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I’ve but to grasp how rice bowls are a factor. I imply, I eat rice from a bowl and the one one who bats a watch is my mother for leaving my dish unwashed. Jokes apart, rice bowls have grow to be a quiet phenomenon — you see them all over the place lately. And in contrast to the considerably pretentious smoothie bowls, rice bowls play a task in being versatile and straightforward to eat. That was the expectation I had coming to Yugo Yakiniku positioned at Jurong West Road 42.

Lately opened on 1 Oct 2022, Yugo Yakiniku is the brainchild of each Carol and Arayaan, mates who first met throughout their jobs as supply drivers. The pair had zero expertise in any food-related trade and determined to arrange Yugo Yakiniku due to their ardour for cooking. Additionally they particularly selected to open a yakiniku stall because it had a low barrier of entry and complemented their lack of cooking expertise.

And with lower than S$10,000, they efficiently opened their store after two months.

What I attempted at Yugo Yakiniku 

“You went to a yakiniku spot and received doburis as a substitute?” First off, sure I did. Secondly, if I wished to prepare dinner my very own meals, I’d prepare dinner my very own meals at house. Yugo Yakiniku has 4 Donburi choices: Rooster Aburi Don (S$6), Beef Aburi Don (S$7), Karubi Don (S$8.50) and Wagyu Dice Don (S$10.50). 

Every order of donburi was served with an onsen egg and corn. Each meat that accompanies the rice bowl is glazed with their do-it-yourself particular MSG-free sauce that’s meant to permit the pure sweetness of the meat to return via earlier than being torched. 

Its Yakiniku choices supply 12 variations of beef and rooster components: Its most costly gadgets are the wagyu beef— wagyu striploin, wagyu dice, wagyu rump, whereas different extra wallet-friendly beef choices can be found as properly— beef brief rib, karubi, angus striploin, beef bacon, kata rosu.

There are additionally locally-based flavoured proteins reminiscent of satay-flavoured rooster thigh, beef dendeng and rooster dendeng.

My first donburi was the Wagyu Dice Don. The egg was cooked to a runny type and it had an honest quantity of wagyu cubes (or so I believed). I couldn’t resist the temptation to attempt a dice first, and what I received was a barely off-putting candy style. I do know the sauce was meant to launch the pure sweetness of the meat however it tasted like candied beef, and I’m positive mom nature by no means meant that.

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By itself, the sauce tasted like your normal teriyaki sauce. Sadly, the style of wagyu beef received misplaced within the sauce.

I believed my second piece would sway my thoughts however what I received was a chunk of literal beef fats. Usually, I might welcome this sudden change to blubber, however not after I’ve spent practically S$10 on wagyu cubes. I counted three fatty items in my dish.

Shifting ahead, I had a extremely good time mixing the runny eggs with rice and corn. The corn added a refreshing burst of sweetness while the eggs gave it a creamy end. There was some furikake seasoning on the centre of the bowl, which added a pleasant depth to the seasonless eggs and rice. I simply wished there was extra of it. 

Visually, the Rooster Aburi Don doesn’t look as interesting because the wagyu cubes, however it blew it out of the water taste-wise. I couldn’t style the signature sauce (excellent news) however no matter flavours I received had been from the seasonings used, which I believed consisted of the dependable pepper and salt. 

There was additionally a definite torched style which was lacking from the wagyu cubes. Weirdly, the rooster was barely lukewarm regardless of the thrilling flavours.

Due to the seasonings from the rooster, it elevated each facet of the bowl. The flavours of the eggs and rice had been extra profound when intermixed with the rooster slices.

There have been additionally loads of proteins that had been greater than sufficient to maintain the mixture of corn, rooster and rice at each spoonful until I polished off all the bowl.

Closing ideas 

If you happen to contemplate the truth that they aren’t educated professionals within the meals and enterprise trade and have solely operated for lower than 3 months, it’s an honest effort thus far. There may be particular room for enchancment however I’m assured their ardour will drive them ahead. 

I extremely advocate the Rooster Aburi Don for its fillingness and wallet-friendly nature. It additionally managed to encapsulate the flavours from a yakiniku with out the effort and mess of grilling it by your self.

Although, I would depart wagyu cubes on the demise of your individual cooking.

Anticipated injury: S$5.50 – S$9.50 per pax

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