27 Mar

Sushi for the third day in a row! I'm sure my iodine levels will be fine; I don't normally eat this much sushi. Like last time, the ingredients were fresh and the rice was tasty, packed nicely and didn't take precedence over the other ingredients. Unlike last time, there wasn't any salmon belly. Mum and I wondered if the normal salmon and salmon belly were mixed up last time, which was why we got some in our trays. Though I'm not big on tamago, the tamago used in their...

13:30 / Camberwell / Food / Japanese / Restaurants / Suzuran
26 Mar

Thought I'd treat myself to a Dragon Roll at Gekkazan, which consisted of an inside out sushi filled with spicy tuna and a sliver of cucumber (the middle, pulpy bit) and topped with slices of eel and avocado. The takeaway price was $4.90. I was also eyeing the California handroll with cooked prawn and avocado. Normally I avoid California rolls because I don't like seafood sticks. When I ordered the sushi the girl didn't pick the one I was looking at ($3.10) but rather took one of the...

17:02 / Food / Gekkazan / Japanese / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants
25 Mar

This offshoot of Kenzan on Collins St used to be called Kenzan@GPO, but must have changed their name to Gekkazan in the last few months. It was easier to find than I thought. After getting off the tram stop at Bourke St I walked down Lt Bourke, then turned left down Postal Lane, which was just past Myer. Most of the sushi came in handroll or inside out versions. I went with the handrolls because they were cheaper and I also wanted to experience the novelty of wrapping my...

14:50 / Food / Gekkazan / Japanese / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants
22 Mar

I came back to try some other items on their menu and also managed to score a table straight away. [caption id="attachment_3385" align="aligncenter" width="1417"] Tuna Onigiri and Brown Rice Salmon Avocado Sushi[/caption] Their tuna onigiri ($4.5) was deep-fried but thankfully not overly oily. The cooked tuna was mixed in with the rice and it also contained carrot, celery and some sort of bean I didn't see before it was in my mouth. The sauce I chose to accompany my onigiri was their chilli sauce, which wasn't very spicy. It seemed...

15:01 / Food / Japanese / Melbourne CBD / Purple Peanuts / Restaurants
20 Mar

The Age named Purple Peanut's veggie burger as one of the 5 to try in Melbourne, so after uni I thought I'd pop in to see if it was as good as people say. I decided to go with the Gammodoki Prawn Burger ($9.5), which is exactly the same as the Gammodoki Tofu Burger ($9), but with prawns as well. The description of the burger is as follows: "Our own home-made tofu burger (tofu, beans, carrot, onion, oats, egg, sake, sesame and ginger) topped with prawns, served on a...

13:31 / Food / Japanese / Melbourne CBD / Purple Peanuts / Restaurants
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