Yoko Dining, the final piece of the dining puzzle that makes up Brisbane’s Howard Smith Wharves, is like a larger-than-life bento box that incorporates everything restaurateur Jonathan Barthelmess loves about his frequent trips to Tokyo.

Citrusy Japanese-inflected cocktails lead to crisply crumbed tonkatsu pork with a pyramid of finely shaved cabbage, and seasonal gyoza from a prized industrial gyoza-making machine.