Hanabi Restaurant @ King's Arcade

Hanabi is located in the corner of King's Arcade along Bukit Timah Road, and you've gotta take the filter lane where BT Road meets Farrer Road to reach there. If you had taken the flyover over Farrer Road, good luck trying to navigate your way back to King's Road via Empress Street.

Parking at King's Arcade is strictly residential only, so you can try parking at Coronation Plaza or the carpark directly opposite Hanabi.

We were immediately greeted a la Jap style when we entered the restaurant, and we were pleasantly surprised that there wasn't a full house of noisy patrons, as we had expected from Hanabi's reputation. The lady boss seemed very nice and helpful, and was also thankful that we were taking photos of our food to help her publicize her restaurant!

Decor of the place





The jar of flowing water next to our table... very therapeutic.




Sushi Bar at the corner


招财猫！


Cheese Chawanmushi! <-- DIE DIE MUST TRY!!!

This one brings tears to my eyes as the flavour of cheese blends in perfectly with the steamed egg here and there's even a cheezy surprise at the bottom - half melted mozarella! Definitely a MUST TRY for cheese fanatics like me. =D


Kushi-style (on-a-stick) Shishamo

This one was grilled to perfection, as the size of the shishamo was larger than the usual you get at those less-than-proper Japanese Restaurants. As usual, my favourite part of this fish is the head (surprisingly not the eggs).


Zaru Soba

This one tasted quite the usual, but the texture of the buckwheat noodles was a little different as there was some degree of chewy-ness. Missing a quail egg, though.


Sashimi Moriawase (Mix Platter)

This one is the perennial must-have for me - the main reason I'm being recognised by my fellow authors as Mr Sashimi(which obviously speaks for itself). The sashimi was very fresh, as usual on tuesdays, but there was an obviously larger portion of salmon to make up for the significantly fewer pieces of Maguro. Another downside is that they do not serve Mekajiki(Swordfish) here.