Kotobuki’s aburi salmon bakumori don is an actual dream. It’s a mountain of rice, layered with chunky cubes (!!) of salmon sashimi, slathered with mentaiko mayo, and aburi-ed to perfection! The portion was incredibly generous, especially since I was only expecting thin salmon slices. The bowl, although smaller than I had thought, was piled full, and this was definitely enough for two people, with another side dish we ordered.

I went to the tanjong pagar outlet, which has since very sadly closed down, but the experience was amazing. It looks a little dodgy from the outside, but the inside deco is charmingly Japanese and slightly dim. Also, I could see through a little crack in the counter how the chef assembled it, which was a real treat. The amazing charred salmon smell wafted towards us when he blowtorched the flesh and I told my bf there and then that we should get a blowtorch too to aburi all sashimi 🤣. Kotobuki is a really underrated place to me and should be frequented a lot more!