Michael Hsu

Review of [ r a k u ] izakaya

What a amazing Japanese Izakaya restaurant right i...

What a amazing Japanese Izakaya restaurant right in the heart of the Orange CBD. The restaurant offer 2 sessions for dinner. We arrived in the early evening session and the restaurant was encouragingly full house. We decided to select our own share plates rather than going for the set menu. From the go-to comforts such as the agadashi tofu to spicy salmon pokes and the more adventurous sushi platters, each served course was a testiment of the kitchen's attention to detail in irs preparation and design. The flavours were authentic where it needs to but also showing hints of adventure, sprinkling some excitement to each plate. The basics were not forgotten as the batters on tempura were light and tofu firm yet silky. The only room for improvement would be for the green tea creme brulee as it didn't quite reach the right texture eventhough the flavours were fine. However by all accounts the chocolate souffle was a hit. Overall I highly recommend this restaurant for high quality Japanese izakaya and an overall great experience.