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In a nutshell

Fudz: Sun With Moon Japanese Dining & Cafe - Dinner Menu

Cuisine: Japanese

Code: Smart

Location: Sun @ Wheelock, 501 Orchard Road, #03-15, Singapore 238880

Dial: +65 6733 6636

Interweb: http://www.sunwithmoon.com.sg/sun-with-moon-wheelock.html#

Email: info@sfbi.com.sg

Damage: $30-50

Taste: Many more steps closer to Japan than Sakae Sushi

Ambience: Wood, bamboo, spacious, orderly, neat

Service: The service staff replenished our water supply diligently. We didn't wait long for our food to arrive as well.

The story

I don't get to see Audrey often. The few precious times I did, they always involved good food and tete-a-tete sessions. Wholesome and lovely girls attract these things. I'm speaking from personal experience and I've lived close to 30 years. More wholesomeness and loveliness from her than me though.

We met for tea on a Monday afternoon. I need to visit Brunetti about 231875 more times before it warrants a post. The sweet selection will take me a few years to cover, thanks to my lack of a sweet tooth*. To counter toothless people like me, they offer 'cronuts'. Their poster of cronuts shouted suicidal cries like, 'Eat me! Eat me!'. I'll grant their death wish another day. 

We hanged out at Brunetti until Sebas could leave the office. Tea-time usually stretches till dinner-time. This way, you can never go hungry. My free tip for you today. You're welcomed.

Sebas wanted Japanese food. Specifically, he wanted Japanese food from Sun With Moon. I visited SWM twice before. Once at Wheelock and the other time at Central. All I remembered was their tofu cheesecake in a cage and it being pricey. Oh, and the cha soba. I usually order cha soba during my first visit to a Japanese restaurant. It's my litmus test to gauge how good a Japanese restaurant is with the quality of their cha soba. Only because fresh sashimi is likely to burn a hole in my wallet. Cha soba is a more economical litmus paper than sashimi. Like what my lecturer used to say, we work with what we have.

This time round, I had a better look at the dinner menu and I tried not to look at four digits next to each item to make my choices. Here are my choices:

Beef steak with foie gras

Beef steak, medium rare. Done exactly medium rare on a hot plate, topped off with a thin slice of cooked apple and foie gras. A twirl of tomato-sauced spaghetti and five potato balls to fulfill the carbohydrates category. One stalk of broccoli to represent the greens. Every single item on the hot plate was delicious. The potato balls, which were likely frozen processed food before being dunked into sizzling oil, became exquisite fried balls of delight.

I'm not an expert in the field of foie gras but I think it's supposed to melt in your mouth. The same desired chemical reaction like candy floss. This one didn't but it was still enjoyable. 

My biggest drawback of the night: The picture on the menu was deceptive. It looked like a big hot plate piled with food but it turned out to be pretty small. I should have placed my thumb in my photo to give you a scale for comparison but I didn't. Now you have to take my word for it. I tried to chew really slowly to make the meal last but I polished off the entire plate within 15 minutes. My friends know how slowly I savour my food. This was a rare phenomenon.

I eyed at Sebas' soup. It looked really good.

"It's really good," he said. Audrey concurred after taking a few spoonfuls. This couple is the most encouraging people you can ever meet.

I ordered it to make my still-hungry-spoilt-brat of a stomach happy.

Salmon cheek soup

This soup was so rich. I was so happy with the slices of radish, carrots, mushrooms and all kinds. It definitely took many salmon cheeks, bones, tails, whatever to boil for many hours. It is tough to pick meat off a salmon cheek though. If you eat the local Chinese fish head bee hoon soup often enough, you should not have a problem with this. I kept thinking about all the omega fats I'm absorbing from this bowl of soup as I ate. Good fats are hard to come by.

Seared tuna on a bed of spinach

Sweet and nicely done. The dark sauce complemented the spinach and tuna very well. This was another good recommendation from Sebas. To throw you more fool-proof recommendations, Sebas had chirashi don and Audrey had the restaurant's special rice bowl, kamameshi. See the restaurant's website for pictures.

Prices are a bit steep if you don't usually pay more than $20 for a meal. Portions are small but I guess I have a bigger stomach to satisfy than most people's. 

I have since struck off my first two experiences with Sun With Moon. You can buy good cha soba from supermarkets these days.

Third time is a charm, I'm sure. 

* Speaking of teeth, calcium and bones, I lack deep-set clavicles as well.