Toko toko toko…. 'room within a house to relax'
The interior design of Toko might be a rip-off of Longgrain’s but its food is distinctly special.
Long communal benches for “Dap-Toi” table-sharing cut the length of the restaurant. Wax paper table lanterns allow flexibility in lighting… During our meal, I realised that the 8 of us were hogging about 3 or 4 of these lanterns, and I guiltily pushed one of them to where the neighbourly couple ate cheerfully in the dark… Wood panels, dedicated open kitchen for sushi making, yakitori and all other dishes. You can also sit at the open kitchen benches and watch them make your food. However, I would not recommend sitting in front of the yakitori grill, if you want to wear your clothes the next day.
Toko serves Modern Japanese with an emphasis on quality local seafood. The menu is great for sharing and had many varieties. There are around 19 varieties of fresh seafood, and a good mix of sushi and maki and hand rolls to choose from. Main meals were plentiful…. We couldn’t decide so we asked for a Degustation to be provided. We ate and ate until we could eat no more… even the delicious looking tempura whole fish that nearly made it to the table but was sadly waved away….Amongst the ensemble of dishes that we devoured, there were sashimi tartare, sushi was Tokyo style with warm slightly vinegary rice and delicate slices of fish upon them, they provided us with their signature dishes miso-marinated baby chicken and braised wagyu beef with ginger sauce.
Toko Restaurant and Bar
490 Crown Street
Surrey Hills
02 9357 6100
http://www.toko.com.au/
Long communal benches for “Dap-Toi” table-sharing cut the length of the restaurant. Wax paper table lanterns allow flexibility in lighting… During our meal, I realised that the 8 of us were hogging about 3 or 4 of these lanterns, and I guiltily pushed one of them to where the neighbourly couple ate cheerfully in the dark… Wood panels, dedicated open kitchen for sushi making, yakitori and all other dishes. You can also sit at the open kitchen benches and watch them make your food. However, I would not recommend sitting in front of the yakitori grill, if you want to wear your clothes the next day.
Toko serves Modern Japanese with an emphasis on quality local seafood. The menu is great for sharing and had many varieties. There are around 19 varieties of fresh seafood, and a good mix of sushi and maki and hand rolls to choose from. Main meals were plentiful…. We couldn’t decide so we asked for a Degustation to be provided. We ate and ate until we could eat no more… even the delicious looking tempura whole fish that nearly made it to the table but was sadly waved away….Amongst the ensemble of dishes that we devoured, there were sashimi tartare, sushi was Tokyo style with warm slightly vinegary rice and delicate slices of fish upon them, they provided us with their signature dishes miso-marinated baby chicken and braised wagyu beef with ginger sauce.
Toko Restaurant and Bar
490 Crown Street
Surrey Hills
02 9357 6100
http://www.toko.com.au/
8 comments:
have you moved to Sydney??
i miss your posts btw :)
Glamourette! Thank you! I've just been really busy with work having moved to a new company. Sorry. Nope still in Melbourne but had a great time shopping and eating in Sydney!! :)
Fabulous review. I've missed them!
Hi Truffle. Great to be back. I've been to a few restaurants, namely Nobu, the New Box Seafood Restaurant, Bistro D'Orsay, Gingerboy, Lotus King... Just getting around to writing up Gingerboy and Lotus King. Unfortunately, I didn't find the others that great to review....
Visited Nobu before their official opening and I walked out the restaurant in big confusion....
I was actually up at Sydney for a weekend of shopping and eating too. However only managed to visit Tetsuya and Rise. Still very nice and all.
Hmm Kazmic,
so how do you find Sydney shopping?
I heard hype after hype that shopping is better in Melbourne (CBD at least)..
Do you find it true?
I think Sydney has some great shops that Melbourne doesn't have as do Melbourne... I always find something at Paddington Market. This time I bought four prints for my house and some ceramic cups. It is always nice to how creative people are.
In Sydney, I adore Signature Prints, Sophie Hopkins, and Gary Castle.
Food is great there as well, always love Bill's, Rockpool and Tetsuya.
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