Sushi Tenrai opens its doors this July with affordable omakase menus.
Dining at Sushi Tenrai is paced to suit its clientele at Singapore's central business district.
Sushi Tenrai is located at Pickering Street.
Reverence for omakase may intimidate some with its formal nature. At Sushi Tenrai, it’s a meal that best represents Japanese hospitality.
An omakase meal may suggest an extravagant price tag, strict etiquette, or a sense that extensive knowledge of the dining experience should be a prerequisite for the diner. This means that the Japanese dining concept may feel more than a little intimidating for some. In the Japanese restaurant Sushi Tenrai, the idea of omakase couldn’t be further from this common misconception.
Located in Singapore’s central business district along Pickering Street, the laid-back, frills-free interior of Sushi Tenrai reflects its simple philosophy — great sushi does not need to be reserved for special occasions. At its heart, the concept of omakase was conceived to make dining more convenient rather than stressful for guests.
Translated from Japanese to “I entrust it to you”, an omakase relieves the burden of wondering what a restaurant’s best offerings for the day may be. The close and sustained interaction with chefs at the table counter is likewise not an exercise of judging a diner’s faults, but a welcoming gesture for diners to offer honest feedback. This allows the chefs at work to orchestrate the progression of the meal more closely to impress the diner.
At Sushi Tenrai, diners can experience the refined Japanese dining style at lunch from an approachable $38. Those celebrating may consider the restaurant’s free-flow sake pairing option to complete the meal here as well. Signatures on the menu include a Wagyu Uni Rice Dish; a bite-sized parcel of sushi rice topped with sea urchin and caviar, folded with a generous slice of Japan’s rich marbled beef.
While meals here are paced to suit the nature of its location’s largest demographic, making a stop here perfect for business lunches, an omakase at Sushi Tenrai is no dilution of the Japanese concept. This is perhaps made most apparent by simply observing its chefs prepare wasabi. Here, fresh wasabi rhizome is grated the traditional way, scraped in circles on a fine sharkskin oroshigane; a Japanese grater, to produce a soft mousse-like paste. It’s small details like this that speak volumes of the considered nature that omakase was intended — offering only the best at the table.
Where: Sushi Tenrai, Pickering Street, Raffles Place, Singapore
When: Daily from 11:30 am to 2:30pm and 5:30pm to 9:30pm
Contact: https://tenrai.com.sg