Tucked away in a little store on Sturt street is Adelaide’s newest Izakaya: Nishiki. Chef Yass Tanase (a Nagoya native and former part-owner of En Japanese on Goodwood Road) has opened the doors to this charming, welcoming Japanese bar/café in the CBD. For those who don’t know, an Izakaya is a popular style of bar…
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MW – Hindley St – Adelaide
They often say that an eatery is authentic when you see people from that nationality dine inside. That’s exactly how we felt when we walked past the new MW on Hindley Street in the city. As one of two stores of the same name in the CBD, MW offers a selection of dumplings, rice noodles…
Thai Chef
Thai Chef has always been a personal favourite of mine. It’s been over 12 months since my last visit, but as I walked in to the restaurant, I noticed the interior had been modernised. The menu is pretty much the same, although the specials board is constantly updated. I’ve already covered this restaurant on four…
Sokha Phnom Penh
It is not every day you get to experience the authenticity of Cambodian cuisine in Adelaide. Adelaide Food Central was kindly invited to experience the fragrant flavours of Sokha Phnom Penh restaurant. As traditional Cambodian cuisine is not commonly represented within Adelaide, this restaurant showcases the best of Cambodian cooking. Although this location is not…
Flaming Delight
Opening recently down the southern end of the city is the brand new Chinese restaurant Flaming Delights. Located on the prime corner position of King William and Gilles Streets, this restaurant serves up hawker food by day and hot pots at night. The lunch menu is short and sweet with selection of three entrees and…
Nishiki Cafe & Izakaya
From one of the original co-owners of En Japanese Bar and Restaurant comes Nishiki Cafe & Izakaya, a brand new cafe right in the heart of the city. Owner, Yass Tanase, wanted to branch out on his own and spent months setting up the Sturt Street cafe. The venue is quaint, holds 55 people, and…
Pepper Lunch – New Wild Steak Range
Nestled among the busy Gouger Street next to the Adelaide Central Markets, Pepper Lunch restaurant incorporates Japanese style cooking into a modern DIY teppan restaurant. The concept of Pepper Lunch is that pepper is used as their main seasoning ingredient and their dishes being served at lunch prices all day. The cooking method is a…
Lucky Vietnamese Roll – Somerton Park
For a while, the owner of Yakumi and Glenelg Spices also ran Lucky Vietnamese Roll out of the same store on Jetty Road Glenelg. Expanding on the success of the store, they decided to give Lucky Vietnamese Roll its own physical location in Somerton Park. The store can easily fit over a dozen people and…
Bakmi Lim – VIP Media Launch
This week Adelaide Food Central hosted a special dinner to celebrate the media launch of Bakmi Lim Noodle Project. Located on Waymouth street in the city, Bakmi Lim specialises in handmade Indonesian inspired noodles and sides with a takeaway style approach and authenticity. Bakmi Lim, translates to Lim’s Noodles in Indonesian. The owner and chef,…
Sushi Planet – Adelaide – New Menu Launch 2017
This week the Adelaide Food Central team were lucky enough to attend a special lunch at Sushi Planet to celebrate the launch of their new menu. We were presented with an array of different Japanese dishes to sample, and it was a real treat to see the best of what Sushi Planet had to offer….
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