Koh Grill & Sushi Bar: Best Hidden Find for Japanese Food

December 1, 2010 | 3 Comments

Koh Sushi Grill Bar Shiok Maki

My friends are probably hatching a plot to murder me as I type this, but I’m going to risk it and tell you guys anyway — Koh Grill & Sushi, a small Japanese eatery in Wisma Atria Food Republic, is an amazing place for good Japanese Food at very reasonable prices.

It isn’t appropriate to use ‘Best Japanese restaurant in Singapore‘ to describe Koh Grill & Sushi since they aren’t really a restaurant. How about this? Why don’t we call them the best hidden find/gem for Japanese food in Singapore instead?

To give you a better idea, we were sitting at a small wooden table in the food court, near the escalator. I was skeptical about the Japanese food here even though my friends raved about them all the time. Well, I didn’t believe that a Japanese eatery in a food court could actually serve good Japanese food. Obviously, I had to eat my words.

We started off with what I shall call the best-maki-in-my-life, or otherwise known as the Shiok Maki ($15) at Koh Grill & Sushi Bar. If you are going down after reading this post, please do yourself a favor and order the Shiok Maki. The melty cheese sauce had a strong dabbling of mayonnaise, and it was the perfect companion for the charcoal grilled eel wrapped with lightly roasted salmon maki. How could something so simple… taste so good? We had no idea, no idea at all. The photo may not look very appealing, but just wait till you try it.

Japanese Gindara Black Cod Fillet

The Gindara black cod fillet ($13) was lightly salted and charcoal-grilled. It had a very clean and fresh taste. We also ordered the Nasu Miso Yaki ($5). The Eggplant served with sweet miso paste dissolved in an instant after I put it into my mouth. For once, I actually like eggplant.

Koh Sushi Pitan Maki

It wasn’t a lot of food, but we were actually pretty satisfied by this stage. Nonetheless, we decided to push our luck with the Pitan Maki ($15) anyway. The special house-sauce was a mystery, but we were guessing that it’s probably made of century egg. On top of the maki, there were tiny black century egg cubes mixed together with the generous serving of the crunchy tobiko. If I could only choose one maki, I’d definitely go for the Shiok Maki over this.

We ended the meal at Koh Grill & Sushi Bar with a scoop of black sesame ice cream. The three of us paid around $20 per person for the food, which was very reasonable for the quality of the Japanese food that we had.

I BBM-ed my friend (who introduced me to this fantastic hidden find) after the dinner, and told her to go back to Koh Grill & Sushi Bar as soon as possible — because I’m going to blog about it. Needless to say, she wasn’t happy with me. It’s a gem which my friends wanted to keep a secret. If you are having difficulty to decide what to eat in Orchard, you may want to drop by Wisma Atria Food Republic and check out Koh Grill & Sushi.

One of my favorite past times is to sit at the sushi bar, and just eat.

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Koh Grill & Sushi Bar
435 Orchard Road #04-21
Wisma Atria Singapore
Tel: +65 9180 3805

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3 Responses to “Koh Grill & Sushi Bar: Best Hidden Find for Japanese Food”

  1. diva
    December 1st, 2010 @ 12:51 pm

    Delish. What a find. I will money down that the pitan maki sauce was made using century egg yolks!

  2. lotsofcravings
    December 2nd, 2010 @ 7:36 am

    well century eggs dont really count as jap food rite?

    although the “how can no one knows where this is” feeling that a place gives is about the best compliment one can give.

  3. Hazel
    December 21st, 2010 @ 2:45 am

    I raise both of my hands for shiok maki.
    *SHIOK*

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