Iki-Jime Seafood by Vue
At Iki-Jime, the Vue crew reels in the best sustainable seafood they can lay their hands on, cooks it over cherrywood and charcoal, and presents it beautifully.
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430 Little Collins St, Melbourne
(03) 9691 3838
At Iki-Jime, the Vue crew reels in the best sustainable seafood they can lay their hands on, cooks it over cherrywood and charcoal, and presents it beautifully.
You pay a high price, of course, for premium produce but this ‘sister’ venue to Vue de Monde delivers on every front. Ike-Jime’s service (helmed by long-time manager David Wilson) is ship shape.
The wine list is ocean deep.
And the aquarium-dark dining room puts the open kitchen’s Josper grill front and centre. Whole whiting comes drizzled with a brown butter sauce.
Coffs Harbour octopus ripples around smoked eggplant.
Add hand-cut chips and a fennel salad and you’re sailing.
Ink-dark Iki-Jime knows how to rock the boat as well.
“Fish & chips” turns out to be coils of raw tuna coddling fried potato and leek, while Moreton Bay bug meat is jemmied into brittle pastry with kelp ‘fudge’.
A vision of seafood-first dining, Iki-Jime has us hooked.
Must-eat dish: Moreton Bay bug tart
Cuisine: Contemporary seafood
Chef: James Cornwall
Price: $$$
Bookings: Yes
BYO: No
Open: Lunch Wed-Fri from 11.30am; dinner Tues-Sat 5pm-late
Instagram: @iki_jime