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Ten and Sen is opening in Leederville.

A specialist Hokkaido ramen restaurant is opening in Leederville

The cosy 30-seater will serve a unique curry and miso-based ramen alongside Hokkaido soul food favourites and local drinks.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Chicken katsu with Japanese curry sauce and slaw is paired with pale ale.

West Melbourne bar scores chef from hit Hong Kong venue with Michelin star

An under-the-radar spot is about to be the name on everyone’s lips, as it nabs a chef from a Hong Kong hotspot who’s all about fun-forward dishes.

  • Quincy Malesovas
Chashu pork, nori and bamboo shoots top the original bowl.

Kajiken

Serving aburasoba (soupless ramen) inside a busy train station.

  • Emma Breheny
Sushi On Little Bourke is about sandos and sushi you can afford several times a week.

Two-hat sushi restaurant opens a casual spin-off for city workers

“It’s not omakase, it’s more like a canteen.” Come for fluffy katsu sandos, Japanese fish and chips, and a style of sushi that’s perfect for lunch al desko.

  • Emma Breheny
Omo cafe is styled on Tokyo’s kissaten.

Relive your magical trip to Japan at these nine Melbourne venues

Pocket-sized sushi restaurants, old-school Tokyo-style cafes, and affordable delis with build-your-own bentos are just the tip of a rapidly growing and highly specialised Japanese scene.

  • Emma Breheny
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Temaki platter, nori sheets and rice, ready for DIY assembly.

Get hands-on with this sushi platter with a difference at this 10-seat city restaurant

Tiny Temaki Sushi joins Melbourne’s growing number of Japanese specialty venues.

  • Dani Valent
Mamuki’s mango matcha smoothie epitomises social-media thirst

This serene inner west cafe is a must-visit for all matcha fans

Strawberry matcha lattes are all well and good, but how about a mango matcha smoothie?

  • Lee Tran Lam
Chilled tofu with syrup.

Doughnuts, ice-cream and nuggets: How this tiny shop puts a creative spin on tofu

A small-batch tofu maker is pushing perceptions of the vegetarian staple into new territory, using McDonald’s, low-waste cooking and more for inspiration.

  • Emma Breheny
Hareruya Pantry in Carlton - just open with gelato-filled mochi, sandos, bentos and musubi. By the Le Bajo Milkbar and 279 team. For Good Food, 1 July, 2022

Hareruya Pantry

Specialising in Japanese desserts like mochi-wrapped gelato.

  • Emma Breheny
Chef Naoyuki Suzuki on the grill in the Yakitori Washokudo kitchen.
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Griller tactics: Japanese yakitori experience is faithfully recreated in Perth’s CBD

Never mind wing-or-drumstick: this lively Japanese grilled chicken restaurant and open kitchen serves heart, gizzard, skin and other lesser-seen parts of the chook.

  • Max Veenhuyzen

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