Cheapest Korean fine dining, oppa chef at Onmi

The Amoy Street eatery keeps its prices low, but its level of cuisine high, with its S$118 set menu by its new Michelin-background chef

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Jaime Ee

Published Thu, Aug 1, 2024 · 09:47 PM

Onmi's minimalist interiors. PHOTO: BT
Creamy pine nut porridge and crunchy lotus root chips. PHOTO: JAIME EE
Horse mackerel sashimi salad. PHOTO: JAIME EE/BT
Tasty shiitake mushroom crackers and squid ink cracker filled with savoury fish cream. PHOTO: JAIME EE/BT
Clear chicken broth filled with chicken-mushroom meatloaf and glutinous rice. PHOTO: JAIME EE/BT
Slippery chewy buckwheat noodles. PHOTO: JAIME EE/BT
Jaewoo Ahn last worked at Eatanic Garden in Seoul. PHOTO: ONMI
Grilled beef short rib with Jerusalem artichoke puree. PHOTO: JAIME EE/BT
Abalone rice with clam soup and banchan. PHOTO: JAIME EE/BT
Burdock ice cream is divine. PHOTO: JAIME EE/BT

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NEW CHEF

Onmi 107 Amoy Street Singapore 069927 Tel: 6612-5531 Open for lunch and dinner Wed & Thurs: 11:30 am to 2:30 pm; 6 pm to 10:30 pm. Dinner only on Tues, Fri and Sat. Closed on Sun and Mon.

WHY do we always associate Korean food in Singapore with K-drama? Forgive us. Blame it on an inherent shallowness that we can only filter the intricacies of hansik through the prism of a chaebol dining table in Rain’s latest drama.

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