This mainstay of the Japanese convenience store - rice balls stuffed with different fillings and shaped into seaweed wrapped triangles - are easily found in supermarket sushi counters. But nothing beats a freshly made rice ball that's still nice and warm, and izakaya owner Miho Takahashi does just that. After visiting an onigiri shop in Hokkaido on a recent holiday, she was inspired to introduce her own version at her decade-old Inaho's Kitchen Bar. Only available during lunch, she uses Hokkaido rice and offers standard fillings as well as unusual ones such as spicy prawn and sansho spice, and pork curry. A set meal, priced from S$9.90, gets you two onigiri, miso soup, egg pieces and fried chicken.

Inaho's Kitchen Bar is at 60A Duxton Road. For reservations, call 62220852.