Solar System Japanese Food at Wheelock Place

So last week was Pampadam's birthday. Well, just to clarify. It wasn't exactly Pamapadam's birthday, it was a week that we were all free, and her birthday was much earlier this month. We discussed on where to go for lunch after much pushing and shoving and we decided on Sun with Moon at Wheelock place. It sounded familiar but I didn't argue with the birthday girl. Its been raining all weekend and I thought some good Japanese soup would help.

Unlikely of Pampadam, she was actually early and sm'ed me to tell me that the menu looked brilliant. So I was expecting something better than Sakae Sushi. The wife and I slept in that day and we were hungry. We always walked by the Sun with Moon because it was right next to our favorite breakfast place, the Cedele at Wheelock Place.

Entering the restaurant, the ambiance was nice but not as hot as Sushi Tei at Raffles City. When I say hot, I don't mean the temperature, I actually mean the surroundings. It was hot. So anyways, after walking a round of the restaurant, we found the birthday girl hiding one corner looking through the menu. After 10 mins, we hit the menu, and we ordered our food. we ordered the 5 varieties of sushi and a rainbow roll which was excellent. There are no pictures of those appetizers because we were that hungry! We sat down and we devoured the sushi before I remembered to take a picture!

I ordered this:

I honestly can't remember what its called but this is one of the specials. Its like a whole bunch of sushi on top of the sushi rice. I have to say this though. The fish were all fresh, rice had the hint of vinegar and didn't break into pieces like other restaurants might. It was highly enjoyable. My set also came with some Udon noodles and this stewed chicken with mushroom that was brilliant.

The missus ordered this:

It was a mushroom nabe soup, served with grilled eel with rice. I have to say. The soup did not have an overwhelming mushroom taste as you might have expected, in fact, it was light and sweet. The carrots, 4 types of mushrooms, tofu, what I thought was daikon radish and potatoes made the soup great. The rice with eel was alright but the soup again took the points for me.

Pampadam ordered this:

This was a Japanese concoction of what I think is their version of Singapore's clay pot rice. Where the rice and ingredients are all cooked int he same heated pot. This is served with the udon noodles and fruits (which came with every set). Pampadam seem to like it. At least that was what I thought she was saying through her non verbal cues!

Our dessert was:

This was a sample platter. The middle was green tea ice cream with red beans which Pampadam thought was brilliant, I actually preferred the bottom dessert, the sesame custard type dessert that was peppered with what else, sesame! The top dessert, I didn't try because it looked milky and I actually don't like milk. That drink on the top is my wife's Japanese grape smoothie which I thought was sweet and lovely (like my wife) and it ended our meal in a good note.

Japanese cuisine can be a real hit or miss sometimes in Singapore. The restaurant was familiar to me because we went there for our wedding anniversary dinner, but at Chijmes. The deco there was WAY HOT. The bill turned out to be quite abit but I thought it was okay. I can't state the price because Pampadam might read it. As an alternate view, one half of the FANTASTIC Gohs, i.e. the MAN-GOH, didn't really like Sun with Moon, and I could see why. But the most important thing I feel is to go try it yourself.