Review: Sakura Japanese Restaurant Ashfield

Hi guys, this is my first review on this blog!

First on my hitlist of restaurants to visit in Sydney, is SAKURA JAPANESE RESTAURANT in Ashfield. It's not one of the most famous Japanese restaurants in Sydney, but hey; its a great place with a great atmosphere and overall fantastic food (much better in comparison to some of the bigger named Jap restautrants that I'v visited). 

Now, this restaurant brings me back to the days of high school. It first opened whilst I was still at school in year 12. We would visit every single week, Sakura Thursday's we used to call it. Such kind staff and some really good Japanese food. They range from Sushi (on train or made to order) to Bentos, side dishes, mains, party platters, udon and hotpot.

Mostly, whenever I went there with friends, I would order the daily lunch specials or have sushi off the train. Now, I find that most Japanese restaurants around the Sydney suburbs are not owened by Japanese people, but are owned by Korean or Chinese. But you will be glad to know that Sakura has its own Japanese sushi chef, so you can be sure that the food is guinely authentic JAPANESE.

Dishes to reccomend include;

• Sakura Box; a bento with sashimi, sushi, tempura, salad, rice, miso soup and edamame
• Grilled Salmon Sushi (its the grilled one on the red plate)
• Tempura. Sakura has the best tempura
• Ten Don; Rice with mixed tempura on rice with salad and miso soup. [top image]
• Japanese Lemonade. Ok, so this is the bottled stuff that you can get at most good Japanese supermarkets but it makes the meal all the better.[top image in the background]

So, without further ado, head to http://www.isakura.com.au/ to have a look at their menu and/or to make a booking (its also a good idea to book early if you are going in a large group and want to sit in a table setting.<<< Nonetheless, if you don't mind where you sit the sushi train can easily hold a large number of guests.

So, If you are ever in or around the Inner West area, I would highly reccomend dining here. Entree's start from $4.20 and Main's from $11.80. They are open for both Lunch from 10am and open till around 10pm weekdays. Make sure to book a table early for dinner as they are usually full, or if they are packed out you can always turn to take-away.

Enjoy the food + Happy Dining.