SINGAPORE - (THE NEW PAPER) Another Japanese food outlet?

At Suntec City's Sky Garden, there will be seven more at Eat At Seven, operated by Global Retail Partners, a joint venture between ANA Trading, Tomo F&B and Komars Group.

Enbu is the first of the three eateries to open initially. The remaining four will open later this year.

Enbu - Singapore's first-ever warayaki (cooked over straw) and charcoal grill izakaya - is probably the weakest in concept. The key is the grill but that is not available at lunch.

All the dishes were good but nothing had the wow factor.

Still, most of them are under $20 - maybe that is supposed to bowl you over.

Enbu is unlikely to be your go-to Japanese restaurant but if you are there, it will be worth the while.

The chicken warayaki ($12) has a lovely smoky flavour. The accompanying spring onion sauce made it interesting.

Layered flavours

Tuna better

Impressive each time

Looks good, tastes good