Showing posts with label Japanese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japanese. Show all posts

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Ramen Kan

I was brought to this place in China town after church one day & fell in love with the Ramen here. It's located upstairs hidden away & gets very busy quickly!


Takoyaki: Very tasty and great texture, definately beats the ones I've had back in Auckland


Tonkasu Ramen: Love thier Ramen, the soup, the simplicity of it all


Besides Ramen, they also do Don Bouri, other side dishes & a few nice drinks such as ice coffee & green tea milk.

Address:
Level 1, 90 Hay Street, Haymarket Chinatown, Sydney
+61 (02) 9211 6677

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Makota

Today was a lazy sunny day and I was feeling tired, sick of looking at houses that seems to be going no where!!! This house hunting thing is really fustrating as its either doesn't fit what we want, or it's leased out before the open home even started!

Anyway after such a tiring day sitting in the car, I was too lazy to cook and wanted something "simple" but we ended up at Makota, a sushi train restaurant in Chatswood! Ok, so it ended up to be a rather expensive dinner than planned...sigh...the food was good but OMG how food is so expensive here!!!

Salmon roll:


Sushi roll with eel I think:


Fried scallop wrapped with salmon:


Salmon topped with mayo shrimps and caviers:


Salmon avocado roll with fish roes:


As you can see, it's a very salmon night as most of the dishes had salmon in it =)
For desserts, there were a few on the train too, we chose the pudding and hot red bean soup with sticky sweet riceballs inside. I prefered the pudding by far!

Black sesame pudding with syrup at the bottom:


This dessert was surprisingly good, the pudding was very silky like tofu and the combination of black sesame and the syrup together was a perfect match topped with peanut crumbs on the top!

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Eat eat eat

Today we went for a ferry ride to Watson Bay, which is about 30 minutes from Circular Quay in the city and cost $10 return.

Once we arrived at Watson Bay, we walked pass a restaurant where the line was queuing up for their fish and chips so Marcus couldnt resist it and bought one fish for afternoon snack.


The fish here are done differently to the ones we have in NZ, and they provided a small container of chilli plum sauce....

After our trip to Watson Bay we wanted to try this malaysian place but it was closed so we strolled along the road and ventured into one of the many Japanese restaurant:
There were so many Jap restaurants it was so hard to choose and we ended up at Yutaka along Bathurst Street. Here, they offer buffet for $24 so it's not bad but we opted for the a la carte instead having so much food during the day.

Chicken Karaage don:


Fish bento box:



After dinner we went to this place called LNC dessert house on Sussex Street, near Chinatown. They offer many variety of dessrts especially the usual Hong Kong style such as red bean, almond, chestnut soups and other yummy ice and ice cream desserts. There were so many choices and even though we were so so stuffed from all the food we had during the day, I chose the red bean slushy with sticky rice and green tea gelato




We were forcing ourselves to finish this dessert & it was definately a hard task but definately coming back again to try other flavours!

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Tanuki

Tanuki is located along Queen St at #319. There are a few nice japanese restaurants around city but I wanted to eat at Tanuki because of the little appetizers and selections you can choose from instead of a main dish.

Below is a chef selection of appetizers which includes Tuna tataki,prawn & cucumber dressed with mustard vinaigrette miso sauce, Teriyaki flavoured fried chicken, Grilled eel wrapped in egg omelette, Diced salmon fillet in citrus flavoured soy sauce and California rolled sushi


Salmon Avocado Sushi


Deep Fried Egg plant with sweentened miso glaze


Fried Soft Shell Crab


Beef Tataki which is seared thinly sliced fresh rare beef served in a delicious tataki sauce


Website: http://www.sakebars.co.nz/tanuki/index.html
Price: Pricey but nice selection of small side dishes to share with everyone
Service: Friendly but were quite rushed as it was packed so they want you to get out fast
Food: 7/10

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Feel like Japanese?

The Don in the city is our usual jap place we go to because it's reasonably priced and they have many variety of food compared to Daikoku or Renkon. They have very interesting side dishes such as fried cheese wrapped in beef and other japanese delicacy.

I can't seem to find the address on google but it's along High Street in the city but you have to go into an alley way and walk down the stairs or something...It is quite hidden away but I recommend this place if you ever feel like Jap.


There are many udon dishes and one of my favourite is Japanese curry udon, however this is Fried chicken udon:


You can order dishes like this salmon and a bowl of rice:




I'll have to find the address and post it...

Monday, October 27, 2008

Renkon Parnell

One of my favourite places to eat is Renkon in Parnell because of the simplicity of the food. If you want to quick Japanese fix Renkon is great because all main dish cost $10 and the portion is just right - not too big not too small. Renkon Parnell used to do two sizes for 2 prices, small and large. I would normally order some chicken or salmon dish but I felt like trying thier eel and it was quite nice.

Grilled eel on udon:


Karaage fried chicken on rice:


I also enjoy the side dishes such as Takoyaki (baked/fried octopus balls), and their tofu.

Renkon Parnell Japanese Eat in & Takeaway

Location:
211 Parnell Road, Parnell

Price: Reasonable $10 per dish
Food: 9/10
Atmosphere: 9/10
Small restaurant that often gets busy during weekend nights. They do many takeaway orders. This is a great place that I come here after evening church service because it's quick and simple!