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“Sohan o sashiagemasu,” (I shall begin to serve the humble meal) pronounces the host as he kneels on the straw tatami mat in front of the head guest and offers a black lacquered tray, his head slightly bowed. The head guest turns to second guest and says “O-saki ni,” (excuse me [...] Written by mellie on October 11th, 2008 | Tags: Japanese, kaiseki, Tea Ceremony, Ueda Soko Ryu |  12 comments |  Print This Post |  Email This Post5 Market Lane, Melbourne Phone: 03 9650 0848
I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with Shoya (you can read about previous experiences here, here and here). They have often taken my breath away with the quality of their ingredients and execution of their dishes, hence the reason [...] Written by mellie on September 29th, 2008 | Tags: Japanese, Shoya | 13 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post
Found this weird little treat at Greater Eastern on Russell St. It is a sweet and soft, delicious tasting (well, it says so on the pack!) potato cream maccha omelette. While the cream was obviously sweet, it was definitely potato flavoured which was a wee bit disconcerting. It felt like I [...] Written by mellie on August 5th, 2008 | Tags: Japanese, potato cream maccha omelette, quirky | 2 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post
This is the Kit Kat Torokeru Zeitaku Kaoru Koucha, or “To be enchanted with fragrant black tea”. This deluxe version comes two to a box, in a thicker finger individually wrapped in foil. The taste? Well, I kind of like it! It’s quite strong and most certainly fragrant, with the heady aroma [...] Written by mellie on July 31st, 2008 | Tags: chocolate, Japanese, Kit Kat | 6 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post
I have written about Shoya before (refer here and here), but this is the spring rall (sic) of scampi which is part of the matsu special lunch set ($33). Inside the spring roll wrapping is a de-shelled butterflied scampi stuffed with a delicate mix of pork mince and fragrant herbs. An ume [...] Written by mellie on July 16th, 2008 | Tags: Japanese, restaurants, Shoya | 6 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post |
  
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