Cafe Yasuragi perhaps does not need an introduction for now — there has been quite some talk about the establishment when they had first opened their doors during their soft launch phase some time back; the establishment is located within Millenia Walk taking over the former premises of Chateraise Premium YATSUDOKI that was located along the perimeters of the mall before its move into a shop unit within the shopping gallery itself. Cafe Yasuragi is a concept by the same folks behind Shoko; a takeaway concept serving Japanese fare that is also located within Millenia Walk. Whilst being an establishment that used to serve up Coffee & Pastries previously during its soft launch phase, Cafe Yasuragi has recently rolled out a hot food menu which consists of their Yasuragi Nagomi Owan Set (more on this later) as well as Gozen (Curated Sets) for those looking for a substantially-sized food offering at Cafe Yasuragi.

The Yasuragi Nagomi Owan Set can be described as a “Craft Your Own Soup Set”; patrons would go through the process of opting for their desired choice of soup (i.e Owan), soup main (i.e. Shusai), rice (i.e. Gohan) and side dish (i.e. Fukusai) to form their Yasuragi Nagomi Owan Set. The items listed in the Gozen (Curated Sets) menu would be the more fuss-free items to order considering how each set would come with their pre-defined soup, soup main and rice. Not mentioned in the menu at Cafe Yasuragi for the Yasuragi Nagomi Owan Set would be the inclusion of an appetiser dish (i.e. tofu dish) and preserved vegetables. For our order, we went with the Umami Spicy Soup — Regular Spiciness (i.e. Uma-Kara Shiru), Torched Pork Belly (i.e. Aburi Butabara), House Special Sushi Rice (i.e. Tokusei Takikomi Gohan) and Yaki Gyoza; we had also opted to go for a Half-Cooked Onsen Egg to go on the rice as well. One thing worth noting is that the inclusion of the side dish (the Yaki Gyoza for our case) is purely optional. Going straight for the Umami Spicy Soup, there does seem to be some semblance between this and kimchi soup considering the slight zing, zippiness and spiciness that goes on here — at regular spiciness, it does come at a level of spiciness that tickles the tastebuds even for those whom are tolerable to moderate levels of spiciness. It also does come with elements like some leafy greens as well as sliced radish and mushrooms. The Torched Pork Belly in the meanwhile did come gelatinous; tender and melt-in-the-mouth with evident charred marks from the flame-torching process. The House Special Sushi Rice did bear a light savoury note almost akin to glutinous rice with a slight garlicky note; adding the Half-Cooked Onsen Egg does add a silkier touch to the rice when it is being mixed into the rice.