Nazimi – Town Hall, Sydney

Monday, 23 Feb 09

Lunch with Ms. Jen has lately been characterised by Japanese, then dessert, a trend I whole-heartedly approve of. It’s always fun looking for affordable, decent Japanese food, especially with the aid of the food-blogging community of Sydney. Today’s pick was just opposite QVB on York St, a small discreet basement diner popular amongst business people.

When we arrived, a little after 1pm, Nazimi was absolutely packed, but the apologetic waitress was happy to set up a table for us outside to wait and peruse the menu.

The wait for a table was short, the wait for our food even shorter, so that made all of us very happy, except me, because I had eaten a chicken pie half an hour previously. Yeah, it wasn’t the greatest of moves.

Tim’s chicken katsu udon was full of unami, and pretty starfish shaped cut vegetables, as shown in the first picture, thus making for a very happy food photographer, and a sad Tim as his katsu got soggy in the soup while waiting. ^^;; The noodles were a little firmer and chewier than other places, but otherwise very satisfactory.

For $15, this sushi and teriyaki chicken lunch set seemed excellent value for Ms Jen.

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Service was attentive and friendly, with our jug of water being topped up whenever the water level hovered too low. The surrounds were uplifted by Japanese paintings of seasonal trees, though our attention was caught by a scroll with two cute Pokemon-resembling owls – Is there a Pokemon called ‘Hoothoot’? (And am I starting to show my juvenile-ness?)

The spider roll serving was generous, and presented cleverly on a mayonnaise spider web. A little something more was probably needed to elevate this dish, perhaps a dash of chilli and soy sauce, or more generous hand with the mayonnaise, but otherwise, the soft shell crab was crisp, juicy and not oily.

The ‘spider’, that gives spider rolls their name. Eeek! (Partial eek at the epic-failed focus on this photo too)

Nazimi Japanese Restaurant is located opposite the Queen Victoria Building, at Level 1, 141 York St, Sydney. Phone 9283 2990 or visit them at their website.

9 Comments

1. Heehee, cute presentation of the spider in his web.

   Comment by Arwen from Hoglet K — February 23, 2009 @ 3:12 pm

2. Japanese then dessert? Sounds like the perfect night out! (we actually did that on Valetines lol).

   Now I have a Jap craving! :(

   Comment by Karen — February 23, 2009 @ 5:18 pm

3. I definitely approve of the main then dessert! And how cute is that spider web and the crab looks like a spider ready to pounce on its prey! :o Thanks for sharing this find Chris!

   Comment by Lorraine @NotQuiteNigella — February 23, 2009 @ 7:33 pm

4. Hhaha that spider roll decor is too good! and oh noes the tonkatsu is getting wet :S but thhxx I must try this palce ^^!

   Comment by FFichiban — February 23, 2009 @ 9:11 pm

5. I hate that after being spoiled with restaurant sushi, I had crappy takeaway sushi (at $3/roll too!) and tasted a HUGE difference. Seems like I’ll have to get used to a semi-uni-lunch staple all over again! :P

   Comment by Jen — February 23, 2009 @ 9:59 pm

6. Unlucky on the soggy katsu! I found that on my recent trip to Japan, their katsu somehow stays crunchy even when flooded in sauce and soup heh.

   Comment by Howard — February 24, 2009 @ 1:16 am

7. So glad you wrote about Nazimi; it’s opposite my bus stop and I’m always looking at it but haven’t been there yet. It’s probably worth a visit, then?

   Comment by Belle — February 24, 2009 @ 10:30 pm

8. Jen: Buy 1 get 1 free, after hours, isn’t it? ;) Inari-zushi all the way

   Howard: I wonder how they manage that? I think Tim would appreciate that greatly!

   Belle: I think it’s worth it, the lunch deals seem like good value =) Eatability mentions that the sukiyaki for dinner is also particularly worth the price

   Comment by chris — February 24, 2009 @ 11:20 pm

9. […] not normally notice unless brought to my attention, in this case it was due to Chris and Tim at thewayitcrumbles. A big thanks to her for blogging about this place because it was most definitely worth trying and […]

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