Fish omu soba set ($8.90)!
Wednesday Japanese lunch — fish omu soba set $8.90. Fried fish over egg-wrapped yakisoba noodles.
Wednesday Japanese lunch — fish omu soba set at $8.90. Fried fish over egg-wrapped yakisoba noodles.
We ordered:
- Fish omu soba set — $8.90
The fish omu soba is the seafood variant of the omu soba format. Instead of the standard pork katsu or chicken topping, the dish uses a battered fried fish (probably dory or another mild white fish) as the protein component over the omu soba base.
The yakisoba base is the substance. Thick alkaline noodles wok-fried with finely sliced cabbage, carrot strips, sliced pork or onion, and the signature yakisoba sauce — a sweet-savoury blend of Worcestershire, oyster, ketchup and soy. Dark glossy noodles with proper wok-toasted aroma.
The omelette wrapper folded over the top of the noodles. Thin egg crepe with the slightly underdone centre that stays soft and silky against the firm noodles underneath.
The fish was the upgrade. Battered white fish fillet (dory or similar mild fish), deep-fried until the crust crisped up and the fish inside stayed flaky-tender. Sliced into strips before plating so each piece had crispy edges showing.
Toppings on top of the omelette and fish: a generous drizzle of okonomi sauce, Japanese mayonnaise lines, bonito flakes that wave when they hit the heat coming off the dish, and a sprinkle of aonori (green seaweed flakes).
The combination eats as multiple textures layered together. Crispy fish, soft omelette, chewy noodles, rich sauce-and-mayo glaze, salty-umami bonito-aonori finish.
The set components likely included a small miso soup, a side salad, and pickled vegetables — the standard supporting accompaniments that turn the single dish into a complete Japanese lunch.
At $8.90 for the fish omu soba set this is fair Japanese casual restaurant pricing. The set format provides the variety that a single dish wouldn’t, and the lunch-set pricing usually undercuts the à la carte equivalent.
The Wednesday lunch slot is the right venue for a Japanese set. The fish-protein variant on the omu soba format is the rotation variation from the standard pork katsu or chicken versions we’d done previously.
Year-end approaching, the regular Japanese chain lunches continued to anchor the variety in the otherwise steady home + hawker rotation.
Phase 2 had restored access to the Japanese chain restaurant tier across all pricing levels. The $8-9 omu soba sets sit at the entry-mid tier, accessible for regular weekday eating without breaking the budget.
Overall: 4.3 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Solid fish omu soba set — would re-order.
