hi 🙂
so it was mother’s last sunday! although we didn’t have wagyu, we did have a nice japanese dinner out in belmore. i also bought a green tea cake for my mum from breadtop in strathfield. we were initially going to buy it from “hello happy” in strathfield but they were being ridiculous and didn’t let my fiance take a photo of their cakes so i can choose one (i hurt my leg so i stayed at home while he went out to buy stuff). oh well, it’s their loss!
the green tea cake we chose from breadtop (they call it the green tea gateau) was awesome. it costs $32 and it’s about 8 inches in diameter. my mum and the rest of us really liked it. it wasn’t overly sweet and creamy. here are some photos.
this was actually entree for us because we went out to sushi bluefin right after the cake. it probably wasn’t a good idea seeing as we ordered way too much at sushi bluefin! we have been to sushi bluefin a couple of times before this. i remember we went there last year for mother’s day as well! first up were the oysters and some kind of spicy octopus salad. neither of us tried the oyster but my mum said it was very sweet and fresh. fiance liked the octopus salad but it was a little too spicy.
next up was the chicken katsu. it was alright. crispy and generously covered with panko. it wasn’t anything special but it’s always a good dish to have. it came with a serving of tonkatsu sauce though fiance did not know that…
the tempura we ordered came with prawns and a variety of vegetables including potato, sweet potato and zucchini. we had initally wanted to order the tempura separately but the waiter said it’s better to order the mixed tempura platter. i thought the tempura was average. the potato and sweet potato wasn’t as crispy as i had expected it to be but fiance liked his tempura prawns very much.
some of the sides which comes with the sushi and sashimi platters came next. one of the favourite things i like about sushi bluefin is their cheesy baked scallop with rice and possibly onions. as usual, since i’m not a fan of most seafood, i gave my bit of scallop to fiance and devoured the cheesy rice. i had a couple of the tuna sushi rolls which were simple but nice. we were also given complimentary fried salmon belly, something they do everytime we have visited. my mum and dad loves it but we both found it too bony. it was the first time i tried it so i guess next time, i’ll leave it to my parents!
finally, we are getting to the sushi and sashimi. the sashimi platter came first. we were a little suprised by the fish in the centre because they have never served us that type of fish before. fiance thought the fish was alright but my parents, again, loved it and found it special. other than that, fiance loved the rest of the sashimi and especially the salmon. the layout of the sashimi platter was wonderful as usual. by the time the sushi platter came, we were almost full. the sushi were neatly lined up and my first thought was to try the seared fish sushi on the far left end since i don’t eat raw fish. it was almost like salmon but the texture of the fish was a little different. the salmon fat looked so beautiful but it’s too bad we didn’t eat much of it at all. we ended up taking away more than half of the sushi platter.
the staff were friendly (as usual) and helpful. one of the waiters helped us pack the sushi into a nice round takeaway container. one thing i regret is not asking for the names of the sword fish like fish and the name of the seared fish sushi i had. i’m glad we went to sushi bluefin that night as they have never disappointed us. i wonder when we’ll go there again..
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