Nozomi @ Star Vista

After work dinner with Eric and Wendy, and Japanese cuisine it was! They had dined there before, so my turn to try, I guess? Hahaha! We were on the waitlist as it was Thursday and the place was busy. It took about 20 minutes before we got a table.

menu

 

I had the Salmon Trio and Ikura Don, while Eric had the Unagi Don and Wendy chose the Scallop Truffle pasta.

Salmon Trio Ikura Don @$24

The don came with their signature red sushi rice. The vinegared rice was rather mild and loved the overall oily mouthfeel of the fatty salmon especially the aburi'd ones. Came with wakame clear soup which was tasty.

Complimentary iced water is available upon request.

Unagi Kabayaki Don @$24

The rice bowls at Nozomi was kind of on the smaller side of things. 

Scallops Truffle Linguine @$36

The overall taste was rather mild for the pasta. Loved the scallops. We were enjoying our talks and dinner until we finally noticed that we were the only diners left in the shop at 930pm. Thank you to the staff who waited patiently for us.

Thank you Eric and Wendy for the dinner treat!

Nozomi

Address: 1 Vista Exchange Green, #02-20 The Star Vista, Singapore 138617

Website: https://www.nozomi.sg/

Contact: +65 9759 3622

Business Hours:

Mon: 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5:00–9:00 PM

Tue - Fri: 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5:00–9:30 PM

Sat: 11:30 AM–9:30 PM

Sun: 11:30 AM–9:00 PM

Beauty In The Pot 美滋锅 @ Star Vista

Once in a year gathering with ex-colleagues, and last year we were at Tan Yu and this time round, they decided to journey to the west. Hotpot, it shall be. Reservations were made by Jingwen (thanks!), and the wait was about 5 minutes for the table to be ready.

shopfront

rose bear (mascot?)

One thing to note is that each table was limited to just 90-minutes. Service was brisk, and diners are to order through the tablet. Liked that the information displayed included the trending items. For noobs, just get the #1 trending from each section, can't go wrong!

For soup, we ordered 4 different ones; collagen, mala, tomato and mushrooms. For sauce, the concept is similar to HDL, where diners would pay an amount (I think it was $2.99) per head and can get one sauce and fruits.

For drinks, we had the sour plum which strangely came looking like guava juice. A tad too sweet for me, this plum juice.

plum juice (refillable)

top clock-wise: collagen, mala, mushroom and tomato

Beauty Sesame Dip 美滋锅芝麻味碟

Fragrant Spicy Sauce 特制香辣酱

For hot pot, we ordered the usual meat, fish paste, vegetables, noodles, dumplings etc.

US Angus Prime Short Ribs 美国鲜嫩厚脂肥牛

US Angus Prime Short Ribs 美国鲜嫩厚脂肥牛

Mixed Dumplings Platter

The dumplings here were pretty good. The mixed dumplings platter was like a sampler set and had Pork and Chives Dumpling (韭菜猪肉饺), Prawn Roll Dumpling (虾卷) and Prawn Dumpling (珍宝鲜虾水饺).

cow stomach

Spicy Sliced Pork (香辣猪肉片)

let's eat!

busy busy

give me meat

If you had ordered any Specialty Homemade Paste (滑类), then the staff will help you to push those into the broth. Other than that, it was pretty much on your own.

Ebiko Prawn Paste 鱼子虾滑

one for the mushroom soup

The must order thing for the night, turned out to be the fried beancurd skin.

Fried Beancurd Skin (炸响铃)

It was so good after being dipped into the tomato broth. This was match-made in heaven 绝配 (imho).

fried beancurd skin in tomato broth (delicious!)

After you've finished your meal, the staff will serve you a complimentary shot of lime sorbet. Once again, it was pretty sweet and sour at the same time. Refreshing after a heavy meal.

lime sorbet shot

Then, do remind the staff to bring you the fruits. If you need more, just let the staff know.

fruits to end the meal

The time-limit was good to prevent us from over-ordering and over-eating. When we left at 10+pm, there was the next queue for the next seating as there is a promo of 20% off after 10.30pm.

Expect to spend about $40 to $50 per pax.

Beauty In The Pot 美滋锅

Address: 1 Vista Exchange Green The Star Vista #02-24 Singapore 138617

Website: https://inline.app/booking/-LQn02dF6LFREHgn1AI8:inline-live-2a466/-LfTW6Jgb06U5d_heiXZ?language=en

Contact: 62621692

Business Hours:

Daily: 11:30-03:00