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Sushi Bar Aka Tombo
Ph: 9510 0577; 205 Greville St, PRAHRAN 3181
Japanese, $
Open Tue-Sat noon-2.30pm 6-9.30pm; Licensed, BYO , Corkage $8 bottle; AE DC MC V EFT
Chef Akira Kageyama (5-12-08) Owner Akira & Keiko Kageyama (5-12-08)
Mietta's Review
A tiny, nondescript shopfront is home to the beautiful sushi and sashimi of Akira Kageyarra. As well as this there is a range of tradition Japanese dishes prepared in the equally tiny kitchen at the rear. The attention here is all on the lovingly presented food.
Other published opinions
Age Good Food Guide 2009 Score: 13.5/20 "There's as big a difference between the sushi served in those innumerable sushi/cafe places and the real McCoy-san as between a dim sim and a shark-fin dumpling. In his neat little bar in Greville Street, Akira Kageyama meticulously prepares the genuine item"
Age Good Food Guide 2008 Score: 14.5/20 "Proof of the 'small is beautiful' theory, Sushi Bar Aka Tombo packs a lot of good eating into one tiny shopiront. Flash-free decor - light green walls, deep red ceiling, boxy rice paper lightshades, a glass cabinet laden with glisteningly fresh fish - provides a comfortably neutral background in which to appreciate the small treasures, beautifully presented on traditional Japanese ceramics, that soon start to appear"
The Age Good Food Guide 2006 score 14/20 "If you just wandered into this Greville Street shopfront, expecting a quick, basic lunch before continuing the search for the perfect shoes, you'd be blown away. It doesn't look like much - a slightly gloomy space barely big enough for a sushi counter and a few tables - but the food and the presentation shame many flashier establishments."
The Age Good Food Guide 2005 score 14/20 "SLIDE into this little gem of a sushi bar and the first thing you'll see is gleaming fish and curls of octopus legs enticingly displayed in a shiny glass cabinet. Kyotoan chef Akira Kageyama works the tiny bar, turning out some of the most beautifully crafted and garnished sushi and sashimi in town."
The Age, Epicure, 16/9/03, Matt Preston,'simple, pure and pretty classic fare...It's an adventure'
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