After opening, META keeps one star in the Michelin Guide Singapore.
In fact, it is contemporary Korean.
The chef, who honed his skills at the renowned Tatsuya’s in Australia, will weave pearl courses while incorporating French and Japanese tastes.
Ave. Budget: Lunch course $248++, Dinner course $298++/ “Michelin Guide Sigapore 2022″ 1-star, “Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2022” No.20
Modern Korean taste is the top runner of innovation in Singapore
Why am I eating such cuisine in a place like this?
If you’re eating local specialty cuisine while traveling, I can still understand.
But when you’re eating cuisine that has nothing to do with the place, you often find yourself asking yourself “why?”
However, as cuisine that can only be found there and flavors that only the chef can create become recognized by the world, for example, Mexican in Hong Kong or German in Bangkok, they can proudly claim to be what they are. But when it comes to eating modern Korean in Singapore, as stated in the beginning, you feel “what?”
However, it was of excellent quality and sorting out my feelings was rather difficult.
If this restaurant were in Seoul, I think it would be a modern Korean restaurant that would rank among the top 5 and be accepted as such.
The topic has become vague, but META is a restaurant with proven ability that has kept one star in the Michelin Guide Singapore since its opening.
So I was curious and the timing was just right, so I visited for lunch.
A little introduction about the restaurant, the chef is Sun Kim, who is originally from Korea.
He initially worked at a French restaurant, but was inspired by the book of Chef Tatsuya Wakuda and knocked on the door of “Tetsuya’s”.
After working under Chef Wakuda in Australia for 4 and a half years, he became the chef of META when it opened in 2015.
Tatsuya’s is known for its style of combining French and Japanese cuisine while using Australian ingredients, while Chef Kim’s cooking includes the taste of Korean cuisine in addition to his background.
There is only one omakase course on the menu for both lunch and dinner.
The lunch menu is priced at 88 Singapore dollars for 4 courses, and the dinner menu is priced at 188 Singapore dollars for 7 courses, with a beverage pairing option available for 128 Singapore dollars.
The two amuse-bouches were octopus and salmon roe in front, and mashed potatoes in the back.
There were also four signature cocktails on the menu, but the refreshing one made of vodka and yuzu was chosen.
The dish that appeared to be a soup is actually a bowl of steamed egg custard with crab and squid.
The egg custard is a traditional Japanese dish and is a result of Chef Sun Kim’s experience at Tetsuya’s.
The signature dish served was oysters with ketchup, a hint of Korean chili sauce and ginger to balance the flavors.
The next dish is “Shima aji”.
It could be described as a carpaccio with yuzu dressing or as sashimi.
Pomegranate (bun-dan) and radish serve as garnish.
The dish is covered with lightly boiled purple lettuce and when opened…
There is a low-temperature slow-cooked squid. A single piece of moule is added, but the taste is kicked up a notch with spicy chili paste.
This flavor takes you straight to Seoul.
This deliciousness of this dish has not been experienced since eating grilled squid at Seoul’s two-star restaurant “Jungsik”.
The fact that this restaurant can grill squid so deliciously makes it clear that it’s a Korean chef’s restaurant, besides Japan, only Greece and Korea can grill squid this deliciously.
The main dish is wagyu beef.
Wagyu beef is a basic straight beef grill with a port sauce, but from the flow of the earlier octopus, it seems like Korean beef.
The Korean-style pickled accompaniment may also be influencing.
Another accompaniment is potatoes sliced into cube shapes.
The dessert was simply French-style, but had Korean flavors in the petits fours.
–Restaurant Information on “Meta”–
Business Hours: Lunch 12:00-14:00, Dinner 18:00-22:30
Holiday: Sun
Telephone: +65 6513 0898
Address: 9 Keong Saik Road, Singapore
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