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Welcome on board to SushiAirways Sushi Bar

Last updated on January 7th, 2020,
by Maureen
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SushiAirways

This article was first published on 31/12/2012 and information herewith is no longer accurate.

“Happy New Year! Welcome on board to SushiAirways. The aircraft is under the command of Captain Chef Wong Eng Chun and leading air stewardess Simbian Chua. We hope you have a pleasant journey with us.”

Flying into the heart of the touristic Kampong Glam district in Singapore, the enclave of the quaint Arab Street and Haji Lane, SushiAirways (寿司航空) is a new Sushibar offers a panoramic first class “flying” experience unlike any other, minus the turbulence.

When you enter the restaurant, you’ll have to totter up a flight of metal-plated stairs, like those leading up to an aircraft. Upon reaching the entrance, you’ll be greeted by service staff dressed as air stewardesses. As you enter the cabin, be awed by its interiors which was made to closely resemble the legendary 1930s Douglas DC-3, an American fixed-wing propeller-driven chrome plated aircraft.

Leading air stewardess Simbian Chua preparing at SushiAirways Sushi Bar

Taking an unconventional design approach for a Japanese restaurant and bar, you will be surprised by actual aircraft gallery meal carts and storage boxes, overhead compartments, characteristic aircraft lighting and rounded panoramic aircraft-like windows overseeing Kampong Glam.

This cute, gimmicky eatery serves, nope, not yucky airplane food, but yummy Japanese cuisine, with a kitchen helmed by a former chef at Grand Hyatt Singapore, Chef Wong Eng Chun. It has an extensive ala carte selection of fresh seafood flown in four times a week from Japan.

Sushi Airways Sushi Bar's Omakase

Should one feel spoilt for choice, and cannot make up one’s mind, one could entrust their dining experience to SushiAirways’ Omakase (“I’ll leave it to you” in Japanese, $180 to $250 per pax) degustation menu which offers seasonal items not found in the à la carte menu. But of course, you have to make reservation first lah, cannot go on the very day and request for omakase!

To start, we had a very light appetizer which is the Fish Roe from Red Snapper. It does look abit wormy and even though the fish roe is not photogenic, it taste great! By pairing it with a little mandarin peel and Chef Wong’s homemade soy sauce, it gives a light citrus taste which is refreshing to the palette!

SushiAirways Sushi Bar's DIY Negi Tori Roll

Next, we had this DIY Negi Tori Roll. This roll is very unique because it doesn’t come with the Japanese rice. So you basically just wrap the uni (sea urchin), tuna, tobiko (fish roe) and spring onions together with the nori and eat it.

The result of Sushi Airways Sushi Bar's DIY Negi Tori Roll

Here’s our DIY roll, as you can see, we just dump everything into the nori and eat it! The rich uni kinda evoke the flavor of the other ingredients and I love how the tobiko “pop” in my mouth when they are chewed.

Sushi Airways Sushi Bar's Fresh and tasty sashimi

Sushi Airways Sushi Bar's Fresh and tasty sashimi close up

Fresh and tasty sashimi is served in SushiAirways. Our Sashimi Mori Set has Hotate (scallop), Shake Belly (salmon belly), Kajiki (swordfish), Hamachi (yellowtail), and ebi (prawns).

There also served the sashimi individually or set in their ala carte menu. Special Chef’s Sashimi Mori costs $58 (Small) and $88 (Large).

SushiAirways Sushi Bar's variety of sushi

SushiAirways Sushi Bar's variety of sushi

We also had a variety of sushi such as Kajiki (swordfish), Shake Aburi (seared salmon), Hamachi (yellowtail), Tamago (omelette egg), Hotate (scallop) etc. The fish slice ratio is good and I love the Shake Aburi the most!

In their ala carte menu, they also have Premium Assorted Sushi ($38 small, $58 large).

SushiAirways Sushi Bar's Mango Roll

The presentation of Mango Roll ($30) can be better though. First, the mangoes are not sweet enough. Secondly, they aren’t wrap around the sushi like those Dragon Roll which you are in other sushi places. Hence the mango slices keep falling down and we have to eat the mango slices separately from the sushi.

