Beef Yakiniku Dining YAKINIQUEST
Child Friendly: YES
Halal:No
Vegetarian:No
Pricing:$$$$
Mon to Fri:
6pm to 11pm
Sat, Sun & PH:
5pm to 10pm
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Corkage Price:$50 or 1-for-1
2018 Review
Boat Quay is better known for tourist traps and watering holes than top restaurants these days. Which is why this 62-seater is quite a gem of a find.
Yakiniku takes centerstage at YAKINIQUEST. Opened by yakiniku lover Suguru Ishida and helmed by head chef Yuki Tsukamoto, the three-year-old restaurant imports A4 wagyu beef from Miyazaki prefecture in JapanA5 is too fatty, we were toldand serves it yakiniku stylei.e. grilled to order over charcoal at the table by well-trained servers. But instead of the repetition that one might expect, dinner at YAKINIQUEST is a creative, multi-faceted gastronomic journey.
The menu changes on occasion, but if you are lucky, you might start with the sinew stew with its tangy robust flavours to wake up your tastebuds. Theres also beef tongue paired with yuzu kosho, thats tender and smooth; and the signature wagyu beef noodle niku somen, with fine neat slivers of beef masquerading as noodles, bathed in a sweet umami laden broth. Beef sukiyaki, too, gets an elegant upgrade with thinly sliced, beautifully grilled sirloin dipped in raw egg and special sauce. Then there are the tenderloin and striploin, best enjoyed unadulterated straight from the grill to savour their pure rich flavours.
YAKINIQUEST offers an a la carte menu, but the set coursesstarting from $98are far better value. For a complete tongue-to-tail experience, we recommend the special Wagyu Fanatic Omakase.