There has been an ongoing trend about Shio Pans recently being it establishments serving up the item popping up all across the island — Hara Hetta is a new addition to Katong Shopping Centre which falls under the category of such establishments as well. These folks are not exactly new the local F&B scene here, having been operated as a home-based business at some point of time in 2025 before becoming a brick-and-mortar establishment. These folks are situated at the basement of Katong Shopping Centre; their frontage is within the “sunken” level of Katong Shopping Centre that faces towards Mountbatten Road fairly close to where establishments like Hidden Thai, SUMO BAO BAO and Katong Gourmet Centre (the food court housing establishments such as Katong Delicious Chicken Rice) are situated within the building. As mentioned, Hara Hetta does specialise in their Shio Pan offerings, whilst the menu also has sections dedicated to categories such as Ice Cream Soda & Desserts, as well as Matcha & Coffee.

The Nori Shio Pan is one out of the four (4) different flavours Shio Pan in which Hara Hetta has to offer on its menu; the others being the OG, Truffle and Garlic Cream Cheese. The namesake of the Nori Shio Pan is fairly self-explanatory; being the Shio Pan here that features Japanese seaweed. Taking a bite into the Nori Shio Pan, the Shio Pan at Hara Hetta does come with a firm bite; not too dense, but does provide a bit of tendon to chew apart which we found to be rather ideal. Spread within the middle would be the Nori and butter (?) spread that does give it an umami and lightly saltish note that really gets us yearning for more. Whilst the undersides of the Shio Pan here isn’t as crackling crisp as some others that we had come across (especially in comparison with the likes of the one that we have had at Yunma Bakehouse), we did find the exterior of some parts of the Shio Pan to still be relatively crisp for a variance of textures for the bread.