Chirashi King Kong Review: Unagi Truffle Rice Don And More At Tanjong Pagar

From Sutachi to Big Bowls Project , I’ve had my fair share of donburi and grain bowls. In case you missed the headline, Chirashi King Kong combines two major food trends in one dish – rice bowls…and truffle .

Chirashi King Kong at Tanjong Pagar Food at Chirashi King Kong When you’re at a Japanese joint with ‘chirashi’ in its name, you already know which dish to try first. With other affordable eateries such as Teppei Syokudo and Sushiro out there, this certainly isn’t the best place to go to get your fix of cheap chirashi don . That said, factoring in the drool-worthy truffle rice, which was blanketed in a generous helping of sashimi, avocado, crab meat, kinshi egg, cucumber and ikura, I actually found the quotation pretty reasonable.

Regardless, my colleague and I wiped all the sashimi in this bowl clean. The earthy aroma from the truffle oil-infused rice made my stomach growl endlessly as I waited for the photos to be taken.

Riding on the waves of the mentaiko craze, we got ourselves a bowl of Salmon Mentaiko ($9.90) , which came with a side of wakame, jellyfish and pickles. In fact, its colour was the first thing that stood out to me when the dish was delivered to our table. The mentaiko sauce was intriguingly more on the sweet side, and while I have a theory that sweet food cannot blend well with savoury elements, this worked!

Our final dish was the Unagi Truffle Rice Box ($11.90) . The unagi was long and fleshy, and coated in a salty-sweet basting sauce to remove any fishy taste.

Beneath the unagi lay a base of kinshi egg and rice, and pickles on the side. Unlike in the previous two dishes, the rice here retreated a little flat, probably since it wasn’t vinegared and did not seem to contain a strong truffle savour. This was weird, since it was, after all, described as a ‘truffle rice box’.

While the unagi was crispy on the outside and flaky inside, it contained many fine bones that felt a little grating. Ambience at Chirashi King Kong Chirashi King Kong is a small store located on the second floor of Tanjong Pagar Plaza. When we visited, the whole eatery was overflowing with the intoxicating scent of truffle that got my stomach growling.

The cheapest dish on the menu, the Salmon bowl, starts from $7.90 . The miso soup comes simmering with salmon belly and steamed onions – really hearty fare to fill your stomach for when you’re extra ravenous.

The verdict This was one of the best meals I’ve had in a while.