Sangokai Review

I just got home from dinner. Completed my work, planned tomorrow's meeting and decided that I can write another post to talk about week! 

On Saturday, babe and I decided that it was time for him to get his hair cut. Since he planned for dinner last week, I decided to do the honors this week. Ran a search and decided to visit Sangokai for some Japanese food. 

First Word: This place deserves more crowd instead of just its usual customers. 

Located along beach road, shortly before NOX, this decent little outlet deserves more crowd for its food. We spent a total of $76 for 5 dishes. Here's what we had: 

Complimentary starters: Bamboo Shoot. Personally I like it. The bamboo shoots are crunchy without being hard and I love the sweetness of the sauce. The Boy didn't quite fancy it though. He's just quite wary of the ammonia-like taste of bamboo shoots.

Assorted Nigiri. This plate sets us back at $26. We had on the plate: Octopus, Ika, Sword Fish, Salmon,Yellow Tail and Tuna. Personally, I kinda like the Octopus and Yellow Tail as well as the california maki. It's not fine-dining standards, BUT at $26, we thought it is decent and good :)  

Potato mentai. Needless to say, this is our FAVORITE dish of the night. Who can resist the combination of potato with mentai? For a mentai dish, the mentai sauce is of utmost important. I thought they did theirs perfectly. It is sweet with a good balance of saltiness. Absolutely love it. It is THE must try. 

His order: Bacon with enoki mushroom. I thought it is quite nicely done but the bacon can be crispier:) 

Garlic Fried Rice served in hot stone! I love the sizzling sound that the rice makes on the hot stone. However, we thought it could be more flavorful. It is a little bland for our taste. Nevertheless, thus far, we've yet had an exceptional garlic rice except for Chef Danny's down at Tatsu Tepanyaki @ Chijmes. After he left Tatsu, nothing seemed to be able to match up.

Also his order: Clam Soup. I'm never a big fan of japanese clam soup. However for $8, this got to be the biggest bowl of clam soup that we had. Generous serving aside, the soup is really sweet:)  

Hence, to give it its due credit, this place is definitely worthy of a visit if you are yearning for simple food, quiet and unpretentious. it's not mainstream nor too chi-chi. A sincere service crew that leave you largely alone.  It is almost like dining at home. ;)

[ At different stages of our life, we pursue different objects of fantasy.

Some prefer excitement.
vivacious young things,
living dangerously.

Others prefer stability.
The large silent mountains,
unwavering in its loyalty.

but mostly, people forget to give credit
to the meek individuals
standing steadfastly against the wind
waiting for their moment to shine.

Sangokai is one such place and I hope that it will remain shining in its glitzy neighborhood :) ]