Marukyu Dining | Decent Teishoku at Telok Ayer

19th February 2021

Marukyu Dining is ran by Chef Derrick Lau who previously runs Dezato at Boat Quay. Before Dezato, Chef Derrick was previously from the former Nadaman Restaurant at Shangri-la Hotel. Dezato was a place filled with memories as it is one of the restaurants my friends and I would go for a treat and get a reliable decent Japanese meal.

It took my quite a long time to realized that Chef Derrick has moved on to Marukyu Dining until I was looking around for his name and Dezato this year when I miss the food from Dezato.

Some of the items from the menu remained fairly familiar if one has been to Dezato. I had the Watei Shoku Set (28.00++ SGD) which comes with Chicken Karaage, Teriyaki Salmon, Sashimi, Assorted Tempura, Rice and Miso Soup. The karaage is done differently here with a breaded texture but I enjoyed Marukyu's nonetheless because the meat was tender, juicy and has a nice soy sauce like seasoning.

The grilled salmon in teriyaki sauce was excellent as well.

My friends had the Wagyu Bento (36++ SGD) and the Shokado Bento (33++ SGD).

I thought the wagyu bento was really good, the beef was very nicely grilled with a delicate crisp and tender juicy meat as well as a wonderful beef flavour that isn't overly rich. It comes with a slightly sweet, yakinku sauce as well.

We also had some of the desserts such as the White Wine Jelly (5++SGD) and Ume Jelly (6++ SGD). The white wine jelly was a specialty back from the Dezato days. However, for both desserts, I thought it was disappointing, the jelly was dry and the texture was too rough. The white wine jelly lacks flavour as well. While the ume jelly fared better in the flavour department, its texture leaves much to be desired.

Overall, I am glad to find the food by Chef Derrick again, even though the warmth has faded much over the years. I would go back for their savoury food items or even try their omakase one day, which are rather reasonably priced.

Marukyu Dining

116 Telok Ayer Street

Singapore 068585