Over time, understandably, my family and I formed a personal bond with skilled head chef Yajima san (I think I mentioned before that it was when he took over as head chef when the restaurant was still in Siglap that the food experiences started to pick up drastically). He was always very flexible with our food preparation and was constantly introducing us to seasonal food items and new ways of preparation. He was also honest with his food recommendations and would avoid serving us ingredients that he didn’t feel was up to standard in terms of quality. For some reason, and I don’t know what, chef Yajima is no longer working at Sushi Jiro and my parents were sorely disappointed with their latest dining experience there 😕 Not to bash on the new management and chef but as I said, I guess we have just gotten accustomed to the Japan chef Yajima introduced us to through his food. So, great appreciation to him wherever he may be now and I’m thankful for the birthday dinner and gift he prepared for me before he left ☺️ - 👵🏻 #burpple #throwback