So one of the fun things about doing Neko Nation is travelling around Australia and getting to experience a bunch of really interesting and awesome Japanese restaurants and food. We've had many awesome locals show us around Australia and take us to lots of amazing food places around Australia and while taste is a very subjective and opinionated matter (plus we wanted to review more accessible places for your budget than fancy $50+ meal restaurants) these were some of our favourites and also stood out as being unique and interesting places to their own city.
Adelaide - The Crepe's Story
For those who've been to Harajuku will know all about the famous Harajuku Crepes, cheap, easy and tasty, they are a memorable trip for anyone who has made the trip over to Japan. However for those stuck in Adelaide, The Crepe Story offers an experience close enough to what you'd experience in Japan. Run by absolutely adorable and cutely dressed Asian girls in pink maid outfits and the massively pink store which sticks out like crazy in the midst of Rundle Mall. With a good variety of savoury and sweet crepes, it's definitely a unique experience that brings back memories of Japan, or a taste of Japan for those yet to go!
Brisbane - Mos Burger
Mos Burger the famous Japanese burger chain has made it's way into Brisbane Australia, after a successful trial store in Sunnybank, Mos Burger has expanded to multiple outlets around Brisbane. For those yet to experience Mos Burger they specialise in unique Japanese style burgers, which includes many interesting Japanese flavours such as the use of rice burgers, seafood, teriyaki and delicious Japanese sauces. Rather than serving it up with Coke, iced tea is their preferred option and they take much pride on their great service. While for those familiar with Australian and American burgers, while it's tempting to unwrap the whole burger, DON'T! The burgers may look smaller in size, but they are much greatly stacked, to the point where they appear much spherical and taking it out of the wrapping will see all your ingredients fall out!
Melbourne - Doki Doki Café
A maid café in Melbourne, visit Moe Mall which features Doki Doki Station on Fridays, Saturdays and Sunday to get your maid café fix. A visit to Doki Doki station is memorable one, the maids being some of the most adorable and cutest maids both in terms of looks and personality and absolutely awesome menu and atmosphere and more importantly it's a maid café in Australia that's open every week! Also hosting many special events, gaming and just in general being a great place to chill out without any time limit during quieter periods. This is the only maid café that we are aware off which is constantly operating outside of a convention and definitely one of our favourites.
Perth - Iku Sushi
Easily our favourite sushi place in all of Australia. Iku Sushi definitely sticks out as our favourite sushi place in all of Australia. The most amazing graphics are featured inside featured lots of cute kittens, amazingly adorablely painted pink ventilation and a great variety of tasty drinks, from natural Soda, Cherry Coke, Dr. Pepper, Irn Bru, Ramune and many amazing drinks. Plus lots of amazing meals from bento boxes to curries, including specialties such as their onion rings and cheese kastu. The best part is their main famous and unique offering Cheeseburger sushi, think this is a terrible combination that wouldn't work? Think again, cheeseburger sushi is the fastest sushi to be snapped up at any Neko Nation ever, as pictured above, imagine combining bacon and cheese with sushi, it's a godlike taste that those in Perth are lucky to be able to experience!
Sydney - Mizuya
Enter down the staircase into Mizuya and our first impression was being blown away by the amazing atmosphere down inside the restaurant, these pictures do not do the place justice, the cherry blossom trees, lighting and booths give this place a majestic feeling and going into one of the booths gives an absolutely intimate feel and dining experience. When you first go inside a booth, the first thing you'll notice is the screen, it's a touchscreen where you order food, there's no waiting for a waiter or waitress, order whenever you want, which is really convenient if you're with a lot of people, rather than waiting for everyone to be ready to order, everyone can order whenever they want plus ordering from a touch screen feels like it's from the future. More importantly the food tastes amazing, in particular as odd as it sounds crocodile karaage was one our favourites but there's so many good things off the menu to eat and drink since the variety at this place is insane, a definite place you need to check out for all you Sydney peeps or anyone visiting, the food and atmosphere is unforgettable.
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