SIFF Let’s Do Lunch: Teppanyaki, Sydney
The word teppanyaki often conjures up images of food flying in my face and walking out of the restaurant with an empty stomach and a dirty shirt. When I use to work in North Sydney, Teppanyaki use to be a reward for completing a milestone or a project on time. But instead, the thought of Teppanyaki style cooking made me cringe. The restaurant would have someone cook the food for us and he or she would do a few tricks and the food would land on our bowl. If I wanted to see tricks, I would buy a ticket to Cirque du Soleil.
Thankfully, Teppanyaki at The Ivy is not your usual Teppanyaki restaurant.
Ever since Merivale decided to get a bit more serious with their food, Teppanyaki has been a quiet achiever while the likes of est. take the spotlight. They have received some positive thoughts from several blogs as well as being full with patrons every time I dine there. This years Let’s do Lunch as part of SIFF gives me another opportunity to see what Teppanyaki is up to.
One thing to note before dining here is that Teppanyaki’s food is not predominately Japanese. The flavours are actually more Asian fusion, as you will see with one of the dishes that I ordered. But anyway, enough of my rambling. As you might have noticed, our SIFF posts are short and sweet. With so many options and posts, hopefully less is more.
West Australian marron, crushed cherry tomatoes, fresh herb salad
I ordered the Western Australian marron and Thai herb salad with the hope that it would suffice as my omega 3 and vegetable daily intake. The dietitians of the world would disagree with my justification, but at least my stomach was satisfied. The entire serving is more than generous, with the marron coming in two huge pieces with plenty of succulent meat. They are grilled or seared with a bit of seasoning, I think I could taste some hints of garlic. The Thai herb salad was a circus of colours and flavours, the perfect spring salad. It was a bit confusing to have a Thai salad in a Japanese named restaurant, but everything these days seems to be a mashup of different cuisines.
Wagyu striploin, marble score 5+, wok tossed shitake, buckwheat and soybeans
One word, amazing. I’ll start with one very minor setback, the wagyu was a tad over cooked. But fear not, the flavours more than made up for it. The shiitake mushrooms, buckwheat and soybeans are a great combination. Not only do they go well together in terms of flavour, but their textures all compliment each other very well. The wagyu had nice strokes of marble and if cooked a little more underdone it would have been perfect.
Well there you have it, another Let’s Do Lunch. You still have about two weeks to check out what is on offer on www.siff.com.au . The $35 offerings from Teppanyaki are great value, they all come with a bowl of rice and miso soup as well as the glass of beer/wine/sparkling water. While the flavours are a bit of a cross between Thai and Japanese, the flavours are spot on.
Note : These two dishes are part of the SIFF Let’s Do Lunch which runs throughout October 2009.
Teppanyaki at The Ivy
330 George Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Ph : 9240 3000
w : http://www.merivale.com/ivy/teppanyaki
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This article was written on 15 Oct 2009, and is filed under Japanese, Let's Do Lunch, SIFF.
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Ooh, loving the sound of the wagyu. If only I was closer to the city and then I could do Let’s Do Lunch
hmmm so there are 2 dishes to choose from and not 3 like ucello and .est? now i somehow feel rorted (even though the option between 2 dishes is better than 1 right? loving the bowls and presentation also
@ betty: I had the wagyu strip steak at Prime as part of SIFF last night – you def need to try it out as it has a marble score of 9+!
I think the marron and herb salad is a very balanced meal! There are many less virtuous foods (and pleasures) in this world. There’s no point being a saint in this world if you’re missing out on satisfaction =)
Oooh – I think I had that same marron dish at the March into Merivale thing earlier in the year… SO good, but I could have done with an extra marron, or three…
I’m so impressed by your extensive coverage of the SIFF! Food at teppanyaki looks great – I love how you get a choice for your meal
@Betty : They need to branch out of the City, lots of good restaurants who could do a SIFF lunch!
@abercrombie : They have 3 options, the other was a shabu shabu which I wasn’t too keen on.
@mademoiselle délicieuse : Agreed! A big plus when he tastes awesome too, I’m a big meat guy so if seafood is cooked like this I am happy.
@Tina : Could always do with more
@JacQ : Yeah for sure, more choices is good especially for different diets. They should do the same for Sugar Hits!