Perth Voice Interactive

I’ve been a fan of Nishi in Myaree for a long time.

It has a great teppanyaki bar and serves some lovely à la carte meals at affordable prices. 

But because it’s in the modest Hulme Court (behind all the car garages on Leach Highway) it probably doesn’t get the recognition it deserves.

On a nuclear hot Wednesday, I decided to checkout Nishi’s takeaway menu and see what they had to offer.

I was encouraged to find a nice range of dishes with sashimi, donburi, udon, bento and sushi.

Teppanyaki-lovers won’t be disappointed with the takeaway menu including teppanyaki garlic prawn bento and teppanyaki beef bento.

Other highlights were the takoyaki, eel donburi, prawn tempura udon, soft-shell crab bento and yellow tail sashimi.

There was also some nice cash-saving combos and gluten free options.

I decided to go for two starters and wasn’t disappointed.

Despite the searing heat, the assorted sashimi (six pieces $16.90) arrived nice and cold and tasted super fresh.

The raw fish was perched on a dainty bed of white vermicelli noodles, with a little slice of lemon on the side.

The standout was the salmon – nice thick cuts of glistening pink flesh – which tasted lovely when dipped in the accompanying soy sauce. A little daub of wasabi completed the mouth-watering picture. Coming a close second was the tuna – again great quality and a nice thick cut.

The yellow tail fish was a tasty epilogue – sweet, delicate and refreshing with loads of flavour.

A very enjoyable start as sometimes takeaway sashimi can be low grade.

I followed up with some steamed gyoza (six for $12.80).

Pan-fried is usually the go, but I decided to opt for something lighter with this infernal weather.

The gyoza were perfectly cooked – sometimes when you get takeaway ones they are like rubber bullets and stuck together – but these were tasty morsels with a delicious pork and vegetable filling.

They came with a little tub of sauce, which added an exotic tang. Another hit.

Across the table my wife “Special K” was tucking into her miso caramel pork belly bento ($21)

It was so hot she was wearing her bikini at the dinner table (don’t worry I wasn’t in my Speedos). 

“Wow, that miso caramel is really unique,” she said.

“It’s a strange but pleasant mix of sweet and salty and like nothing I’ve had before.

“The pork is well cooked and the accompanying spring roll, rice and salad are spot on.

“Sometimes salads in bentos are not up to much, but this has a nice assortment of greens and a subtle dressing. Top dish.”

Despite me encouraging them to try something new, my young kids wanted to shared the old bogan classic – katsu chicken bento ($23.50)

Next, I’ll be buying them a season pass for the Perth Motorplex and getting them a Nickelback tattoo.

A deathly silence ensued, which meant the food was top notch and they wolfed it down.

I had a sneaky taste and the chook was good quality with a nice crispy batter and succulent flesh. 

Maybe I’ve been a bit too hard on the old katsu.

Nishi didn’t disappoint and the takeaway lived up to the same high standards I’ve experienced dining-in.

Hmm, I wonder if they would let my wife wear her bikini at the teppanyaki bar…

Nishi
42 Hulme Court, Myaree
nishijapanesemyaree.com.au

by STEPHEN POLLOCK