Fish.

Thanks to our excellent geographical location, enterprising restauranteurs and love for Japanese cuisine, we're pretty fortunate to get good quality seafood imported from Japan on a bi-weekly basis.

Fish Mart Sakuraya, which started out as a retail outlet to cater to the local Japanese community, has seen an increased response for it's produce in recent years and they have expanded their presence to 2 outlets and casual restaurants.

The prices are really reasonable and the quality of the produce speaks for itself. The key to good Japanese cuisine is respect for the produce. I always believe that any good self respecting Japanese restaurant swears by simplicity, wholesomeness and elegance. This is where Sakuraya puts so many other local Japanese restaurants to shame. The mayo-in-everything localized Japanese culture in Singapore is just so wrong.

What a beautiful picture of real food. Fresh airflown salmon (sake) and ohtoro (fatty tuna belly) of the highest quality decorate the black lacquered plate with just the right amount of perfectly cooked and seasoned rice served at room temperature with a mound of pink ginger. One bite of these gorgeous slivers of ocean treasure will despatch you to the heights of culinary heaven. It's that good.

The salmon head is equally satisfying. Freshly grilled and seasoned with a little salt. The juice from the lemon wedge cuts the rich fatty omega oils of the salmon and the grated radish makes a great complement taste wise. S$10.00 for a slice of grilled heaven.

Oishi desu.