hellbent on visiting at least one new restaurant before i leave for KL and thailand, i made a reservation for four at shoya (25 market lane, melbourne 03 9650 0848). when i called the waitstaff informed me that there were three types of dining. the bottom is a smokeless japanese barbecue, the middle is a [...]
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shoya, melbourne
Posted in age good food guide 2010, japanese, melbourne on September 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
ichi ni, st kilda
Posted in japanese, melbourne on August 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
k’s a big fan of japanese food, and has wanted to go to ichi ni (12 the esplanade, st kilda 03 9531 1212) for a while now. we tried a month or so ago but couldn’t get a reservation, so he was pretty excited this time around. i’d read mellie’s review prior to going to [...]
benihana, surfers paradise
Posted in japanese on April 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
we spent the easter long weekend up on the gold coast with some friends and decided to give benihana (marriott surfers paradise resort & spa, 158 ferny ave surfers paradise 4217, 07 5592 9770) a go. benihana is a chain of japanese teppanyaki restaurants originating from america that specialises in ‘theatrically prepared’ meals. and theatrically [...]
the $10 takeaway challenge – iroli, malvern
Posted in japanese, melbourne on April 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
i cheated ever so slightly with this one, i’ve actually been to iroli (265a glenferrie road, malvern 03 9576 0853) before. but i was craving karaage chicken and potato salad – which iroli do pretty well - so i headed there for a takeaway bento.
i decided to go for the sukiyaki beef and karaage bento [...]
maedaya, richmond
Posted in japanese, melbourne on March 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
after claire of melbourne gastronome fame wrote about maedaya (400 bridge road, richmond 03 9428 3918) xm promptly booked a table for the girls. well, we did book for a much larger party but the boys were out of town.
remember how i’m condiment crazy? well, maedaya was certainly my kinda place! we were greeted with [...]
horoki, melbourne again
Posted in japanese, melbourne on February 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
after i told j about my dinner at horoki last month, she asked me to take her there when she came over. and so i did!
we enjoyed serves of the tuna carpaccio, daikon salad with sashimi, garlic octopus, duck and diced scotch fillet, all of which were as good as last time. in addition, we [...]
ramen-ya, GPO melbourne
Posted in japanese, melbourne on February 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
xm told me about ramen-ya (g25 postal lane, GPO, 350 Bourke Street 03 9654 5838) a while back but while i always wanted to go and try it, something better than ramen always emerged as the top choice for lunch or dinner.
until j came over for the weekend. we drank so much the night before [...]
horoki, melbourne
Posted in japanese, melbourne on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
horoki (19 liverpool street, melbourne 03 9663 2227) is located off little bourke street on the top end near parliament. i’ve tagged this as a japanese restaurant but really, you can’t call it just a japanese restaurant. you’ll see what i mean in a sec.
it’s a tiny place, and when we had dinner there last [...]
J’s Surf and Turf, Brighton
Posted in japanese, melbourne on February 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
my dad’s cousin – who is responsible for recommending quite a few of the restaurants that i’ve been to – introduced me to J’s Surf & Turf (133 were street, brighton 03 9592 6500). located on a suburban street, this hole-in-the-wall offers an unlimited supply of their menu each night for $28 per person. and [...]
yoshi, again
Posted in japanese, melbourne on January 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
k’s parents arrived two saturdays ago and requested dinner at yoshi immediately after we picked them up from the airport. i’ve written about yoshi before (with really bad pictures) here, so i’m happy to say that the shots from this dinner are much clearer. more or less the same dishes though, sorry for the lack [...]
