“The recognition from our customers is an award in itself!” adds wife Janice Chi, who together with Chi-san, is celebrating the restaurant’s eighth anniversary, with the launch of more dining concepts at Palais Renaissance this year.
It’s not every day that a locally owned restaurant serving Japanese cuisine can claim bragging rights to being so authentic that they have among their regulars Japanese customers from the Japan Embassy, Japanese chefs and some other well-known culinary names.
“In the past, it was near impossible for a non-native to run a Japanese restaurant. This is a milestone for us and we have come a long way. We work very hard to ensure we get the best seasonal ingredients direct from the source. In fact, we have suppliers from Japan who are surprised by the ingredients we ask for, as they are not aware of them sometimes,” says Singaporean co-founder and culinary head of Ishinomaki Grill & Sake Bar, Chi Pin Han, affectionately known as Chi-san.
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