Fujiya
Level 1, 605 George St (entrance on Goulburn St)
Haymarket, NSW 2000
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Fujiya is a little Japanese restaurant, tucked away behind a small entrance and upstairs in Chinatown. Don’t be deceived by it’s seemingly hidden appearance though, as the place is brimming with Japanese and other foodies ‘in the know’. A friend’s been recommending this place for awhile but we hadn’t gotten round to going. Anyway, 7 of us went for dinner after some (speedy) late-night shopping in the City, and it was already packed when we entered. The wait staff are all Japanese with spotty English, so be prepared to speak slowly and repeat yourself. They’re very sweet though, and amused us when the ‘server’ refused to take our order because only the ‘ordering’ staff could. Heh! Weird system but anyway.

The restaurant is cozy and all woody. The enticing wafts of food going past nearly drove me crazy as we were waiting for our food! But fortunately the drinks were served almost instantaneously – probably a trick to keep the diners quiet 😛 I tried out the Frozen Green Tea & Alcohol which is basically like a green tea milkshake, or drinking green tea ice cream – sooooo nice!! Their cocktail menu is, strangely, as extensive as their food menu – it’s all very fun though because their cocktails all have a Japanese/Asian influence so they’re pretty unique.

The menu displays all the dishes in photos, which is excellent – why don’t all restaurants do that?! I’m definitely a visual person. Everything looked so exciting we nearly ordered everything on the menu 😉 Finally decided on a couple of dishes and they were great choices – all so good! But the STAR dish, but far, was the Deep Fried Camembert Cheese!! I always order Fried Cheese if I see it on the menu, but this is by far and away the BEST I’ve had. It had a really light and fluffy batter and the cheese was silky, warm and oozed everywhere once you took a bite. Totally divine and I’d go back solely for their cheese. Mmmmmmm!! We ordered 4 plates and it still wasn’t enough 😉

Fujiya’s menu

A myriad of cocktails

Cosy interior

Agedashi Tofu

Grilled chicken wings

Spicy salmon roll

Deep fried camembert cheese

Oozy……….!

Sushi boat

Bento box

Fried rice

Raw ingredients……

….cooked at your table…..

…to make Onomiyaki!!

Saba fish

Cold soba

Beef tongue

Black Sesame ice cream

Parfait

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