Tokyo Sake
Today I am off to a Japanese restaurant in Ringwood
North. Situated on the corner of Dickson Crescent, Tokyo Sake is a warm and
inviting restaurant with colourful lanterns adorning the ceiling. We were
promptly seated and offered a menu. After ordering, a complementary palate
cleanser of cabbage and perhaps an apple sauce arrived. I was a little
concerned to find that they only had chopsticks on offer as I have always been
completely useless when it comes to mastering them. However, today it was like
I was possessed by a Japanese spirit and I was picking up even the hardest of
objects with them! For our entree we selected the Gyoza ($8.50), pan fried
Japanese style dumplings filled with pork and vegetables. I think I could have
eaten at least five plates of these... The other entree we chose was the Tempura
($9.00), two deep fried prawns and three vegetables lightly battered. Also
tasty but I really loved the dumplings... For my main I chose the Yaki Soba
($16.00), stir-fried soba noodles with tofu and vegetables including mushrooms
and zucchini. It had a pleasant sauce coating the noodles and again I managed to
use my chopsticks to consume the entire dish... My friend chose an entree sized
Sashimi ($14.00) as part of his main. A selection of fresh raw fish slices
served with soya and wasabi. I tried one of my friend’s tofu sashimi but didn’t
realise he had added a lot of wasabi to the dipping sauce so after the initial
shock, I found the sashimi to be delicious. He also grabbed some California
Rolls ($10.00), seaweed rolls with crabmeat, cucumber, fish roe, carrot and mayonnaise
with yoghurt and teriyaki sauce. Very yummy and I definitely think I will pick
from the sushi menu next time although I would be very happy with a plate of
dumplings... Anyway, for dessert we had the Banana Tempura ($8.50). Three
pieces of deep-fried banana coated in batter and coconut then topped with
syrup. This usually comes with a coconut ice-cream but our choices today were
vanilla, mango, and green tea. I chose the green tea ice-cream which was great
because the bitterness counteracted the sweetness of the syrup. Really yummy
and a nice change from the usual banana fritters at other restaurants. Corkage
is $2 per person which is very good. Overall the service was friendly and
slightly slow from mains onward but it was a busy night. Tokyo Sake has
rekindled my love of Japanese food which I find to be usually more tasty and
interesting than Thai food. If only I can remember how to use chopsticks again
next time...
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