Katanashi An

[TELOK AYER, SINGAPORE] From the dishes I've had, I can tell that @katanashi_an are using really solid ingredients to create new renditions, but they have so much potential to do more by sticking to the classics.

I think ochazuke as a dish is familiar to many and they do offer quite a few variations. The Wagyu Truffle 🍖 ($26.18) was quite well executed, with it being not too salty, comforting and the truffle not too overpowering. The beef slices were really soft too. The Premium Hokkaido 🐟 ($25.18) boasts a variety of fresh sashimi slices that were just too precious to eat with the hot tea. In fact, I ate the bowl just like a kaisendon and it was pretty darn delicious even without vinegared rice. I tried to find kaisendon in their menu and there was none 🤯 really really wished they have it!

As for their hotpot options, the Bear Nabe 🍲 ($18) was presented really cutely, and all ingredients were well seasoned in the light collagen broth. The soup itself was really comforting and tasty, pork slices were of high quality, really tender and vegetables were fresh. Cotton Candy Sukiyaki 🍲 ($24) was an interesting one, because it would have done very very well without the cotton candy, but unfortunately it was way too sweet with it. It was quite a pity because once again the ingredients used were good! Especially the Wagyu slices which were rich and tender.

One of the popular ramen flavour was their Spicy Tonkutsu Ramen 🍜 which indeed packed a HUGE amount of spice. This is definitely for the spicy lovers!

I really think they can do so much better if some of the dishes can be done the classic way. We still find the dishes delicious in the end, but really loads of potential to do much more!

14 Jul’25, Mon🌧️
📍Katanashi An (Boon Tat St)
- Tori Mentai (Grilled Chicken with Mentai)

Tender and juicy grilled chicken with a tad salty Mentai, goes really with with the rice. Can eat it with dashi broth or on its own, decent and comfort food indeed.

Damage: $19.25 incl. of svc charge

My year 2021 ended with several fun filled dinner with drinks, one I particularly enjoyed happened at this semi-causal Japanese joint. The food was straight forward along with this crowd pleasing sake I picked. I also learnt about SMV and rice polishing ratio courtesy of Google as I chose this bottle.
We had a bottle of sake and a drink each, with about 3 rounds of side food and some rice- that worked out to be $60+/pax. I reckon I would be paying more else where for a similar dining experience.

Portion is just right, lunch sets (mainly all dashi-zuke) are as it is, not much variety like their dinner menu, so fewer drinks, and sides available. Lunch is somewhat crowded, dwindle down by 1pm, good to make a reservation. And be sure to check their monthly special.

Tried the Unagi hitsumabushi set (~$18) and was pleasantly surprised. The eel was thick and grilled nicely. Accompanied with sansai (wild vegetables😍), tofu and condiments.
It's not the hitsumabushi that we know and love at manman or uya uya but decent enough for an unagi lover near Telok Ayer.
Shall try their raw fish sets as that looked more popular when I glanced around.
Not a bad place at all.

Delicious and affordable lunch sets in the CBD! Choose from a variety of sets like sashimi, salmon and chicken. Presentation is 💯