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| Chef Aki-san grilling yakitori |
Haberfield is Sydney's OG little Italy.
There you will find amazing Italian eateries like Pastecceria Papa and Napoli in Bocca. But just a few weeks ago, Haberfield had an exciting addition to its
charm in the form of a restaurant called Yakitori
Jin. Say what?!! A yakitori joint in Haberfield?! Better believe it!
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| Cabbage salad |
This Osaka style Kushiyaki restaurant is
located smack bang in the heart of Little Italy on Ramsay Street and they are
legit! The space has a casual contemporary Japanese Izakaya look with darkwood
tables and fittings. There are around 10 seats at the counter area where you
can watch all the yakitori action. There are tables for 2, 3 and one big table
by the window for a group of roughly 6-8 people. Head Chef Akihito Marui is their yakitori master who hails from Osaka. His
past experience includes working as chef at Torikizoku, a renowned yakitori
chain in Japan.
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| Tomato and camembert |
The Japanese love tomato and cheese plus
being in Sydney's little Italy, it just makes sense to have a tomato and
camembert ($5 each) kushiyaki on the menu. The combo of sweet tomato and smoky
squishy camembert was so nice.
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| Negima |
The negima
($6 each) is a chicken thigh and leek yakitori. It was perfectly cooked
with smoky and sweet flavours.
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| Tuscan with cheese |
Their tsukune with cheese ($7 each) was our absolute favourite. What's
there not to love about a massive chicken meatball chargrilled and glazed with
tare then covered with grilled melted cheese?! Loved the notes of garlic,
ginger ang negi in the meatball too.
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| 9+ grade wagyu kushiyaki |
There is nothing as lux and
delicious as much as a 9+ grade Wagyu
($10 each) kushiyaki. Tender, fatty and juicy with every bite.
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| Kawa |
Their kawa ($5) or chicken skin yakitori reminded me of Torikizoku's
version of the same dish. It was smoky, sweet and buttery with some nice tasty
crisped bits. It had so much umami.
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| Enoki mushroom pork |
I loved the chewy texture of the enoki mushroom pork ($6 each). There
was so much juiciness and flavour with every bite of this mushroom wrapped in a
pork belly dish.
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| XL shiitake mushroom with chicken filling |
The XL
shiitake mushroom with chicken filling ($7 each) was full of umami with
sweet-ish garlic notes.
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| Chicken yaki gyoza |
The chicken
yaki gyoza ($16) had a tasty gingery chicken filling. The fried side could
have been fried more for better caramelised crisped surface. Nonetheless, it
was still a good dumpling.
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| Kamameshi rice |
I love kamameshi rice! Not only for the
nostalgic factor but I like how the broth fully flavours the rice at the
cooking process and it also had nice crispy flavoursome bits. Their kamameshi ($26) is exactly that! It
also has chicken pieces, mushroom and the popping juicy fishy sensation of ikura (fish roe).
One thing is for sure, I'll be back soon
to try more. Oishii desu!
Yakitori
Jin
101 Ramsay Street
Haberfield NSW 2045
Phone: 8057 2780/0420565101
BOOKINGS via SMS
Hours:
Tuesday to Thursday 5.00pm - 10.00pm
Friday to Saturday 12.00pm - 2.30pm, 5.00pm - 10.00pm
Sunday 12.00pm - 2.30pm, 5.00pm - 9.30pm
Sunday 12.00pm - 2.30pm, 5.00pm - 9.30pm
Closed Mondays
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