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Domo 39

An ode to the versatility of rice.

A fish bento box.
1 / 10A fish bento box.Steven Siewert
If you’ve been to Japan, you’ll feel a happy sense of deja vu here.
2 / 10If you’ve been to Japan, you’ll feel a happy sense of deja vu here.Steven Siewert
Takana and shiso onigiri.
3 / 10Takana and shiso onigiri.Steven Siewert
 Outside Domo 39.
4 / 10 Outside Domo 39.Steven Siewert
Yasai yakisoba.
5 / 10Yasai yakisoba.Steven Siewert
Soft-serve rice cream.
6 / 10Soft-serve rice cream.Steven Siewert
The matcha swamp.
7 / 10The matcha swamp.Steven Siewert
Fridge shelves filled with sweets.
8 / 10Fridge shelves filled with sweets.Steven Siewert
Fridges are filled with colourful cakes, namas chocolate, mochi and more.
9 / 10Fridges are filled with colourful cakes, namas chocolate, mochi and more.Steven Siewert
Iced yuzu matcha juice.
10 / 10Iced yuzu matcha juice.Steven Siewert

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An ode to the versatility of rice, from the teams behind Marrickville cafe Kurumac and Mapo Gelato. The fridges are stocked with grab-and-go onigiri for commuters and Sydney Park picnickers, but they’re best made to order, when crisp sheets of nori envelope fluffy triangles of still-warm rice, gently flavoured with shiso, roe or pickled mustard leaves. The signature soft-serve “rice cream” is a toasty vanilla, coiled into paper cups with a sprinkling of rice puffs, fast-consumed beneath the 10-kilogram rice sculpture suspended from the ceiling.

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