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An Azuma afternoon at Gourmet Safari with Maeve O’Meara

minh — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:31:34 +0000

Introduction to Japanese Food

You may have noticed that we really love japanese food. Between the five of us we’ve attempted to cover most of Sydney’s Japanese restaurants and the Azuma restaurants have definitely not been missed. A last-minute invitation from Taryn from the Azuma restaurants asking if we’d like to attend an ‘Introduction to Japanese Food’ session at the Azuma Kushiyaki restaurant found Teresa, Myself and Lorraine in the Lumiere building on a rainy weekend.

Our Japanese lunch has been organised by Gourmet Safaris, a company which hosts a number of Gourmet walking tours both locally and internationally all designed by Maeve O’Meara.

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Blancharu, Elizabeth Bay

teresa — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:10:50 +0000

Another gem?

Quite possibly.
Nested in the back streets of Elizabeth Bay, near the back of Kings Cross, Blancharu is another gem worth trying in this area. Around the Kings Cross, Potts Point & Elizabeth Bay area, you will find most cuisines to your desire, and the quality is top notch. Specialising in Japanese-Franco cuisine, chef Harunobu Inukai (formerly of Galileo & Bilsons) has expanded his horizons and opened up his own culinary experience for those to not enjoy his one-hatted restaurant quality dishes, but also to escape the flurries of the city and cook in a non-pretentious space.

For the past few months, my dear friend Mandy had completely hyped up Blancharu, and when it was time for me to FINALLY pay Blancharu a visit, her last words were “I hope it lives up to your expectations… I’m scared now!”(...)
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Iwa, Chatswood

squishies — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:00:25 +0000

Iwa drew us in with its dark-coloured, contemporary fancy decor, which made it stand out from the random stores featured on the Victoria Avenue mall strip, but it was the all-you-can-eat buffet for $36.80 caught us hook, line and sinker.

It took us a while to figure out what we wanted. We had an hour and a half to eat as much delicious meat as we possibly can, where the last order for meat and other dishes was an hour into our session. So we had to be smart and efficient with our ordering to maximise eating time without over ordering (though we did kind of get a word of caution from our waitress that we were over ordering haha).

Seaweed Salad and Edamame

The seaweed salad wasn’t quite what we expected. Lynda thought that perhaps they had given us the Lettuce with Home-made Miso Dip by mistake because she couldn’t see any seaweed in it, but upon ordering it again, we got exactly the same thing. We found the seaweed, after picking through the salad, and it was undeniably not what Lynda was thinking of when she ordered it (she was thinking of that stringy seaweed salad with sesame seeds). Despite that, I quite like what tasted like soy jelly sitting on top of the mound of lettuce.(...)
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Emon, Surry Hills

teresa — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:00:19 +0000

Here’s a place for some comfort food

As we move into the hot weather, I crave for Japanese food more and more. The lightly-flavoured dishes offered by the japanese cuisine is a great refreshing touch to balance out the heat. So whenever this heat looms, I call my bubbly eating chickadee, B, for a cleansing dinner. There is an abundance of Japanese restaurants in Sydney, which makes deciding where to eat a tough choice.

I enjoy eating around the Surry Hills area due to its quiet and easy-going environment; less crowds, less traffic, less everything but eateries! As a last minute choice, I decide to go for a japanese-style cafe/restaurant called Emon. Located on Cleveland St on the next block from one of my other favourites, Sushi Suma, we walk into Emon welcomed to a warm, cosy atmosphere, filled with a japanese homely decor, an open kitchen and sake bottles of all sizes lining the kitchen counter. (woohoo Sake!)

Cute table decorations

Sake Bottles

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Pepper Lunch & Azuma Cafe

minh — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:00:46 +0000

I’m sure I’ve walked past Pepper Lunch on George Street hundreds of times. Every time I go past I curiously peer past its yellow doors, glance quickly at the menus mounted on the exterior walls and try to convince whoever I’m with that we should be eating here! Unfortunately for me, not many have shared my enthusiasm and curiosity for Pepper Lunch, that is until Squishies suggests it as a quick dinner stop before we go to watch a movie.

Pepper Steak has been a staple on George St for about 2 years, it’s hard to miss the yellow awnings as you walk past on George St. To those unfamiliar with the concept, Pepper Steak specializes in meat dishes which are served raw on their own sizzling platter. The platter is super heated thus cooking your food for you at your table.

I’m not totally unfamiliar with the concept and have had something very similar in Akihabara a number of years ago, on my recent return to Japan I was devastated to find that my favourite food court had actually been demolished! Oh sad days. With only two of us at the table we aren’t going for quantity with this round. Squishies, a seasoned pro (complete with loyalty card!) goes for her usual, the “Tokusen” Rib Eye Steak, after much scouring of the menu I go for the aptly named, ‘J-Curry’.

"Tokusen" Rib Eye Steak - $15.80

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