The Place Good Japanese teppanyaki restaurants are hard to come by in Singapore and Kagayaki by Ishigaki Yoshida located along Keong Saik Road is the latest Japanese restaurant to open in the buzzing dining enclave. Kagayaki by Ishigaki Yoshida is a Singapore-based offshoot of Ishigaki Yoshida in Tokyo. Chef Junichi Yoshida who helms the Tokyo restaurant, holds the distinction of founding the first chef-owned teppanyaki establishment to be awarded a Michelin star in 2015. The name Kagayaki refers to “brilliance” in Japanese – a reflection of what Kagayaki attempts to translate through its food. Upon entering the restaurant, I was greeted by a zen-looking hallway which leads into the main dining hall, a beautifully designed teppan counter which accommodates 18 pax. In addition, there is also a cosy 6-seater private dining room. Kagayaki in Singapore is led by Head Chef Nobuyasu Kamiko from Asakusa, Japan, who has over 30 years of culinary experience, and was most recently trained under chef Yoshida in the namesake’s Tokyo restaurant before the Singapore’s outpost was opened. The main dining hall is a L-shaped setting where you get a close interaction with the chefs and a glimpse of the kitchen action, which I noticed to be very methodical [...]
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