I’ve found another Japanese place that I have fallen in love with outside of the city – all thanks to my cousin’s recommendation. YAY! Neighbouring to Kagen Japanese Family Restaurant in the Newington Market Place is Homaru. It is a cute little happy restaurant filled with natural light.
Their menu is quite extensive and we spend ages figuring out what to order. The best thing about Japanese food is that it can be shared. This means more variety of food amongst us – woo hoo.
I adore this tiny jug of soy sauce and plate. It’s so pretty and suitable for the restaurant.
Seaweed Salad
I love me a good seaweed salad. It’s light and refreshing. I love how the seasame seeds give the salad a nutty flavour and some texture.
Takoyaki
Mmm how can you go wrong with deep fried balls of squid covered with japanese mayonaise? I get way too excited and eat them before cooling down. Bad idea because the juices inside and a bit of the oil spits out on my lips and in the mouth – ouch. Luckily it tastes so good I continue eating.
Gyoza
When it comes to Gyoza, I usually opt for the steamed gyoza but this time there was no choice. It was golden and crunchy on the outside and the innards (pork and vegetable) were soft (not mushy) and flavourful. Delicious!
Chicken Kara-age
Any sort of deep fried chicken fully covered in japanese mayo is a match made in heaven for me. This chicken kara-age is deep fried in a gorgeous batter which leaves the chicken juicy yet fulfills that crunchy outside. We were so tempted to order another 2 plates…
Assorted Sashimi
I’m not the biggest fan of sashimi but I must say that the salmon was devine. It was lovely and fresh. Funny story – when we got the bill, this dish was seen as “ass sashimi” haha I couldn’t help but laugh.
King Prawn Tempura Roll
The name King Prawn definitely caught everyone’s eye. Sadly the name didn’t mean much. It tasted like an ordinary tempura prawn sushi roll with cucumber and avocado.
Spider Roll
The sushi that I always order without fail. The soft shell crab innards were cripsy and warm – the way all spider rolls should be served.
Chicken Okonomiyaki
This is the first time that I’ve had an okonomiyaki. As soon as I noticed it on the menu I was going to place an order for it. It was absolutely delicious. It’s like a big fritter that has lots of chicken and vegetables with a crumbed outside. It was cripsy on the outside and had fluffy innards with mass amount of japanese mayo and sauce on top. So so good.
Katsu Udon
When eating Japanese, it’s the udon (or ramen) that I crave for. I love the broth because it’s so clean and tasty. Being greedy pigs, we all ordered an udon each (I think it was my idea because I wasn’t inclined to share). It came out sizzling hot with fresh chicken katsu. I do wish my chicken came separately as it got soggy the longer I left in in there. To be honest, I think the udon soup is better at Kagen down the road, but this place still does it very well.
We walked out of that restaurant rubbing our bellies and needing to be rolled back to the car. What a great feed!
Homaru
Shop C7 Ave Of Europe
Newington, NSW 2127
Oh yum, this post has me totally craving sushi for lunch now. If only it would stop raining I’d go out for a sushi mission at lunchtime.
This looks great! And I love that you ordered everything that I would have wanted to order! :P
There was still so much we wanted to order! Next time :)
Yayers to finding a Japn restaurant NOT in the city but my gosh, how serious does that Okonomiyaki look!!
It was the first time I had an okonomiyaki and man I can’t believe I’ve been missin out all this time!
mm Japanese so close to home :)
Hope you do go out and try it :)
Mmmm, gyoza and spider roll, delish! Newington isn’t far from where I work, I’ll have to visit some time!
You must definitely should drop by! Food comes out relatively quick too!
Homaru is quite close to my folks home but now to convinced them to try Japanese food :)
You should convince yourself to go too ;)
Aww, the plates and jugs are adorable! The food looks awesome too :)
You should Drop by if yore nearby ;)