Omurice House, Mitcham

The egg shortage is at the top of my mind these days. I have gone to a number of supermarkets in the past few days in search of their basic eggs (as opposed to free range, organic or eggs laid by chickens massaged daily by certified Reiki practitioners) and they have all but disappeared from the shelves. Who have been buying these eggs for Easter? It would have been cheaper to buy chocolate eggs to celebrate.

Eggs are one of my favourite food, and I am not in a good state with only 5 eggs left in the fridge. Whenever we go to restaurants, I would always be tempted to order dishes with eggs. Recently we went to Omurice House which serves omurice in a BP petrol station. Normally the location would be a great deterrent, but I went ahead anyway because I just love omurice. We had one of the best omurice at a Japanese museum cafe, of all places. I licked the plate clean. 

Omurice House is geared towards the takeaway trade, so there is a computer for ordering at the entrance, and there are only 12 seats in the restaurant. It is located inside the BP kiosk so it was interesting to see the confused looks on the people's faces as they come into the kiosk to pay for the fuel they just pumped into their car. I imagine I can see their thoughts of, 'What are these people doing here? Oh, they're eating.. but who in their right minds would eat in a petrol station? What are they eating? Hmm.. that looks interesting. Maybe I should try it out sometime'.

We ordered the Japanese creamy curry sauce with pork katsu ($17.80) and Beef Don ($14.80). 

The egg was so beautifully shaped, it was almost too good to eat. It was just set, creamy and delicious. It would have been good if the rice was fried rice instead of plain white rice because the Japanese creamy curry sauce was bland. It was like the Campbell's condensed creamy chicken and corn soup and did not have much flavour. From the reviews, a sauce with more oomph like Malaysian curry sauce would have been better. The pork katsu was nicely fried and is lightly or not seasoned. 

I am not sure if it was just us, but the Tanindon was also a bit bland. I missed the salty sweet broth that accompanies these rice bowls. 

 Other than the skill that went into shaping the egg on top of the omurice, I felt the other components were like average, home cooked food. I think anyone who would like to try this place should order dishes with known punchy flavours and request for a salt shaker on the side. I also think the order would be just as good eaten at home (takeaway), because sitting on tables in a petrol station is not the best set up for a leisurely dinner.