Kuza Urban Japanese Food

Kuza Urban Japanese Food – Shop 1, 393 Albany Highway, Victoria Park

Food: 75%

I was so excited when my all-time favourite foodie told me she was going to be back in Perth for her birthday. So naturally, it only seemed fitting that we celebrated this joyous occasion with delicious food. We decided to go to Kuza Urban Japanese in Victoria Park because we are both lovers of aburi. Now Kuza is a fancy Japanese restaurant with simple and refined décor and a menu that offers small “higher-end” shared plates (with a price to match). Warning: Don’t go here if you’re expecting big servings of your Japanese favourites – if that is what you are after, then maybe check out places like Silver Sushi or Kai. Anyway, my friend and I carefully scanned through the menu and chose 7 dishes (5 savoury and 2 desserts). The scallop ceviche was really fresh and flavoursome – the dressing complimented the sweetness of the scallop nicely and was not too overpowering. Great start to the night. We then had aburi salmon and salmon belly which was lovely! It had the nice torched flavour to the salmon like a good aburi should. For all those who know me, I love aburi – but only if it’s done right (I was really disappointed with the one at Modern Eatery because it lacked the torched flavour). Because it was so good, we ordered another set of each! We then had the double salmon sushi roll which again had the aburi taste we loved. Our final savoury dish we ordered was beef cheeks. My best friend is obsessed with all things beef cheeks and because of her, I have also grown a fondness and love for it. The dish was lovely – beef cheek was super tender and melt in your mouth. We then moved onto desserts and shared the banana pudding which of the two desserts, was my favourite. I love banana desserts and this one was delicious – it was moist and fluffy and served warm with ice cream. Yum yum. We also had the yogurt panna cotta which was served with yuzu and other lovely Japanese flavours – a nice, light dessert and great way to finish the night. Kuza is in the Entertainment Book with a 25% off the total bill discount. Overall the night was great – food was simplistic but well executed and the prices were reasonable.