Japanese – Good Food Gold Coast

O-Sushi Coolangatta

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Post published:September 20, 2020
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One of the benefits of living in a tourist destination is being around after the day-trippers have gone home. Finally, when buses and boats have pulled away, carrying their camera-toting…

Pacific Fair Dining

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Post published:May 28, 2020
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Pacific Fair is well on the way to creating an ‘eat or shop’ dilemma. As part of a $670 million redevelopment, high end fashion shops with huge investment fit outs…

Zipang

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Post published:January 27, 2020
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Named after the ancient title of Japan, Zipang, Chef Atsushi Mizushima's cafe has a split personality. By day, it’s a tiny ‘dine in’ or quick ‘grab and go’ eatery where…

You Japanese Restaurant

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Post published:February 6, 2019
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For 25 years, even before Japanese food became trendy, You Japanese Restaurant has been operating on the Gold Coast. It’s an unassuming little izikaya on the Cavill Street end of…

Yamagen’s Friday Lunch by Asahi

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Post published:November 8, 2018
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Yamagen’s ‘Friday Lunch by Asahi’ is an introduction to delight; a finely nuanced mini-degustation of the best of the best. I’m a huge fan of the long lunch. There’s no…

Harajuku Gyoza Beer Stadium

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Post published:May 5, 2018
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Get on your ‘little Japanese dumplings of happy’ and get down to Harajuku Gyoza in the Broadbeach Mall. If the combination of beer and gyoza is not enough to put…

Gyoza

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Post published:April 15, 2018
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I have a personal affinity for gyoza. Perhaps it’s my love of the underdog, a sentimental identification with that misshapen parcel of ugliness that hides a hidden goodness. Or maybe…

Ramen Danbo

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Post published:January 3, 2018
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If you thought that ramen was just a version of two-minute noodles, how wrong you are! There’s instant ramen (or two-minute-noodles) and then there’s ramen, a revered cultural dish. Hard…

Street Food in Restaurants

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Post published:September 18, 2017
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Street food is taking the Gold Coast by storm, not just in markets, on the street fronts and parks via food truck presence, but even in restaurants, street foods are…

Chanoyu Japanese infused cafe

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Post published:August 6, 2017
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It’s the Matcha chocolate ganache tart that gives it away – a pretty little pie case filled with two shades of green chocolate filling... “Oh my! There’s real talent here,”…