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Kenzan Japanese Restaurant
Melbourne, Australia
Recommended by Broadsheet and 17 other food critics.
4.5
623
Recommendations
"Widely touted as Melbourne's best sushi experience, if not Australia's, this intimate restaurant transforms dazzlingly fresh fish and seafood into studies of temperature, texture and balance. The menu: Diners are treated to an omakase offering decided by Koichi Minamishima and made with ingredients imported daily from Japan."
on Sushi
"Kenzan has an unpromising setting on the edge of a shopping mall but is known for serving some of Melbourne's most sublime sushi (since 1981)."
on Sushi
"Kenzan has an unpromising setting on the edge of a shopping mall but is known for serving some of Melbourne's most sublime sashimi (since 1981)."
on Sashimi
"They take pride in serving what’s some of the finest sushi in Melbourne. The food transports you to Tokyo. Which is no surprise, as Murayama, Munehiro and Cho have taken special care to recruit sushi chefs from Japan. Fish is mainly local but hard-to-come-by cuts. The melt-in-your-mouth tuna belly is imported from Japan."
on Sushi
"They take pride in serving what’s some of the finest sashimi in Melbourne. The food transports you to Tokyo. Which is no surprise, as Murayama, Munehiro and Cho have taken special care to recruit sushi chefs from Japan. These masters bring their knives as well – vital when preparing sashimi to the highest standard. Fish is mainly local but hard-to-come-by cuts. The melt-in-your-mouth tuna belly is imported from Japan."
on Sashimi
"The award winning Kenzan Japanese Restaurant has been a Melbourne trendsetter of Japanese cuisine for nearly thirty years. The extensive classical menu includes the forever familiar and popular - teriyaki."
on Teriyaki
"With its shoji screens and bamboo timbers, there’s something delightfully old-school about Kenzan Japanese Restaurant in Melbourne’s Collins Place. This respect for tradition is evident on the plate, with faultless nigiri served at intimate dining tables or the sushi bar."
on Nigiri
"For starters, Mum, Dad and I shared a magnificent large sashimi platter. We always order this plate of deliciousness when we come to Kenzan. Kenzan's sushi is fabulously fresh and of a consistently high quality."
on Sashimi
"Delicious! The pyramid-shaped presentation is very pretty, and in fact it looks vastly better than last time. I'm sure the author of my "beautiful Japanese plating" book would approve! I like the eggplant and the prawns the best, and just like I did when I was a kid, I always save them until last."
on Tempura
"For starters, Mum, Dad and I shared a magnificent large sushi platter. We always order this plate of deliciousness when we come to Kenzan. Kenzan's sushi is fabulously fresh and of a consistently high quality."
on Sushi
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User comments
"I loved the anmitsu at Kenzan because there was a variety of flavours and textures, and the ingredients were great quality."
"Best quality ingredients"