The three-storey fine-diner boasts an intimate 12-seater chef’s table and Chablis bar upstairs, a New York-style sushi den at ground level and a busy kitchen downstairs. Kisumé (Japanese for a pure obsession with beauty) is powered by chefs with decades of craftsmanship. Skilled wait staff know the roll call of Japanese classics inside out.

Salt-kissed, garlic-oiled edamame beans, funky miso soup, pan-sizzled pork gyozas, tasty tempura-battered things and high-grade Angus or wagyu steaks.

Stick to the script and try the best boxes of nigiri (raw fish on rice), sashimi and maki rolls in town, starring the usual suspects of salmon, tuna and kingfish, but also innovative flame-licked beef and foie gras. The best selling Wagyu truffle is loaded with mozzarella and finished with truffled mayo. 

Drink in those French wines from a cellar laying claim to Australia’s largest Chablis collection, or stick to the pretty floral cocktails spiked with premium Japanese spirits. Chopsticks are at the ready.  

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