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Rise Restaurant – Darlinghurst

Friday, 20 Feb 09

It was a disappointing start to Valentines Day.

Tim presented me with a ring while I was tutoring, but it turned out to be made of onion and deep-fried. A welcome fast food distraction, but not quite what I’d hoped for. And then we did nothing special in the evening, but go to a cousin’s birthday party. Not exactly romantic.

Sunday was more promising. We drove out towards Darlinghurst for dinner. He threatened to blindfold me. I threatened his ‘future’ (*cough*) when he did a U-turn and headed back towards the city. We continued driving, vision and ‘future’ intact.

When Rise, a  restaurant he had been dropping hints about for months, came into view, it clicked. I started grinning excitedly, stomach getting ready to savour the famous sashimi course. Then…he drove past it. My hopes plummeted.

But don’t start sending abuse his way, the story has a happy ending….^^

The irony of the situation was that Tim then found it immensely difficult to find parking. But once we did arrive, we were quickly seated, by a table by a window. Lots of light makes for pretty photos, and pretty photos makes for a happy food blogger….

Rise is a very small space. Half the room was taken up by a bar/food preparation area, and several identical dishes were spread out across it, getting the final touches to their presentation. The room was buzzing with noise, and service was prompt and friendly.

Cocktail: Chambord (strawberry liquor) and sparkling wine

A more fruity bubbly would have improved this cocktail, and the lemon-lime bitters was bottled (but by no means mediocre), but we were here for the food, not the drinks. Rise offers a discounted omakase, or degustation menu on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Sundays for $45 (25% off), while on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, both a la carte and omakase are offered.  The first course came swiftly after the drinks.

Appetizer: Ocean trout marinated with gochujang miso and poached quail egg

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