TetsuAki Japanese Cuisine
It’s a beautiful summer’s day. We’ve travelled up to visit TetsuAki Japanese Cuisine, at Paradise Point overlooking a market stall lined Esplanade, the sun shimmering on the Broadwater beyond. Looking through the floor to ceiling frameless glass shopfront into the bright, shiny and very very white restaurant, light bounces off every surface bar the floor. […]
Muso Ramen Noodle and Gyoza Bar
2018: Since achieving cult status, Muso has expanded. We look forward to another visit. My friends are fully aware of my love affair with gyoza. It almost reaches the height of oysters on my food radar, so when I hear about a new gyoza bar in Mermaid, the antenna are waving. Full steam ahead! Muso […]
Top Noodle Japanese
Top Noodle’s quite a surprising package. Although it’s in a prime position directly opposite the beach, at first glance it’s an underwhelming generic laminex-tabled eatery squeezed into a corner beside a shopping centre entrance. It undersells itself too in its presentation, with menu items pasted on the walls and an odd assemblage of crates, containers, […]
Kinoto Japanese Restaurant, Robina
Valentine’s Day. I’m not cooking. We have no reservation for dinner. Disaster! Time to think outside the square, off the strip, into the unknown. Frankly, we’re not off to a good start, but armed with our bottle of Black Chook Sparkling Burgundy, we venture out into the night. Kinoto’s a tiny shop lost in the […]
Murasaki Teppanyaki, Broadbeach
Murasaki is one of the most popular teppanyaki restaurants in Broadbeach, conveniently located plump in the middle of the action on the corner of Surf Parade and Victoria Street. It’s Friday night and the family’s in town, one of them gluten intolerant. Japanese fits well – rice is OK, and teppanyaki fulfils the entertainment criteria. […]
Itoshin
My early culinary memories of the Gold Coast involve The Shell Bar on Cavill Avenue, Froggy and Woggy’s (Orchid Avenue) and Itoshin. Owner Tomy Ito and chef husband Shin opened Itoshin in North Burleigh about thirty years ago. My comments in the ‘Mietta’s..’ guide of 2001 were: “Sit in this funky restaurant and read the […]
Amimoto, Surfers Paradise
It’s easy to get lost to the grunge in the Lido Arcade, Surfers Paradise. You can get a buzz haircut, choose your latest tattoo, buy a surfboard, indulge in almost poster size slices of pizza, adorn yourself with diamante nails, or (most desirable of all) eat a meal at Amimoto. Worn in from over thirteen […]