Celebrating the MIL's Birthday at O'maJ

[O'maJ has rebranded to Tomahawk on 1 May, 2021.]

The MIL requested to have her birthday dinner at O'maJ so that Choya could come along. Awwwww. Thankful that it was a quiet night at the restaurant so that Choya isn't too nervous about being indoors. She calmed down after a bit. She oddly still has bits of anxiety at O'maJ; perhaps from the clatter of the cutlery and conversation, or simply the contained sound that can't spread out.

The best part- Choya deigned to eat at O'maJ. That girl has decided she doesn't want to eat any meal outside of the home. So O'maJ has been the only venue she would eat at. But with her earlier onset of anxiety, she has refused to eat anything at the restaurant. So I've been ordering the poached Norweigan trout for her to-go. Tonight, I packed it into her food jar, and offered her some in a bowl. (I don't give her all of it normally anyway. I keep half, she eats half.) She didn't want to eat from the bowl. But she accepted it from my hand. DOHHH. So I hand-fed her. She ate the usual half portion! Wow. That's comforting to know.

The menu was slightly refreshed. Nice. Had to have the fig salad all to myself. Hahaha. It was topped with grana padano, passionfruit vinaigrette and candied walnuts. Also had the newest item Chef-Owner John created that hasn't officially gone onto the menu. He was almost apologetic that the soup cost S$50 because of the type of prawn used. It was pea soup with a giant carabinero and a delightful scallop drizzled with hazelnut oil. It was worth it because this table loves prawns, and the kitchen provided a seriously top grade carabinero with our soups.

Ordered the Sanchoku wagyu striploin to be shared. It was supposed to be 300 grams, and it arrived looking rather big still, since it's a bone-in cut the restaurant offered. There were plenty of leftovers so we packed them all home to join the other batch in the freezer. They would all go towards our beef fried rice at some point. Hahaha. The striploin in wagyu isn't my favorite thing. I only had one piece of meat. I gave all my stomach space to the grouper, which I've sorely missed. We were too stuffed to have dessert. But since it was a birthday celebration, the restaurant thoughtfully provided us with a complimentary dessert of a small piece of lava cake with strawberry cheesecake gelato.