Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Hakata Yakitori Batten Yokatoh, Tanjong Pagar Road

Hakata Yakitori Batten Yokatoh, Tanjong Pagar Road

This kushiyaki place (84/86 Tanjong Pagar Road, tel : +65 6970 7810) looked to be newish.

Hakata Yakitori Batten Yokatoh, Tanjong Pagar Road

They've a bunch of stuff which were recommended as their specialties. The huge assed lettuce and pork roll looked interesting.

Hakata Yakitori Batten Yokatoh, cabbage ponzu

Cabbage with ponzu comes bottomless. We were asked if we wanted to top up whenever they were running low.

Hakata Yakitori Batten Yokatoh, cod stomach cream cheese

We were intrigued by what they menu described as brewed cod stomach with cream cheese. The orange paste in there tasted like gochujang. Minus the heat. I assumed the crunchy stuff in there was what they called cod stomach. I wasn't sure if it was but the dish was pretty tasty.

Hakata Yakitori Batten Yokatoh, pork belly

We had grilled pork belly. Pretty competent.

Hakata Yakitori Batten Yokatoh, tori reba

Reba was not bad as well. The livers were mostly tender and not overcooked.

Hakata Yakitori Batten Yokatoh, tomato basil roll

This was their tomato basil roll. Cherry tomato and basil wrapped in pork. Tasted like how it sounded.

Hakata Yakitori Batten Yokatoh, tori hatsu

Chicken hearts were also not bad.

Hakata Yakitori Batten Yokatoh, matcha chuhai

Couldn't taste much of the shochu from their green tea chuhai.

Hakata Yakitori Batten Yokatoh, hamu katsu

Not so impressed by their hamu katsu. The texture of the ham was more akin to luncheon meat and there wasn't much flavour going on for ham. It did look impressively thick but that was where impressive ended.

Hakata Yakitori Batten Yokatoh, quail eggs

Quail eggs. Don't expect Otowa standards here for these.

Hakata Yakitori Batten Yokatoh, pork lettuce rolls

So here we get to those huge assed lettuce and pork rolls we were introduced to earlier. They came in three options. Shio, cheese or a special sauce of theirs which looked like the condiments for takoyaki. These were obviously shio - so that we could taste the pork and cabbage. I liked it. Lots of crunch from the lettuce under the nicely browned pork which was well salted.

Hakata Yakitori Batten Yokatoh, tebasaki

Tebasaki was okay. Not particularly outstanding in any way.

I suppose these guys were just okay. There're a bunch of kushiyaki/izakaya options around that generally do better which I won't bother to list here. I didn't think there was anything special about their food beyond the large lettuce and pork roll that would entice me to come back.

Hakata Yakitori Batten Yokatoh, Tanjong Pagar Road

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