SushiAirways Sushi Bar's Avocado Maki

Avocado Maki ($25) is definitely better. We can eat that as a whole with fragrant sesame seeds and flying fish roe that gives a good crunch to the sushi.

Sushi Airways Sushi Bar's cold soba

A typical Japanese restaurant will not miss out cold soba especially on this hot weather in Singapore. SushiAirways’s soba is unique because their soba is made from yam and specially imported from Japan.

If my guess is not wrong, it should be Jinenjo soba. The soba has a delightfully smooth texture and best enjoyed with a bowl of cold shoyu-seasoned broth with spring onions. Because the supply from Japan is rather irregular, the chef explained that their soba is not in the menu. However, when it is available, they will recommend it to the diners.

Sushi Airways Sushi Bar's Nikka Whisky

Their alcohol list is as extensive, and one of the more unique ones include this Nikka Whisky which looks like a Chanel perfume bottle.

Sushi Airways Sushi Bar's affordable set lunches

Sushi Airways offers affordable set lunches at only $15 which is served with a delicious healthy garden salad with flavoursome wafu dressing and miso soup. The mains include the ever popular chicken and salmon teriyaki to crispy pork katsu, udon and the colorful Airways chirashi (sushi in a rice bowl) set.

Sushi Airways Sushi Bar's name card

Look! Their name card is so cute! It is a boarding pass!

And I was asking the friendly leading stewardess, do they have strict requirements to be SushiAirways stewardess? She said,”not really, as long as she is 1.65m tall and can fit in a size 8 dress.” Oh haiz, looks like I can’t be a stewardess this life!

This article was first published on 31/12/2012 and information herewith is no longer accurate.

Sushi Airways

Address: 20A Baghdad Street, Singapore 199659

Phone: 6291 1151

Website: https://www.sushiairways.com/

Opening Hours: 12pm to 2.30pm, 6pm to 9.30pm daily.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SushiAirways/

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Maureen

Born into a family of enthusiastic foodies, Maureen has always loved all things culinary, especially the local cuisine here in Singapore. With a life-long fascination with the rapidly evolving food scene in Singapore, she started this website in 2007 to explore and celebrate all types of local Singapore dishes and to share her love of travel and food with the world. With 4 years of experience as a journalist and producer, she has a wealth of experience in food writing, photography and styling.

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FASHIONIDE.COM says:
1 April 2013 at 12:10 am

Looks super fun!!! 🙂

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Stories says:
23 April 2013 at 12:17 am

Wow. Have to try this restaurant. Bringing my family for the omakase

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Petrina Loh says:
6 May 2013 at 8:13 pm

Dinner 06.05.13
700pm
2pax

1. Server got order wrong:
Ordered sashimi mori s at first and negi toro maki but decided to cancel and order 2 chiraishi n 2 Chawanmushi. But the sashimi mori showed up and I had to cancel the chiraishi and accepted the sashimi and just added 2 rice. Half way thru our meal the negi toro maki shows up. I explained that I cancelled the sashimi order plus negi toro coz I wanted chiraishi and chawanmushi instead. But server said I repeated the order?!?

2. Rice served was jasmine rice, not becoming of a japanese restaurant. Gohan needs to be short grained rice

3. Server tells us there’s oyster special. I took it. To my disappointment chef does not know how to shuck oysters with muscle still attached to shell.

4. We ordered sake, the first bottle koten sharaku junmai dai ginjyo we ordered I decided not to take it as the bottle was clear and sake was probably kept for a while as it showed signs of age as it was yellow. Decided to order another which was the hakkaisan ginjyo. Which was not too bad.

5. Fish was fresh.

6. Chawanmushi had a burnt smell, probably stock was burnt.

7. Complimentary dessert of some tofu jelly.

8. Damage: $170.

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Maureen says:
6 May 2013 at 8:18 pm

Hi Petrina, thank you for this! Looks like it’s time to re-visit the restaurant.

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