WEEKLY DIGEST 119 | 16 AUG 2024

Highlights for this weekend will involve checking out The Cheese Shop's Raclette Melt and having a sashimi party on Sunday. Nothing else is planned in terms of eats so far, so we'll see how we go.

Last week we checked out:

Mortadeli
Azabu
Shanghai Street
Swan Sushi
Tiger Baekban

Shot on Sony a7iii (Azabu & Shanghai Street) with Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 and Ricoh GR IIIx (Mortadelli, Swan Sushi & Tiger Baekban). Edited in Adobe Lightroom Classic.

Visit count

Note travel related eats haven't been added in yet. There will be a handful to add from Singapore and we'll add a select few from Japan.

As of 16 August 2024:

First time visits: Mortadeli & Tiger Baekban (2)
Revisits: Azabu, Shanghai Street & Swan Sushi (3)

Total first time visits: 31+2=33
Total revisits: 74+3=77
Total visits this year: 33+77=110

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‌‌The Best Thing We Ate ⭐️

Mortadeli

Mortadeli's mortadeli sandwich was the best thing we ate last week, and probably the best sandwich we've had all year. The soft fluffy focaccia paired so, so well with the creamy straciatella, mortadella and pistachio cream.

We dropped by on Saturday around 1:30 pm and waited around 25 minutes for our sandwiches. Another visit has already been planned to try out more of their menu when we're in the city next. Paige also bought meatballs with polenta for a later lunch, which she thoroughly enjoyed.

The second sandwich we got was the porchetta. Both Paige and I strongly preferred the mortadeli which was a lot easier to eat and bite through.

What We Ate 🍴

Azabu

Azabu had their media night last Thursday night. Thank you to Kento for having us! At time of writing, the pictured dishes are off-menu dishes that were served on the media night.

Shanghai Street

After inhaling a couple slices of sashimi and wagyu at Azabu, I dropped by Shanghai Street with Alex from @alexperthfoodie and Mary from @food_and_i_for our second dinner.

I appreciate that the xiao long bao here are served with some ginger. Reminiscent of how they're served at Din Tai Fung.

The beef noodle soup was light. Given my hunger levels, I probably would've preferred something heavier!

Note pricing is from their Melbourne menu as the Perth menu was unavailable at time of writing.

Swan Sushi

On Sunday I made my second visit to Swan Sushi was with a couple friends. This time around, it was for lunch. I found the curry prawn don to be a fairly reasonable serving size for the money and my friends were greeted with a massive mountain of karaage 🙈.

Sashimi was fresh.

I don't usually like using words like "must order", but this miso eggplant is a dish we always get here. It's also probably the only time I'll ever eat eggplant 😅.

Swan Sushi still maintains good food quality. We've been told the same kitchen team from Kou Sushi is still in place.

Tiger Baekban

Ending the week we have the recently opened Tiger Baekban in Willetton. We weren't able to secure a booking for four over the phone, so we tried our luck by going there at 5:30 pm. And we were successful (our backup plan would've been.. Slow Dough Pizza).

Having said that, by 5:45 pm, the restaurant was essentially full house. Lots of early diners!

Tiger Baekban predominantly serves sets which do err slightly on the more expensive side. But I guess you pay for the variety. Not pictured, bossam, which was great and probably is comparable to Marubang's version - our favourite one.

Overall, the four of us each enjoyed all our sets here. We'll likely be back, especially given how close it is.