Sapporo Japanese Restaurant (III)

Because we’ve been to Sapporo a couple of times, we decided to try the Matsuya Set Banquet for a bit of variety.  Firstly we were served the nice, traditional strong-flavoured miso soup.

The Sushi and California Rolls were ok.

Gyozas also passed the test.

The next dish up was the chicken skewers.  This was the first time I tried lemon on my Yakitori, and I must say it does make a difference.  From now the lemon will no longer just be a garnish to me.

Tempura was served with a funny fan-shaped piece.  I wasn’t game enough to try it until I had eaten the other so it was cold and unappealing to me.  I’m still unsure what it is but I think it’s just noodles.  Someone correct me if I’m wrong.

Beef Teppanyaki arrived on a sizzling plate.  The dish had nice big chunks of meat and some of it was still slightly pink if taken off the plate early enough.

Neither ET nor I being huge fans of ice cream, the green tea ice cream was given an ok vote.

Lastly, my Japanese tea arrived in a huge teapot - enough to quench the thirst of 2 other people even though I was the only one drinking it.  (You can just see the spout in the photo below, next to the carafe of half a litre of water).

Sapporo Japanese Restaurant
432 Mitcham Rd, Mitcham

Sapporo Japanese Restaurant (II)

What is it with places that don't hand you menus once you're seated?  We were shown to our table (which we actually booked for) then left to our devices.  This is the second time this has happened to us at Sapporo.  After finally hailing a waiter serving an adjoining table, I made ET choose between the two soft shell crab specials for entree.  He decided on the crispy soft shell crab.

I liked the crunchy bits but didn't enjoy the whole dish, specially as it had a touch of spice.  ET thought the crab too rich but either way, the dish did look impressive.

After tasting the terriyaki chicken, I got an "Oh wow" from ET.

His terriyaki beef just got a "not bad".  It wasn't as flavoursome as the chicken so we stirred the beef around the sauce a bit.

Although both dishes were terriyaki, and even had the same vegetables (which we didn't really touch) why were the two dishes not the same color?

Sapporo Japanese Restaurant

432 Mitcham Rd, Mitcham

Sapporo Japanese Restaurant

Having just watched at tv show about Japanese food, it was no wonder ET & I had a hankering for getting some of our own.

Sapporo was booked out when we arrived so they offered us seats by the ‘bar’ in front of the preparation area.  Having seen the giant boat (known as the House Special) be assembled, ET & I were quite happy to stay where we were even when they offered us a table later on in the night.

The first dish we tried was Salmon Sashimi that ET thought quite nice.

We both then had Miso Shiru which we both quite liked.

For mains the Teriyaki Chicken got a good rating from ET.  Although I noticed that the chicken on one half of the plate was a different color from the other half.  Or perhaps that was just a trick of the light?  Have a look at the photo below and let me know what you think.

My Tatsuta Age received a not bad from ET.  I thought it a little oily.  I realise it’s deep fried marinated chicken, but at one stage I’m quite sure I spurted oil when I bit into one piece!!

After all these dishes, we were too full for dessert.  I had managed to keep up with ET step by step so it wasn’t much of a surprise :p  And here's another shot of our mains - just for the hell of it! 

Staff was quite good but they forgot to give us menus so ET had to steal from the table behind us.  And although we didn’t ask for water, I saw them take out a bottle from the fridge so I can only guess it would be nice and cold and pass my water wellness test.

Sapporo Japanese Restaurant

432 Mitcham Rd, Mitcham