My work was very generous and gifted a series of good food vouchers so I decided to use my voucher at Sake in Double Bay which is part of the rock pool dining group.
Sake in Double Bay is located within the intercontinental hotel and would be best described as Modern up-market Japanese. Matt and I head here for lunch and opt for the chef's new classics course set menu at $99 per person and we upgrade the dessert for an additional $15.
To kick off the meal, Matt orders a unique beer made from sweet potato called Coedo. The amber ale beer is an Japanese craft beer with mildly sweet tones. Where as I order a umeshu plum wine to start which is super sweet and enjoyable to eat.
The first course a nori crisp with green onion, sashimi tuna and kingfish on a light sesame dressing. The black nori crisp is crunchy and is the perfect canape to kick off the meal. The sesame dressing on the sashimi tuna and kingfish is refreshing.
The Hiramasa Kingfish has been on the sake menu for over 10 years and has thinly cut pieces of sashimi in a light soy sauce with jalapeno, shallot and lime citrus dressing. This has been my favourite dish for a long time at sake.
The new style wagyu is thinly cut pieces in a hot sesame oil, shiso ponzu, mustard leaf tempura. As Matt loves wagyu beef and is allergic to the next dish, I leave this dish for him to enjoy. There's also the popcorn shrimp which is has a light tempura coating with chilli mayonnaise dressing. I eat this dish solo. The mayonnaise adds a rich texture to the light tempura coating. It's enjoyable to eat and can be quite addictive.
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