The Place Located in Tras Street, Gyutan-Tan is a new Japanese restaurant and Singapore’s first-ever gyutan (ox tongue) specialty restaurant. I checked out the 82-seater restaurant recently and it occupies a shophouse space decked in earthy tones, and exudes a minimalist Japanese-Scandinavian vibes. The dining ambience is casual with regular tables and banquette seats, and the space is spruced up by the vibrant wallpapers of original illustrations. The Food The menu features gyutan served in different ways, and there are also pork and chicken dishes if you are not into ox tongue per se. For a start, I had the Cold Roasted Gyutan Carpaccio (S$15, dinner only) where the thinly sliced cold-roasted gyutan is accompanied by arugula, pickled white radish, parmesan and finished with a drizzle of sweet balsamic glaze. The lunch sets are quite value for money as each set comes with sides like mugimeshi (a mix of rice and barley), two kinds of Japanese pickles, salad paired with a lemon olive oil dressing, tororo (grated Japanese mountain yam), as well as a choice of oxtail or miso soup. I had the Sumiyaki Gyutan Combo Set (S$25, lunch set) that consists of thin (4mm) and thick (10mm) cuts of charcoal-grilled gyutan seasoned with salt and pepper. This is probably [...]
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