09 Nov

I forgot to bring my camera so there are no photos for this post, but it was a visit that both mum and I particularly enjoyed. Suzuran is a Japanese grocery store in Camberwell, which has a discreet, take-away only sushi bar attached to it. Instead of going for a la carte we chose 2 trays of prepared sushi: a tray of 10 maki (~$8, tuna, salmon, avocado, cucumber and something else) and a tray of 5 slices of California roll futomaki and 5 nigiri ($13, salmon, tuna, ?kingfish)....

14:26 / Camberwell / Food / Japanese / Restaurants / Suzuran
20 Aug

Being our second visit we decided to try different dishes, though A2 ordered some kitsune udon, which we had last time. Mum was a bit disappointed that the tekka don didn't come with nice slices of tuna, but the presentation was true to the photo in the menu. We also had a bento box (no photo) with tempura, croquette and crumbed prawns. I ordered seared salmon sashimi and seared anago nigiri. It was my first taste of anago, or sea eel. The texture and flavour was more delicate than...

22:58 / Camberwell / Food / Japanese / Kenji / Restaurants
15 Jun

To celebrate the end of exams we headed out to Kenji - a Japanese restaurant mum has been wanting to try for ages. We decided to share nasu dengaku, agedashi tofu, a dragon roll and a platter of sushi and sashimi. I've not eaten agedashi tofu in Japan, so I'm not exactly sure what it's supposed to be like, but this one wasn't that wonderful. Similar to the agedashi tofu at Japas, it wasn't very smooth, the crumb wasn't crispy and there was a lot of sauce, which made...

23:06 / Camberwell / Food / Japanese / Kenji / Restaurants
07 Aug

My first teppankyaki experience! To be honest, the food wasn't outstanding and the showmanship wasn't great. I suppose that's really dependent on the chef assigned to the table. [gallery columns="2" type="rectangular" ids="434,436,438,441,443,444,446,447,448,450,451"] Sakata-ya 212 Camberwell Rd East Hawthorn, VIC, 3123 (03) 9882 4600 http://www.sakataya.com.au/ ...

19:15 / Camberwell / Food / Japanese / Restaurants / Sakata-ya
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