On Thursday the sweetie and I went to Raku. When he retired he'd been given a voucher for $150 to spend there and we'd been meaning to use it for a while. We'd last been with Annie and Stu back in May 2024.
We were sat at the preparation bar so that was cool to watch them work.
I put Stu in charge of ordering food.
He ordered two of the 6 piece signature selection nigiri ($75). Yes these two little plates of food cost us the entire voucher. It was quite a bit cheaper to order them like this. We had Aburi otoro (seared bluefin tuna belly, normally $30), I think it was Tenaga ebi (scampi, foie gras, truffle oil, soy jelly, normally $34), and Aburi wagyu (seared Tajima wagyu 8+ striploin, garlic soy, fried leek, normally $30). All delicious (except for the wasabi flavour on the scampi), but I was like, well that was a nice entree (for $150), what's for mains?
So we ordered more food.
First up though, a cocktail!
Nekuta martini - spiced rum, passionfruit liqueur, peach and basil syrup, lime ($27)
First was kumogani tempura (soft shell crab, potato starch w kimchi mayonnaise $30)
And then probably the highlight of the night - Jidori karaage chicken (soy marinated free range chicken, bonito w yuzu lime mayonnaise & chilli ponzu $26).
So with a prosecco each it came to something like $274, with $150 off, so about $124 for the night out.
We may or may not have gone to Anita Gelato for dessert afterwards!
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