Mushashi – V Day Dinner

We have never been really big on gifts on Valentine's Day, as we both believe that it's a wrought – and besides, I would prefer that hubby would buy me something that's not on a 'commercial' day. However, when it comes to celebrating with food – how can I say no.

I have always wanted to try this Japanese restaurant, there are always a horrendous amount of people lining outside. Like the other Japanese restaurants under the 'Masuya' chain – they don't take bookings, and they have a 'ticketing' service, whereby, you rock up, and if its busy, you take a number and request whether or not you want to sit at the bar, table or outside. We were there 'early-ish' and didn't have to wait too long, however, we weren't exactly fussed where we sat.

The place was buzzing! We sat on the bench and I got to see behind the scenes of the kitchen! It's always exciting to see how they cook and how a kitchen operates. The waiters were friendly and tentative, our green tea was always topped up – which was a bonus!

We started off with the sashimi main – it's always a favourite of ours. Six different types of sashimi – 2 lots of salmon sashimi, tuna, king fish, octopus, king fish, and raw scallops. It was all very fresh, as you would expect!

We also ordered Chicken Karage and Beef Tataki – being Indonesian, I am used to having something deep fried at every meal. Thankfully, hubby doesn't like to eat deep fried food all the time. However, it was a special day, and he knows how much I love chicken karage – who can resist when it comes with sweet chilli sauce? Chicken was very soft and moist, crunchy on the outside.

Beef tataki was very very tender – it was medium rare. The sauce was rather sweet, didn't think it complemented the beef, but hubby seems to have enjoyed it.


Hubby unfortunately wasnt a great fan of the chicken karage - he said that my mother's fried chicken was a lot better! I agree, mum's fried chicken is good, but its not the same. I was more than happy to finish the chicken karage on my own. Clearly he demolished the beef tataki!

Over all, it was a great V Day dinner – relax and not pretentious. You can never really go wrong with Japanese food, especially if its under the Masuya chain. It is definitely worth another visit but be there early.. otherwise it would be a 30 – 45 mins wait!

Mushashi

447 Pitt Street (Corner Campbell Street) Sydney 2000
Phone: +61 2 9280 3777