I was supposed to write a post about
this delightful Japanese restaurant a while ago but the photographs had not
been processed until recently.
Bob and I went to Cocoro in Ponsonby for our
joint birthdays and Valentine’s dinner in late February. Japanese take
their food presentation seriously from the high end eateries down to the street food level
(some tastes as beautiful as it looks and some not) - to please the eye first
and then the taste buds. At Cocoro we picked the degustation menu and all of their
dishes tasted as beautiful as they looked.
We started with Miso grilled Wakanui
beef mince “Niku Miso’ on a bed of ice berg as shown above. Each dish has its
own wow factor with beautiful props and it might look quite small but believe
me, after 8 dishes you will leave the restaurant with full tummy (we added on
Wagyu dish halfway and struggled with the roasted duck breast as beautiful as
it was).
We finished the meal with Betsubara or
Soy Sauce Ice-cream with fresh fruit medley and tiny green tea meringues. It might sound weird (the same way as blue
cheese ice cream) but it was delicious. We left the place very happy that
evening.
Cocoro classify themselves as a new
style Japanese cuisine and they are good at it – modern Japanese food that is.
We like this restaurant and will be back for special occasions – as their
whimsical style should be saved for such occasions so the magic will not wear
off too soon.
No comments:
Post a Comment