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Daimonji Japanese Restaurant

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This simply decorated restaurant, owned by Mitsuru Yamakoshi (ex-Daimaru), is a great place to experience more unusual Japanese offerings such as octopus pancakes or chirashi.

Editorial


When Daimaru closed in 2002 Daimonji was forced to find alternate accommodation, which is how it found itself to be on South Melbourne's busy Clarendon Street. Essentially a local Japanese restaurant offering tasty and adventurous fare, its low prices and low fuss ensures there's a steady stream of diners through the door.

 

Start with misoshiru soup (miso soup with tofu and seaweed) or perhaps a vegetable dish like the nasu dengaku (deep-fried eggplant with sweet miso sauce). Alternatively choose a seafood entree like the ebi shumai (steamed prawn dumpling), or poultry such as the tori teriyaki (pan-fried chicken thigh fillet with teriyaki sauce). For main choose traditional favourites like tempura (lightly battered prawn, white fish and vegetables), teriyaki beef (pan-fried beef with teriyaki sauce) or tonkatu (deep-fried crumbed pork eye fillet), all served with steamed rice. Alternatively be a little more adventurous and try chef Mitsuru Yamakoshi's hot-pot dishes like the shabushabu: thinly sliced beef and vegetables in a hot pot served with ponzu and sesame sauce. Sushi and sashimi are also available with options like the sashimi main (15 pieces of sliced raw fish), or jo sushi (nine pieces of deluxe sushi and six pieces of nori roll).

The concise wine list has many recognisable brands with only a few choices by the glass.


Veda Wickens, March 2006

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