Senryu kaisen don lunch set — loaded sashimi bowl!
Senryu Japanese — premium kaisen don with salmon, tuna, hamachi, scallop, prawn, uni sea urchin, tamago, plus chawanmushi, miso soup, side dish.
Sunday lunch at Senryu — the premium kaisen don lunch set. Loaded with the full sashimi family. 😋
What was on the table:
- Kaisen don (centre, large bowl) — sushi rice topped with a generous sashimi spread:
- Salmon — orange pink slice
- Maguro tuna — deep red rectangular block
- Hamachi (yellowtail) — pale pink slice on the left
- Scallop (hotate) — large cream-white slice on the right
- Sweet prawn (amaebi) — red-shell prawn with head still on, sitting on top
- Uni (sea urchin) — orange-yellow tongue on a shiso leaf, the premium topper
- Tamago (sweet rolled egg) — golden block stamped with the restaurant logo (千寿)
- Shiso leaf + finely sliced cucumber as the green base.
- Chawanmushi (top-left, with spoon already in) — savoury steamed egg custard.
- Miso soup (top-centre, lacquered black lidded bowl) — clear dashi-miso broth.
- Mentaiko / pickled side dish (top-right) — small dish with the SG-Japanese trio.
Senryu (千寿) is a SG Japanese restaurant chain — multiple outlets, focuses on sashimi + don bowls + Japanese set lunches. The tamago stamped with their 千寿 logo is the visual branding signature.
Kaisen don (海鮮丼) = “seafood rice bowl” — the assorted sashimi-on-rice category. Different from chirashi don (which is cube-cut + scattered) — kaisen don uses full sashimi slices arranged neatly on top of rice. More premium presentation.
The standout in this bowl is the uni (sea urchin) — the orange-yellow tongue of sea urchin gonad. Most kaisen don skips uni because of the cost (Hokkaido uni runs $15+ per topping). When it appears, it’s the premium upgrade marker = this is a quality lunch set.
Amaebi (sweet prawn) with the head still on = the premium presentation. The shrimp head can be fried separately as a crunchy garnish (some Japanese restaurants do this) or just eaten raw with the body.
Scallop (hotate) + maguro tuna + salmon + hamachi = the SG Japanese sashimi quartet. Premium kaisen don adds uni + amaebi + tamago + ikura on top.
Chawanmushi + miso soup + side dish = the proper Japanese set lunch supporting cast. Chawanmushi (steamed egg custard) is the silky savoury anchor, miso is the clean closer, side dish is the textural-flavour bonus.
Premium kaisen don lunch sets typically run $22-35 at SG Japanese restaurants — Senryu likely in the middle of that range.
Overall: 4.2 / 5. Uni was the premium standout, sashimi quartet was textbook, amaebi was the textural detail, tamago + chawanmushi were the supporting wins. Will book again. 😋👍🏼
