Working in Raffles Place and feeling sick of the lunch crowd at Lau Pa Sat? Hop over to One Shenton where the newly opened contemporary yet casual Tokyo inspired cafe and sandwich bar, kohii, is located. The five-month old cafe is set up by a local, together with his Japanese wife. They have one goal in mind, which is to offer fresh, great tasting and healthy sandwiches to their customers. At kohii, the finest ingredients are imported from Japan and to compromise on quality is out of the question.
I was actually quite surprised to see the Mixed Mushrooms Soup ($9.80) in its cream of mushroom form as most places are starting to serve pureed mushroom soup. I personally prefer the latter for its chunky chewy mushroom bits. The mixed mushrooms soup, being a signature dish at kohii, did not disappoint too. It was very rich in mushroom flavor and does not contain cream or starch. The soup packed a punch. We like!
I only eat salad when there is some meat in it 😛 The Assorted Seafood Salad ($10.50), is something that I highly recommend, especially if you want to order a salad that has more bang for your buck. It is certainly very refreshing to see a chockful of seafood ingredients such as prawns, scallops, crabmeat and octopus in your salad! All ingredients were very fresh and succulent which made us relish every bite.
And you know what else really rocked our socks? It was the Goma Salad Dressing which is essentially a thick Japanese roasted sesame dressing. Very delicious and further enhanced the taste of the salad!
If you read my blog on a regular basis, you would have known by now that I love all things spicy. Surely, the Curry Chicken Sandwich ($9.50) caught my attention when I was scanning the menu. You have a choice or white bread or brown oat bread for all sandwiches. To be honest, the chicken breast meat was quite dry, and the fact that the curry was also dry did not help one bit. The taste of the curry was pretty mild too. Perhaps I should have asked for white bread?
I have to agree when we were being told that kohii specializes in mushrooms. There are different types of mushrooms such as shimeji, shiitake and button mushrooms in the Marinated Mushrooms Sandwich ($10.50) – This does not contain meat, i.e. is a vegetarian option, but it tastes excellent nevertheless! The mushrooms were cold, juicy and slippery which also means that it ultimately led to a pretty messy affair but we kept calm and carried on…eating.
Out of the 6 smoothies available, I chose the Ichigo Nana ($6.30) while misterchewy decided on Mango Momo ($6.30). We were then told that these two smoothies were named after the owner’s daughters, Momo and Nana! How concidental! Mango Momo is a combination of mango and peach, which has a few more notes to its flavor as compared to Ichigo Nana which I feel, is a much lovelier and creamy blend. For busy executives working in the CBD area, these smoothies are great to slurp on while you are on the go!
Thank you kohii for the invitation.
kohii
1 Shenton Way
#01-06
Singapore 068803
Tel: 6509 9639
Opening Hours:
Mon to Fri
8.30am – 8.30pm
Sat
9am – 3pm