Which comes courtesy of a couple of Sepia alumni.
If ARC dining, Greca and Hellenika weren’t enough to prove that Brisbane’s food scene is on the up and up, then perhaps the River City’s latest addition will. Joy Restaurant has just opened up on the clandestine Bakery Lane in Fortitude Valley, the petite project of two Sydney top chefs.
As reported late last year, Joy Restaurant comes courtesy of Tim and Sarah Scott and will be a 10-seat-only omakase-style eatery that will see both fine dining chefs act as both chefs and waiters. Sitting at just 36 square metres in size, the restaurant is certainly on the small size. In its centre will sit an 8 metre-long grey stone bench on which diners will perch and face the all-white kitchen.
“We’ll be cooking and plating up everything in front of the customers and we’re taking a Japanese-inspired style of service where we’ll be handing all the plates over to the customer ourselves,” Tim told the Courier Mail. The intimate new venue is a stark departure from the former workplaces of both, which include much larger Sydney fine diners like Automata, Sixpenny and Sepia. “We want it to be an experience for everyone,” Tim continues. “It’s not something that’s intimidating for a customer price-wise, and I think a lot of people will enjoy the interaction. There’s a bit of theatre to it.”
Open from Wednesday to Sunday each week, Joy’s cuisine will be a meld of Japanese and Nordic influences but interwoven with Australian ingredients. There will be both a la carte available, as well as two set menus divided into eight and five dish options each. Wines come courtesy of sommelier Russ Berry who has crafted a selection of drinks including sparkling sake, natural Australian and European wines and a handful of spirits to boot. There will also be All Press coffee available throughout the morning (alongside pastries), when visitors will be able to sit and watch prep first hand.
Joy Restaurant
Bakery Lane, 690 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley
joyrestaurant.com.au
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