This Japanese restaurant is just a stone's throw away from Plaza Singapura, with high ceilings and bright, airy interiors. Ganko Sushi is a well-known kaitenzushi (conveyor-belt sushi) from Osaka, but unlike its 100 other family-friendly outlets in Japan, the Singapore branch is a classy 40-seater restaurant. Casual enough for jeans, but upmarket enough that you’ll leave the tank top and flip flops at home.
The chef, Masaya Kurokawa, brings over 14 years of experience from Japan's most lauded Michelin-starred restaurants.
Prices start at $30 for a weekday set lunch, and each comes with chawanmushi and miso soup. Right off the bat, you can tell that the chirashi don and sushi platters are popular orders. They’re an absolute steal, considering that each set comes with premium ingredients like sea urchin, scallop, and fatty tuna. Even the most unassuming components are luxe, with Chidori vinegar made from a 200-year-old recipe, and marunaka shoyu, a handcrafted natural soy sauce.
If time permits, splash out on the 14-course omakase experience ($98). The selection changes up monthly depending on the availability of ingredients, from scallops to seasonal vegetables and air-flown fish brought in thrice weekly. Savour everything including four kinds of sashimi, delicately-fried tempura, a wagyu beef meat course, and five kinds of sushi. But if that's not enough, opt for the $110 option with two premium sushi selections, or the $140 experience for additional desserts and sushi.