Budget Samurai

Samurai

804 Glenferrie Road

Hawthorn, VIC

Recently Little M and I were introduced to Samurai - a Japanese restaurant in Hawthorn.  Our friend suggested that we should give it a try since we both enjoy Japanese food and we may like it there.  So we went!

Since we both were tired from work and too lazy to cook, we decided to put Samurai to the test.  Since it was early Tuesday evening, we decided to push our luck and just turned up to the restaurant without any booking. 

I would say Samurai is a small local Japanese take away/ restaurant in the middle of Glenferrie Road.  The restaurant is quite small as well as their tables.  I didn't manage to take any photos since it was getting crowded and all I saw through the lens were the restaurant-goers. 

Little M and I decided to go with two dinner boxes ($15.00 each) - Soup of your choice, Entree of your choice, Main of your choice and Drink or Dessert. 

The soups came right after our waiter took the order.  We order Miso and Osuimono soup.  Osuimono was more like a clear mushroom soup compared to Miso.  Both soup were good, leaning slightly towards the salty side.

Marinated fried chicken and Croquette were served not long after.  The chicken was more like a grilled than fried.  Croquette was yummy, I prefer to have it by itself but my fellow diner prefer to have it with the accompanied tomato sauce.

The main dish of the night slowly came out one at a time, first it was the Samurai Sushi set.  It was a combination of nigiri and California roll.  The tuna and salmon slices on the nigiri were quite thin...but, for the price we paid, it was kinda acceptable. 

The second main dish for the night was the deep-fried prawns cooked with eggs and onions on the rice.  The taste was good and enjoyable - just a little bit too much on soy sauce.  This dish made me feel like it was more like a home cook meal rather than a dish from a restaurant.

Our tummies now half-full, only desserts to taste.  We chose Green Tea Cheesecake and Green Tea Ice cream.  I gotta say, the desserts we had were the star of the night.  Very rich in matcha flavour, a note to the sweet tooth, this ice cream was quite bitter with green tea powder, if you are after a sweet dessert, this might not be a finishing dessert for you. But this wasn't the issue for us since we found of matcha.  The cheesecake was yummy as well, even better when having with green tea ice cream - together it brought out burst of green tea flavour inside my mouth.

It was a budget meal indeed at Samurai, Hawthorn.  $15 per person for 3 courses dinner plus the soup, surely this is satisfying on both wallet and the growling stomach. 

+Disclaimer: The commentary contained in this blog is purely based on my own opinion and experience at the time of visit. Taste is a subjective and yours and mine can be differed.