Kenta

I have tried Koume Japanese House next door, which was pretty average. That's why, on any particular lunch time, you'll see Koume almost empty and everyone packed into this little eatery on busy Military Road, and with good reasons.

Food

Lunch Special ($9.90) which consisted of:

• sashimi - 4 slices of fresh fatty salmon
• chicken teriyaki - beautiful sauce, tender chicken, and plenty of it!
• deep fried flounder - a generous slab of flounder, lightly coated and fried to golden, I crunched this with greed!
• rice - ummm, it's fresh rice?!?
• miso soup - with nice tofu cubes and not too salty

The Lunch Set A ($7.90) had:

• tempura tofu - again, fried to golden and coated in a sweet and salty broth sauce
• chicken katsu - coated in bread crumbs and fried then paired with a nice sweet soy
• fish teriyaki - I love this one, the sauce was sweet, the fish was not the mushy mess and tasted fresh
• salad - standard mayo stuff. Japanese mayo tastes so good!
• rice - see above
• miso - see above

The food is extremely generous. You certainly won't go hungry here.

Rating - 7.5

Atmosphere

Busy and buzzy. As well as diners, they also do a roaring takeaway trade.

Everything is basic and functional. There's a specials board with their daily specials as well. The decor is simple, there are only a few tables. The shop is taken up by the kitchen. If you really want you can watch the chefs at work. There are a bunch of Jap mags you can read too, which is always a good sign.

Rating - 1.5

Service

Hey, they're Japanese, so service was top notch! They actually apologised to use because they took too long before they came to get our order, but we'd only been waiting about 30 seconds! It's pretty casual, so you go and pay at the counter and all. If everyone had manners like the Japanese the world would be a much better place.

Rating - 4

C-factor

The servings are huge, the food of great quality for the price. I guess they'll have to with so many restaurants to choose from along Military Rd, but this one comes highly recommended!

Rating - 2

Brownie Points - 15

Info

Shop 4, 81-91 Military Road
Neutral Bay
NSW 2089
Phone (02) 9953 5422