Gaijin Japanese Fusion - Glen Eira

All about that FRIDAY lunch specialYou know what I'm talking about Don't need a reservationDon't need to be fancyDon't need to be rich.

Came here for the Friday Famous Pork Chop Special! I made a reservation for 2pm but arrived early, and they were nice enough to seat us right away.

This restaurant is beautifulThe decorations are nice here, and you just feel like a VIP dining here Well, that's how I felt.

For my birthday celebration, my bestie took me here with mutual friend Adam for my treat. We were there for the 'all you can eat' menu and it took a bit of searching and asking for me to work out the gluten free bits. I was handsomely fed on shredded crab salad, miso soup, sushi and sashimi although I think I shocked the waitress a little by asking for repeat appearances of the sashimi. In my defence, each small plate had three small slices of fish on it, so I felt justified in asking for more. And more. For dessert, I had the green tea creme brulee. Heaven. Heaven! OMG, I wish I'd had time to order another and risk looking like a fat pig because it was DIVINE. I'm hoping to drag the family there in the very near future for another round. I recommend the New Yorker which has the strange combination of salmon and creme cheese, but works! It's obviously a favourite with the young men because they were there in droves, being fed huge platters of sushi. It's good value at about $50 per head for all you can eat. Bring your appetite.

The quality of the rice was really really sad. The sushi would literally crumble and the sashimi cuts were rather poor. I found bone in my salmon sashimi and a fish scale from some other sashimi I ate which was rather shocking. All in all, a disappointment, especially since I was so keen to try out the all you can eat sashimi and sushi they had :(