AsiaFest 2015 – VIP and Media Night

Last year’s AsiaFest was an overwhelming success with over 20,000 people attending the three day event. This year the organisers have made it bigger and better, and extended the event to ten days. People can go on a cultural journey through five Asian countries with free entertainment, cooking demonstrations and martial arts. There will be…

Ryo’s Noodles – Blogger Dinner

Adelaide Food Central was invited to a blogger dinner at Ryo’s Noodles. All food and drink were provided free of charge. I’ve been to Ryo’s Noodles when it first opened and was impressed by the high quality and authenticity of their Ramen. With a busy blogger lifestyle, it’s often hard to go back to the…

En Japanese Bar and Restaurant

En is a bar and restaurant located on the popular Goodwood Road cafe precinct. The venue is a type of bar known as an Izakaya, which is a Japanese drinking establishment that serves tapas style dishes to accompany the drinks. While tapas dishes make up half the menu, there was also a need for larger…

Samurai Teppanyaki

For those that know nothing about Japanese food, teppanyaki is a style of Japanese cuisine that utilises a hot iron plate to cook food. “Teppan” literally translated from Japanese means “iron plate”, while “yaki” means “grilled”, “broiled” or “pan fried”. There aren’t too many Japanese restaurants in Adelaide that do Teppanyaki, and the only one…

Ginza Japanese Restaurant

There are few Japanese restaurants that I haven’t been to in Adelaide, and Ginza was one of them. I’ve heard plenty of reports of how good their yakiniku (grilled meat) barbecue is, so I was here to try it out. The front of the restaurant is the formal dining section which looks quite modern and…