Was going around Aperia Mall the other day and came across some changes in the tenancy of the stalls within the Food Master food court at Level 2 — taking over the stall that used to serve up mainland Chinese-style mini bowls at the entrance of the food court is a new Japanese cuisine stall named Harami Sashimi & Donburi. One would notice at the stall front near the chiller stocked with sashimi a poster providing a short introductory paragraph of Chef Patrick whom helms the stall — turns out, Chef Patrick was previously from the now-defunct Ichiho Donburi & Sushi which was an independently-run Japanese restaurant situated in its own space at the same level of the same mall. Harami Sashimi & Donburi’s menu is actually pretty varied for a stall serving up Japanese cuisine in a food court — its menu comprises of sections such as Appetiser, Sashimi Platter / Ala Carte Sashimi, Donburi, Salad and Rice.

The Tendon is an item that is being listed in the Donburi section of the menu at Harami Sushi & Donburi — Harami Sushi & Donburi does not describe the elements that come with the various dishes that they have to offer; with that being said, it can be observed from our order of the Tendon that it does come with deep-fried elements like shrimp, pumpkin, capsicum, eggplant, salmon and shiitake mushroom that sits on top of a bed of rice. Patrons can also add $2.50 on top of the default price of any Donburi to add a Green Salad and a bowl of Miso Soup; an add-on which we did not opt for. Going for the tempura pieces, we did find that all of the Tendon pieces were pretty well-executed at Harami Sushi & Donburi; the Tempura batter used for the deep-fried pieces are light, crispy and airy — none of the pieces felt particularly greasy here. Of the lot, our favourite would be the salmon where the fish was still especially moist and flaky — almost no effort required to chew through. Other elements like the capsicum and the pumpkin provided a good crunch. Meanwhile, the bed of short grain rice does come pearly and a little sticky like how it should; all that whilst drizzled with a sweet and savoury sauce that provides sufficient flavour and moisture to the rice that makes it easy to have — the inclusion of tempura batter crumbs also adding an element of crunch to the rice as well.