We spent Easter Sunday outing at Lane Cove National Park. We were only there for an hour because it rained hard in the middle of our bushwalking. Afterwards, we decided to have lunch around Chatswood because the exit gate was close to that area. I chose Makoto sushi.
I have read a couple of articles which lists Makoto as one of the best sushi in Sydney. I'm always excited for hunting the best sushi restaurant in town! I was really curious so I thought why not give it a try. Fortunately the restaurant was open on this Easter Sunday.
The restaurant is quite big, twice the size of Sakura sushi in Melbourne. We came around 1pm and the restaurant was full, but we managed to get a seat. I love the chairs in this restaurant because you know how annoying it is having to pull back the high/bar chair, sit, and adjust the position so you don't end up dining with awkward back position, right? The chairs there were permanently fixed to the floor and the seat could swivel easily. So when you need to take a seat, you just need to swivel (neat!).
Husband ate sushi from the sushi train while I have to order something cooked. Unfortunately they don't have many alternatives for me (well, duh, it's a sushi train restaurant). Eventually I settled for a portion of tempura with rice and miso soup.
I tried the grilled scallop sushi. It was nice as well. The grilled scallop tasted about the same as the one from Sushi Bay, but the sushi rice was way more authentic. I consider a sushi restaurant good if the chef is Japanese, but I don't know if the chef could actually speak Japanese.
I have read a couple of articles which lists Makoto as one of the best sushi in Sydney. I'm always excited for hunting the best sushi restaurant in town! I was really curious so I thought why not give it a try. Fortunately the restaurant was open on this Easter Sunday.
The restaurant is quite big, twice the size of Sakura sushi in Melbourne. We came around 1pm and the restaurant was full, but we managed to get a seat. I love the chairs in this restaurant because you know how annoying it is having to pull back the high/bar chair, sit, and adjust the position so you don't end up dining with awkward back position, right? The chairs there were permanently fixed to the floor and the seat could swivel easily. So when you need to take a seat, you just need to swivel (neat!).
Husband ate sushi from the sushi train while I have to order something cooked. Unfortunately they don't have many alternatives for me (well, duh, it's a sushi train restaurant). Eventually I settled for a portion of tempura with rice and miso soup.
SUSHI
My husband loved the sushi. He tried to be adventurous by trying various nigiri sushi such as the mackarel, garfish, and ocean perch. He also tried the shark fin salad gunkan sushi.I tried the grilled scallop sushi. It was nice as well. The grilled scallop tasted about the same as the one from Sushi Bay, but the sushi rice was way more authentic. I consider a sushi restaurant good if the chef is Japanese, but I don't know if the chef could actually speak Japanese.
TEMPURA AND MISO SOUP
The seafood tempura consist of salmon, prawn, cuttlefish, crab meat, red pepper, and onion kakiage. The batter was good as expected (even I can make it like so with boxed tempura mix). The tempura sauce was a bit disappointing. My rice was also wet, so it just made it even worse. The miso soup wasn't the best as well, but still edible.
***
The verdict is, I would recommend coming in for sushi (the tempura was also good) but don't bother for the other food. Unfortunately because we were already very full, we didn't order dessert, but they have various mouthwatering dessert from mango mousse to black sesame ice cream.
Makoto sushi website: http://www.masuyainternational.com.au/en/makoto/
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