There is a relatively new Melbourne Japanese restaurant serving Japanese food that has opened named Takumi. It was opened in December of 08 and it takes modern Japanese food to new heights. If you want to grab a bite to eat with the experience of a little bit of heat on your table, this is the place to go. By heat on the table it is meant by each table has been fitted with its own grill. Yes that was not a typo each table has been fitted out with its own charcoal fired grill.
The location of the restaurant is at the end of Bourke Street and it replaces the restaurant that was there before known as Water and Grass. You can right away tell that it is a concept restaurant as soon as you walk in with the charcoal grills embeded in the tables. Takumi has built up a reputation as the ‘wagyu beef specialist’ offering the best cuts of wagyu beef. With the charcoal grills present at each table, diners now have the unique choice to be their own chefs by grilling the best quality wagyu beef exactly to their taste. Talk about hands-on cooking and eating experience.
The fact that the restaurant is frequented by Japanese folks is a testament to its legitimacy and high quality of food and service. But it is not only fancy style foods and cooking that Takumi Japanese restaurant offers there are also a wide choice quick fix menu choices such as wagyu burger which you can order and take with you. Some of the dishes that you must try when you visit Takumi are salmon sashimi with onion sauce, soba salad and wagyu terderloin carpaccio. It is these unique dishes that takes Japanese cuisine to new levels.
Takumi is a spacious restaurant that is also comfortable and relaxing to sit in to enjoy your meal. If you are a connoisseur of food especially Japanese food and happen to be passing through Melbourne then your trip will not be complete until you have visited Melbourne?s own Takumi?s Japanese restaurant and enjoy the great atmosphere and fine wagyu beef.