Dozo!

Dozo

Today we went for Japanese cuisine (: Located on the 2nd floor of Valley Point, a little shopping center near Redhill, Dozo is a little hidden gem. The name means 'please', and the food, service and ambience is fantastic!

Dozo only offers set menus, either in 6 or 7-courses.

Prices for which are $39.80++ and $59.80++ respectively.

Here's the old man scrutinising what's offered...




and the vain girl who only takes unflattering photos of me




Before this, Chubby and I went for hot yoga as it happened to be right next door. It was so-so... But this post will be about the food (:

We were the first customers at 11.30am and were led to a private room which was elaborately furnished, and had a full-glass window, providing excellent lighting.

The enthusiastic waiter (I suspect head waiter) was very enthusiastic (and corny), providing his suggestions for the restaurant's signature dishes. He also generously offered to let us have all 6 desserts (we only have four people).

We were given a yummy refresher of Mango Sorbet!





There were also yummy noodle sticks, served in a vase. They were refilled quite a few times!




Okay on to the good part.

The Starter (which is a single choice) consisted of small portions of foie gras, smoked salmon and scallop. They were all delightful morsels.







The foie gras was a juicy burst of flavour, and served on a small piece of bread.




The smoked salmon was topped with whipped cream and on a bed of mint leaf, resulting in a surprising salty, sweet and bitter minty sensation.




Compared to these two, the scallop was a bit bland, but still good.

The 6-course differs from the 7 in the cold dish, where there are various choices such as crab salad and sashimi.




Both parents ordered the 7, and Sashimi, of all things! Could have tried something else instead. This was served with salmon, herring fish with roe, and squid with roe.




It was very fresh and delicious, but could have used more variety.

Following this was an appetiser. Chubby ordered the Beef Tendon, which the waiter offered to change to meat, seeing as how she didn't eat tendon.




It was really great on his part. Parents had Escargot, and I had Foie Gras Chawanmushi.







I didn't try either of theirs, but Chubby really liked the beef. My chawanmushi was good, but the taste of foie gras might be too slight for others.

Next was soup. Of which we ordered only Mushroom with Truffle, and Crab Bisque.




Both was very thick. The mushroom soup was served with black truffle, and it was not overly creamy like Soupspoon's which meant one could eat it without getting sick after awhile. (I still love all of Soupspoon's other soups though)




The crab bisque had a strong but not overpowering crab taste, and had small bits of crab meat inside.

Next were the mains: three of them had Beef Tenderloin on 'Pu-Ye' & Granite Hot Stone, while I had the Sake Infused Grilled Unagi on Hot Stone, both of which were recommended by the waiter.

They were all happy with their beef, which reminded them of our favourite Macau restaurant and dad's favourite ever beef.




Its not wagyu, sorry for the error. But still good.

Mine had sake poured over the unagi (what a waste!!) and after a LOT of steam...

This is around 5 minutes after the pouring, there is still steam.




There was sadly, no sake taste at all! I would have preferred the sake left alone for me to dip unagi in (:




It was also served with some sort of buttered rice, I'm more a fan of plain rice.

Would not have this again, as I can't taste the sake.

Then it was time for desserts and drinks!

There are six choices for drinks, we had the Iced Fruity Refresher, Iced Mallow Apple Melody, and Iced Grapefruit Glory.




Look how pretty the serving is.




Mine came with some flowers inside, the rest had fruits and apples.

THEN! The happy birthday girl got a cake!

Decent smile first...




Starts showing her true colours...







Still happy




Blows candle, one year younger!




After this, they brought in the six desserts...

'Mo-cha' Creme Brulee:




If you love green tea, you'll love this. Completely matcha-infused!

French Cream Cheese Cake:




I didn't like this, the cake was too thick and hard.

White Sesame Panna Cotta with Black Sesame Ice Cream:




Not a fan of sesame!

You can see the photos get worse in composition as I am pressured to faster shoot so they can eat...

Napoleon of Red Bean and Yam:




This is rather good, and interesting. Slightly sweet, so if you only eat sweet desserts avoid this.

Japanese 'Mo-chi' served with Red Bean and Matcha Ice Cream:




This is GOOD! I loved the matcha ice cream, and the mochi was soft and sweet, didn't stick to teeth too.

and *drumroll* their Warm Chocolate Cake served with Ice Cream!




Loved by all (even the choc-hating mom), the best warm chocolate cake I've ever had. the cake was not too thick, and the chocolate inside was really liquid and flowing. YUM!

We will be coming back again, made a reservation for end-April (: Can't wait!