Web site: http://www.wabisabisalon.com.au/en/
Phone: +61 03 94176119
I really have to give credit to my friend Huong that suggested me to drop by this very nice and stylish Japanese restaurant... the Wabi Sabi Salon. So I picked up my usual friend for eating outs and went there. The place is located at 94 Smith St, in Collingwood An area that has been renewed with new restaurants in the last two years... anyways, let's move to the hot part.. the food and the place!
As soon as we entered I thought... "oh, I love this place... very traditional and cosy place. A waitress, very kindly took us to our booked table where two couple of chopsticks where waiting for us placed in avery elegant way near the cups we would have used for the rice.. As you may know the price range of Japanese restaurants is a little bit over the average, and this restaurant does not make an exception to the rule.. We quickly skimmed the menu and found out that there were very good entrees from 8 to 13 dollars, sushi and sashimi in between 15 and 18 dollars, and mains from 23 to 26 dollars. Quite acceptable I would say... :)
For a dinner of two people we ordered: one entree, one sushi/sashimi, and one main with a cup of rice each.
As entree after a small contention we ordered the Spicy Squid (11 dollars). The cup came with a mildly spicy squid fried and sided with a very light mayonnaise and a leaf of salad. The combination was fantastic and delightful: the mayonnaise was very light and the crispy squid matched perfectly. Not really spicy but just as necessary. The dinner started very well...
We then moved to the Lightly Scorched, Yellow Tail Salmon (sashimi, 15 dollars). This dish come with a selection of salmon an other fishes in small pieces - 6 to be exact - 3 different types. We both tasted each different type and they were very delicate and special I especially like the tuna one.
As main dish we decided to go for the Wabi Sabi Signature Broad Bill Tuna (26 dollars) that is tuna with pumpkin, and other veggies all of them in a very nice lightly sour sauce. The tuna was very delicate in taste and the sauce quite nice. I really liked this way of having tuna (well I normally eat tuna by buying cans at the supermarket then you can imagine....).
All the food was really good but I still felt a little bit hungry so I went for a fusion sashimi dish: Salmon and Avocado Fusion Sashimi (18 dollars)!... The combination of Avocado and Salmon was quite tempting and my guess was absolutely not disappointed when the waitress came with the course: a perfectly and raffinate composition of slices of salmon and avocado organized in a veery artistic cylinder topped with red onion stripes... oh that was incredible... and the taste as good and delicate as its appearance.
Well time to sum up, we did not select any dessert, and went straight for the bill, which was 84.50 dollars... well not really cheap but it worth it all. I strongly recommend this place to anyone who likes Japanese cuisine... the atmosphere, the food, and more...
Thanks Huong!
