I was slightly ashamed of myself for pigging out and enjoying myself so much over the past few weeks, so I delayed posting this entry.
We went to Sun With Moon Japanese Dining and Cafe last week for dinner, our last dinner with Angela before she flies back to the US. Since, in her words, LA has crappy Japanese food, we decided to eat Japanese.
Avocado prawn salad
The prawns are battered and deep-fried, but inside each flour pocket is a succulent and fresh prawn. The dressing they drenched the prawns with is very tasty. The “bowl” is actually a piece of springroll crepe, deep-fried to be a serving bowl. We cleaned this plate.
Unagi metal pot rice
I had the unagi metal pot rice, one of their signature dishes. It comes with a minute-hourglass, and I was instructed to only open the pot after the minute is over. I waited, and took pictures.
That’s the engraving at the top of the hourglass. Told you, it’s their signature dish so even the hourglass bears their name.
Unagi metal pot rice
After one minute I opened the pot to be greeted with unagi and steamed broad beans atop flavoured rice. In the rice there are more broad beans and chestnuts. Unfortunately, I belong to the group of people with infantile pharynx – I choked on soft unagi bones. Yes, I’ll say it again – a piece of soft unagi bone got lodged in my throat the entire night. Among other bones that were difficult in going down. It’s not like I didn’t chew, but somehow I am just very sensitive to unagi bones.
sushi moriwase
Angela had the sushi moriwase, presumably to stock up on good sushi.
sashimi platter
She also shared the sashimi platter with Su. The presentation is pretty; the fresh seafood and fish are served on ice, and the wakame seaweed progressively soaked up water and expanded itself when the ice melted. I am not a fan of raw flesh so I didn’t really get turned on by this dish. But I think it should be good. (It’s expensive, so it better be!)
ramen set meal
Su had a set meal consisting of pork broth ramen, beef steak, and half-broiled salmon sushi.
I like how the sushi look.
We shared the tofu cheesecake. It’s served in a tiny cage with a tiny origami bird in the cake (not really seen in the picture). The cheesecake is light, but not in the same way as fluffy Japanese cheese cake. It’s light as in not cloying. Then again it was puny, so it’s pretty hard to try to get it to … cloy someone.
Overall Sun With Moon is definitely one of those places you pay for ambiance. The food is nice, yes, but the serving is small. Anyone with some kind of appetite will agree with me. Apparently they have different menus for lunch, tea and dinner. Nonetheless I don’t think I’ll return to this place. I think it’s mainly because I don’t eat raw flesh, and their cooked food (namely, metal pot rice) didn’t impress me, so it’s not on my to-go list. However if you love sashimi and is on the prowl for super fresh luxury sashimi, this is one place to consider.
Sun With Moon Japanese Dining and Cafe
501 Orchard Road, Wheelock Place
#03-15
Tel: 6733 6636
Please check their website for opening hours.
