One of my dining companions chanced upon Hana Restaurant's promotion of 9-courses Omakase dinner at $30++, applicable only on Mondays. So we decided to make reservations for a table of six at the 1-year-old Japanese restaurant, located on the 1st floor of Forum The Shopping Mall. Not all of us ordered the “leave-it-to-chef" menu. My dining companion who ate the hot (cold version is also available) Inaniwa Udon could not stop raving about it – springy thin wheat noodles good enough to eat on its own and delightfully light broth not so salty that it could not be slurped up. A tad expensive for plain noodles, I thought, especially since the add-on Tempura consisting of two prawns and three vegetables was 40% cheaper at $6++. Another dining companion had Oyako Don or braised chicken on rice, which I found to be value for money at $12++. The verdict: flavourful, tender and nothing to fault.
