and not have any fishy taste. Uni however was fresh and sweet and up to standard.
16-piece Sashimi Platter @ Sen of Japan
They were giving 30% discount on their Chutoro and Otoro sashimi and we decided to give that a try too. After discount the 6 pieces of sashimi cost about SGD42. Still not cheap, but was very very good.
Otoro & Chutoro Sashimi @ Sen of Japan
After our sashimi we had the wagyu tataki, mixed fish cappaccio, chicken karage, gyoza, yasai tempura and ebi tempura. The Wagyu Tataki is a favourite of all of us. The chicken karage was also very well done. Juicy and tasty. The tempura were also well done. Not oily. The only disappointment was the gyoza which did not have the crisp base expected of a good gyoza. Taste was so so too.
Tasty dishes @ Sen of Japan
Our main was 2 servings of the 15-pieces Nigiri Sushi. The Otoro and Chutoro and Uni Sushis were great! The rice consistency and taste was nice too. We finished the 30 pieces of Sushi in no time.
15-piece Nigiri Sushi Platter @ Sen of Japan
After dinner, DS2, DD and I decided to have the Yuzu sorbet for dessert. DS1 decided to have the Molten Chocolate cake and asked for the accompanying ice-cream to be changed from Vanilla flavor to Sesame, which the restaurant obliged. The Yuzu sorbet was served with cut cuts and corn flakes. Yummy! . DS1 enjoyed his chocolate cake and sesame ice-cream too. DH set out of dessert as usual. His beer was his dessert.
Yummy dessert @ Sen of Japan
Total bill for the 5 of us came up to SGD457. Not a cheap meal, but then it is difficult to find a cheap place at Marina Bay Sands except perhaps at the basement foodcourt or the Toast Box Cafe near the food court. We enjoyed our meal here. For the kids, it was a nice change from the usual bentos in other casual restaurants.