Omakase at Teppei

I have heard so many good reviews about Teppei from friends and online reviews seemed equally good so I was really interested to try it out myself.

It is a real pain trying to get seat at Teppei for their dinner omakase. Their lines open up 4 times a year to book for the next 3 months. During open lines day, you can either queue at the shop or try calling their phone. The last time their lines opened was on the 3rd August 8am. I dialed in more than 30 times over a few hours and I still could not get through. There were people who queued since 7am at the shop to book. It is insane I know.

So one fine day, Twink messaged the Lzbs chat group and said her friends had seats to let go on a Friday night, who wants to go? Me, me, pick me!

There are 2 seatings a night 6.30 pm and 8.30 pm and we got the latter! 5 Lzbs and 1 Bubi! Yeah!

Teppei has $60 or $80 omakase choice. The Lzbs choose $60. Bubi and I of course choose the $80 menu. So difficult to get a seat, might as well go all the way.

Warning - Many photos ahead.

Seaweed salad

Lotus root with chicken broth

Jelly something

Beancurd skin with a light touch of wasabi

Grilled Japanese green peas

Assorted sashimi - I love this dish. The clam was so crunchy.

Chawanmushi - Nice and light

Fried salmon

Tuna handroll - This is delicious. There were crunchy bits inside and the tuna was finely minced. Oishi!

Very blur photo of the tuna handroll.

 Prawn tempura.

Some fish brain with cheese

Tuna

Stewed prawn with radish

Quail eggs 

Deep fried Japanese grasshopper - I know right, ewwww. It took me a while before I popped this into my mouth.

Pickle

Deep fried rooster crown - They really do not waste food huh.

 Cannot remember what is this - Food amenesia

Kobe beef

Sashimi on rice - The yellow one is sea urchin. First time for me. It is an acquired taste.

Ice cream

Oh and we were teasing Ahfat continuously that it is her birthday and she should pay for this dinner .The chef really thought it was her birthday and made her a sashimi rice cake! The amount of sashimi was like free.:)

Teppei san (infront) and his fellow Japanese chef pretending to take our photo but did a selfie instead. Jokers!

It was a great experience especially when dinning in a big group and making a fool of ourselves and laughing away. Bubi totally enjoyed the experience and we were all totally stuffed. Oh yes, we will be back!

Teppei

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Orchid Hotel

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Opening hours 

12 pm - 2.30 pm - No booking for lunch. Set meals no omakase

6 pm - 10.30 pm - Booking only - Watch their FB page for updates.