Dine Inn Singapore – Japanese & Nikkei Home Cooking Supper Club

A recent visit to Serene Yeo‘s house for a Japanese & Nikkei Home Cooking Supper Club had my eyes peeled opened towards a completely different form of dining experience. Heard of the term ‘Supper Club‘?

Pardon me that I have come across these words but never fully grasp the meaning behind them. But I managed to learn from Serene, one of the hosts from Dine Inn Singapore, what a supper club is and how fiercely common it is in London.

To put it simply, supper club brings like-minded people together, to dine, drink and converse in a home setting. It is not a restaurant, cafe nor establishment. It can be held in the host’s personal house and the people who are cooking and serving you could be the host, the host’s family/friend/relatives.

Diners attending a supper club, in the case of Serene’s, can bring their own alcohols (BYOB). The best part is that you don’t have to dress to the nines because it is all about dining in comfortability nor do you have to pay for corkage fees.

If you are thinking whether this is Serene’s first time, she has actually been organising supper club umpteen times, each meal capped at a capacity of about eight diners. Even more so, she changes her menu now and then to keep it fresh and unique.

Japanese & Nikkei Home Cooking Supper Club

The moment started off with some refreshments. We had canapés which was the Gyoza with Homemade Teriyaki Sauce and a complimentary drink of Yuzu Liqueur with Soda. It might sound like you are having pre-event refreshments but rest assured that this is entirely casual and friendly.

Starters were Tamago Onsen and Salmon Sushi 2 ways.

Salmon Sushi was interestingly served opened-face with chunky avocado, salmon slices and daikon on a bed of shiso flavoured rice.

Amidst laughter and rounds of sake at the table, we moved on to the Pork Sukiyaki. The pork collar was tender and lapped up the sweetness of the broth. Quality was good and the portion was generous.

 

One of my favourite was the grilled Black Cod, with a melt-in-the-mouth consistency. Would really love to replicate this at home!

It also came with Shitake Gohan (Japanese mushroom rice) and a bowl of extremely fragrant stir fried Green Beans and Fish Cakes.

We were just getting fuller when desserts were next. I have to say that this was probably one of the best Homemade Flourless Chocolate Cake I ever had. Infused with bits of brandied prunes, the cake was surprisingly light yet chocolatey. I had expected a dense cake but this was just nice even after a filling meal.

 

Priced at $80 per pax (min 8 to dine), this is an extremely valued dinner.

The supper club concept is one that encourages communal dining with strangers/friends/families, the exchange of conversation and best of all, the enjoyment that one achieves out of all these.

I have spoken to friends, inviting them to join me on this supper club. But I believe as a concept that is relatively not commonly known and embraced by locals, it might come off as awkward and people get skeptical. In all truthfulness, I felt now in a better position to persuade my peers to join me on this dining experience.

That said, I would definitely wish to see more supper clubs in Singapore 🙂

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Explore more great food from my Dine Inn Experience

Check out Serene’s Japanese & Nikkei Home Cooking Supper Club here.

To know more about supper club, this is a worthy read:

http://www.thelondonfoodie.co.uk/2015/07/the-ins-outs-of-supper-club-dining.html