AmyHuangA small Japanese delight: Sushi Bar Rashai
February 20th 2008 02:27
Sushi Bar Rashai
Japanese Restaurant
241 Parramatta Road, Annandale NSW
(02) 9560 3007
www.sushirashai.com
Japanese cuisine will have to be one of my favourites, and possibly the fastest growing trends in Sydney. Sushi Trains are popping up all over the place and a cheap sushi roll is now one of the most popular fast lunches in the business population.
However, good sushi is hard to come by. Traditional training for sushi chefs generally lasts around 5 years in Japan. They start from preparing the rice, to preparing some of the cooked ingredients. One of the hardest skills to earn is cutting the fish, where each piece have to be the same thickness as the other, and no 'denting' of the fish surface is allowed. And a properly rolled sushi requires that the fish does not come off the rice padding when turned upside down.
This is where I was impressed with Sushi Bar Rashai. This small restaurant is located in the heart of the inner west, and is extremely popular. With the quality of the sushi and their extensive a la carte dishes, ranging from noodles to rice to hot pots, it's no wonder there is never a table without a reservation.
Their resident chef Kazu Takahashi started his career when he was 18, and was offered a 3 years contract to work as a sushi chef in 1984 in Australia. Since then, he has been one of the respected sushi chefs in Sydney. His co-chefs in the restaurant all have extensive sushi experience, with a surprising star chef Zaman, a Bangladeshi born chef who trained for ten years in Japan to accomplish his dream of becoming a sushi chef. The wait staff all claim he even speaks better Japanese than any of them.
My favourites, besides their freshly hand rolled sushi, is the Teriyaki Don. Unlike the take away teriyaki dishes from other establishments, the teriyaki sauce here is cooked all the way through the meat, the chicken tender, and the homemade sauce not overpowering.
Sushi Bar Rashai caters for vegetarians and gluten free as well.
Opens Tuesday to Sundays for dinner only.
Books essential. Bookings can be made online, or by phone.
Free street parking close to the venue.
Japanese Restaurant
241 Parramatta Road, Annandale NSW
(02) 9560 3007
www.sushirashai.com
Japanese cuisine will have to be one of my favourites, and possibly the fastest growing trends in Sydney. Sushi Trains are popping up all over the place and a cheap sushi roll is now one of the most popular fast lunches in the business population.
However, good sushi is hard to come by. Traditional training for sushi chefs generally lasts around 5 years in Japan. They start from preparing the rice, to preparing some of the cooked ingredients. One of the hardest skills to earn is cutting the fish, where each piece have to be the same thickness as the other, and no 'denting' of the fish surface is allowed. And a properly rolled sushi requires that the fish does not come off the rice padding when turned upside down.
This is where I was impressed with Sushi Bar Rashai. This small restaurant is located in the heart of the inner west, and is extremely popular. With the quality of the sushi and their extensive a la carte dishes, ranging from noodles to rice to hot pots, it's no wonder there is never a table without a reservation.
Their resident chef Kazu Takahashi started his career when he was 18, and was offered a 3 years contract to work as a sushi chef in 1984 in Australia. Since then, he has been one of the respected sushi chefs in Sydney. His co-chefs in the restaurant all have extensive sushi experience, with a surprising star chef Zaman, a Bangladeshi born chef who trained for ten years in Japan to accomplish his dream of becoming a sushi chef. The wait staff all claim he even speaks better Japanese than any of them.
My favourites, besides their freshly hand rolled sushi, is the Teriyaki Don. Unlike the take away teriyaki dishes from other establishments, the teriyaki sauce here is cooked all the way through the meat, the chicken tender, and the homemade sauce not overpowering.
Sushi Bar Rashai caters for vegetarians and gluten free as well.
Opens Tuesday to Sundays for dinner only.
Books essential. Bookings can be made online, or by phone.
Free street parking close to the venue.
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in my experience good sushi is INCREDIBLY hard to come by, so it takes me a while to work up the courage after I spot one........
and I guess it makes sense with the fisk markets only a hop skip and a jump away.....
i am sooooooo there
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I once worked for a fast food sushi outlet. We had a machine that did the rolling. California rolls and whatnot... Embarrassing, I know.
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Always Eighteen - hey, nothing to be embarrassed about - it's the same as fast food chains and gourmet restaurants.
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I love sushi and anything Japanese. I went to a Teppanyaki restaurant for my birthday and it was awesome. I recommend that everyone go at least once in their lifetime to one of these places. I've also been dying to try Ramen and there is meant to be a really good place for it in the city.
Damn it, all this talk is making me hungry. Pass the sashimi!
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My local Japanese restaurant is the Shiki Japanese Restaurant on 75 Grimshaw Street, Greensborough. I live in the suburbs so I don't know where abouts you'll be staying.
Not sure on the name or the location of the Ramen place in the city either. I remember me and my friends walked past it once, and said we should try it but never have
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I'll be stay in the Crown Promenade Hotel (I love travelling for work) but I'll try to get around the suburbs