Sushi bonanza at Sushi Train, Cremorne

There’s something just so theatrical about sitting at a sushi train and watching all those plates of delicate, artfully crafted sushi trundle past your wondrous eyes. The sushi trains I remember when I was younger were more about the experience rather than the ambience, but it looks like they’ve undergone a contemporary makeover of late….

Izakaya Samurai, Neutral Bay

It used to seem to me that Japanese restaurants fell into either the higher-priced, contemporary dining category (Sokyo and Sakecome to mind) or were fast, cheap eateries which offered sushi trains and bento boxes. Izakaya Samurai falls into neither of these stereotypes. With traditional classics on the menu alongside fusion, east-meets-west style fare, it is…