Launched two months ago, these two concepts under one roof are a collaboration between managing director Raymond Tan and executive chef Max Lai, both of whom also run the neighbouring Japanese restaurant Sushi Murasaki.

Signature items at the robatayaki restaurant include the aromatic truffle onsen salad ($12), handmade tsukune (chicken patty, $8), US pork buta bara (pork belly, $9) and lamb rack ($19).

At the 18-seat Yoi Sake Bar, pair your sake with bar bites such as Tako Wasabi ($8), bite-sized pieces of octopus eaten with wasabi; fugu mirin ($15), cured pufferfish; and ham-wrapped lychee.

Later this month, expect a range of Japanese desserts on the menu as a dessert chef from three-Michelin- starred Japanese restaurant Nihonryori RyuGin joins the team.

Level 2, Millenia Walk, 9 Raffles Boulevard

Akasaka Yukun

Founded in Kurume, Kyushu, in 1952, the brand specialises in steamed eel dishes. This is its first opening overseas. The stall’s signature dish is the unagi seiro mushi ($28.80 or $38.80), with chunks of eel and finely sliced omelette on seasoned rice.

Other options include unagi sasa mushi ($15.80), in which eel and rice are wrapped and steamed in bamboo leaves; and unagi iron pot ($15.80) with chopped eel, fried egg strips and gochujang in a hot stone bowl.

Genki Japan

Get your soba fix at Genki Japan. The buckwheat noodles are made fresh at the stall. Offerings include kabuki soba ($7.80) or chilled zaru soba ($5.50), as well as rice bowls such as aburi salmon don ($11.80) and tendon ($11.80).

Banzaiya

Inspired by obanzai, home-style dining originating from Kyoto, Banzaiya features a daily selection of small dishes (pictured) for diners to pick from. Dishes include chawanmushi ($2.50); temari sushi ($4 for three) with salmon, prawn and squid; and saba shio yaki ($5).

Gyu Tetsu Teppanyaki

Watch the chef whip up your meal at Gyu Tetsu Teppanyaki. Check out Gyu Tetsu’s signature US Angus beef lemon steak ($18.80), where thin beef slices are doused in a citrus sauce and sizzled on a hotplate.

Other options include seafood okonomiyaki ($14.80), teppanyaki cod ($19.80) and Gyu Tetsu Hamburg ($15.80). Set meals are available.

Bear’s Curry Cafe & Bar

Try Japanese curry rice with a twist. The Curry Rice Black ($11.80) is tinted with charcoal powder and the rice is shaped like a bear. The katsu black curry includes a fried pork cutlet and there is also a bear-shaped kid’s curry ($9.80) for the little ones.

The bar also has Suntory The Premium Malt’s pilsner beer and black beer on tap ($4 for half pint, $11 for a pint) and a Jim Beam Highball draft machine.

B1-01 Food Republic @ Shaw Centre, 1 Scotts Road

The newest of the 16 brands at Wisma Atria’s Japan Food Town is Yakiniku Heijoen. The four-day-old restaurant specialises in premium yakiniku beef.

Good-value options include the Japanese wagyu lunch ($29.90), with Heijoen kalbi, Heijoen beef lean meat, pork and skirt steak; and seared premium Japanese wagyu on rice ($25.90).

For dinner, set menus are available, such as the Tanka set ($129.90), which includes marbled Japanese beef sashimi, thick-cut marbled tongue and steak-cut of the day, as well as a variety of beef cuts, salad and soup.

#04-47 Wisma Atria, 435 Orchard Road

The latest addition to Japanese food arena Eat At Seven is Tonkatsu Agedoki, the sister outlet of another tenant, tendon concept Kohaku. Tonkatsu Agedoki’s signature dishes include Cutlet Of Wrapped Prawn With Pork set meal ($35) and Thick Slice Pork Loin Cutlet set meal (200g, $21.50). Free-flow rice and cabbage are available.

#03-331 Suntec City North Wing (Tower One), 3 Temasek Boulevard

Text: Eunice Quek/The Straits Times