RAPPU Handroll Bar

Decided to go for broke with carbs at RAPPU Handroll Bar. It had to be lunch so that we could work off the carbs at some point after the food coma. It's temaki! I'm most certainly not expecting 'authenticity'. Handrolls are the easiest thing to replicate overseas without being judged. I really miss the handroll bars in Seattle, especially as a supper venue. RAPPU isn't as casual though, but still a cool joint. 

A set of six handrolls at S$36 offered hotate, kampachi, salmon, toro, crab, and engawa. The bar offers specials of the day and of the week, so check with the servers what's available. You could also opt for single handrolls at S$28 each, and you get to choose between wagyu or toro, which comes with uni, ikura or caviar. There were plenty of good sake for pairing, or just get a 100ml glass to sip. When we arrived at the restaurant, they gave us a complimentary pack of unsalted popcorn, and a pack of furikake for us to shake it in. Too cute. Then there was a complimentary cup of miso soup after the meal. I was glad that it didn't come in a big bowl. No way I could have fit that in. A small cup was the cutest and just right. 

There were also small bites on the menu, like fried chicken cartilage and the familiar cured stingray fin with nori aioli and fried river shrimp with togarashi mayo. We skipped those. Since it is pushed out by Feather Blade, their signature beef is also on the online menu in the form of the 100g steak, burger and gyudon. But we didn't see the beef options printed on the menu in the restaurant, and we didn't ask about it.

The handrolls weren't served cut. Obviously. The restaurant had to point that out. I was puzzled, then I realized people might confuse maki and temaki. Okaaaay. The handrolls weren't all served together either. We were served flavor by flavor. I wasn't hot about the crab. It was kinda stinky, and tasted more like crab spread. Ugh. Nope. I couldn't take the smell. Eeeps. There was a seasonal special of tako and jalapeño, and a special of the week of hotate and Canadian uni. We ordered both. That nicely rounded up the meal.