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Bounty of the Sun chef Ryo Doyama moved from Japan straight from high school;he’s been in Melbourne for 25 years. This izakaya (a boisterous drinking place with snacks) is the first time he’s cooked Japanese food,but it’s imbued with influences from a career plating Mod Oz,Italian and cafe fare.
The space is cosy but includes a covered deck where you can pull up a bar stool for people watching across the Carlisle Street-adjacent precinct. Cocktails,beer and sake are the drivers:a shochu and vodka lemon sour laced with yuzu tea is just as easy to sip alongside fresh shiso and chive oil-dressed oysters served with a kabosu mignonette,or grilled butterfish marinated in saikyo miso.
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