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Heartfelt Japanese-Italian cooking at La D’Oro

Chef Yohhei Sasaki is on the right path at his new eatery

Jaime Ee

Published Thu, Sep 29, 2022 · 09:00 PM
    • Chef Sasaki serves Italian-style omakase in a sem-private dining room.
    • The main dining room features an all-black interior and warm lighting.
    • Nibble on freshly shaved Raspadura cheese.
    • Start off with a trio of snacks.
    • Takibi is a bonfire-inspired dish of mackerel in creamy burrata sauce.
    • Snow Aged A4 Wagyu Carpaccio.
    • Uni pasta with bottarga is a little heavy-going.
    • Chef Yohhei Sasaki
    • Tachiuo or belt fish, done Trapanese style.
    • Sendai wagyu served in a refreshin green apple wasabi sauce.
    • Duck breast with spring roll cigar, chanterelle mushrooms and chestnuts.
    • Aglio Olio pasta is made with a sauce using broth of three types of chicken.
    • Pre-dessert of Coke jelly and calamansi sorbet.
    • jJackfruit espuma and Kyoho grapes.
    • Chef Sasaki serves Italian-style omakase in a sem-private dining room. PHOTO: LA D'ORO
    • The main dining room features an all-black interior and warm lighting. PHOTO: LA D'ORO
    • Nibble on freshly shaved Raspadura cheese. PHOTO: LA D'ORO
    • Start off with a trio of snacks. PHOTO: LA D'ORO
    • Takibi is a bonfire-inspired dish of mackerel in creamy burrata sauce. PHOTO: LA D'ORO
    • Snow Aged A4 Wagyu Carpaccio. PHOTO: LA D'ORO
    • Uni pasta with bottarga is a little heavy-going. PHOTO: JAIME EE
    • Chef Yohhei Sasaki PHOTO: LA D'ORO
    • Tachiuo or belt fish, done Trapanese style. PHOTO: LA D'ORO
    • Sendai wagyu served in a refreshin green apple wasabi sauce. PHOTO: JAIME EE
    • Duck breast with spring roll cigar, chanterelle mushrooms and chestnuts. PHOTO: LA D'ORO
    • Aglio Olio pasta is made with a sauce using broth of three types of chicken. PHOTO: LA D'ORO
    • Pre-dessert of Coke jelly and calamansi sorbet. PHOTO: LA D'ORO
    • jJackfruit espuma and Kyoho grapes. PHOTO: LA D'ORO

    NEW RESTAURANT

    La D’Oro #01-16/17 Mandarin Gallery 333A Orchard Road Singapore 239987 Tel: 8382-6200 Open for lunch and dinner Mon to Sat: 12pm to 3pm; 5pm to 10pm

    SOMETIMES, life brings you to a crossroads. Or Mandarin Gallery, with its nasty habit of not telling you which way the mall or hotel is. For chef Yohhei Sasaki, his Japanese-Italian cooking path has led him to La D’Oro – on the first floor of a shopping centre so direction-unfriendly, no signage wants to work there.

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