Take that you evil vegetables
Along the same line as the previous post "Daikon tries to evolve".
The things we do for our customers! We singlehandedly take on ferocious vegetable beats in order to provide interesting vegetarian dishes and sides for you.
Know that many promising apprentice chefs and dishwashers were lost pursuing the culinary dream that is known as Tsunami. (Note teeth. Chilli is hot, man.)
Labels: sushi japanese restaurant
posted by Tsunami Restaurant at 4:15 AM
3 Comments:
I was wondering about the vegetarian theme! I'd say you have the largest range of vegan options in Perth, and it's certainly the reason I first came to visit.
Can I ask what prompted it? Especially since eating vegan in Japan pretty much consists of onigiri!!
Not really sure why. Just wanting to do the job properly. (By the way to cut down on numbers in a perhaps misguided quest for zen like simplicity, we dropped number 12 which was the vegan version of the 'vegetarian' sushi combination - but - it still does exist but you have to say "vegan please" which we figured most vegans *would* say).
The vegan/vegetarian dishes were the hardest to do on the whole menu and took the most time. We also had to 'field test' them on customers since none of the chefs (or I) were vegetarians.
We also took the policy that we wouldn't deliberately make cheap versions of dishes. The vegetarian dishes would cost about the same as the carnitarian ones. But they would be as good as them too. They wouldn't be 'also rans' or stir fries or Ratat-somethings. I know that because on Sunday night we have a lot of vegetarian special dishes that we give to staff rather than throw out because we couldn't sell them all :-) (Yes, it's amazing. We also have soy milk go off in the fridge because we don't sell enough).
All that having been said, we don't want to be a vegetarian biased restaurant (since we're not vegetarians). Also sadly a lot of vegetarians are pains in the butt and too fussy and frustrating (as are non-veges also).
We just wanted to do a good job. I'm not so sure we did one but I'm pleased to see that at least one person liked it.
By the way we also wanted to get some things right with Japanese restaurants. Take note all - normal miso soup is *not* vegetarian. And our Kayako gohan (vegetable rice) *is* because we use shiitake dashi, not normal dashi, which is what gives it that brown colour and delicious nutty flavour.
Shitake dashi? I'm definitely having the miso next time
For what it's worth I think you've done a *fantastic* job with the vege menu (and the rest of the menu, and the wine list, and the venue, and the music)! I'm forever telling my friends about you. (And you should see how suspiciously vegos look at you when you ask if they like Japanese!!)
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