Wasabi, Darlinghurst
13/20*
via @neekatron
*Take-away. A slightly furry, yet satisfying serve of edamame. Firm and juicy, always served hot and lightly salted. Wasabi edamame is always cooked to perfection.
- 1 year ago
Wasabi, Darlinghurst
9/20
via @HuMun
A disappointing edamame run continues with this poor showing from the recently re-named “Wasabi”. Apparently the name changed to align with their sister restaurant. There’s dozens of restaurants called Wasabi in Sydney, but judging by the quality of their edamame, the restaurant formerly known as Sushi Arigato might be related to Wasabi Bistro in Pyrmont.
- 1 year ago
Arigato, East Sydney
15/20*
via @HuMun
A hipster Hyde Park picnic wouldn’t be complete without a Tokyo Bike, bottle of Pocari Sweat, some Swedish cider and take-away edamame from Arigato. Super-sweet and juicy peas are perfect for a game of who-can-catch-the-pea-in-their-mouth - an activity normally unbecoming of expected behaviour in a Japanese restaurant. The addition of fresh chilli made up for the lack of salt means this certainly beats the take-away edamame at Sushi Suma, Sushi Hero II and the Chinese New Year Markets, and is on par with take-away edamame in Japan - at the Fuji Rock Festival, Tokyo Dome Baseball and Muteki Mario in Shinjuku.
- 2 years ago
Samurai, East Sydney
13/20
via @HuMun’s Mum
My mum can’t pronounce “edamame” but she sure enjoyed her first real Japanese dining experience. (She left dad and his WW2 hang-ups back in Melbourne.) The edamame is adequate and the Sake Pear & Green Tea Ice Cream dessert is pretty spesh.
- 2 years ago
- 1
Sushi Suma, Surry Hills
9/20
via @HuMun
It’s never easy to land a good take-away edamame in Japan (let alone in Sydney). But it’s even worse when it takes an hour to pick up and the ordering process throws hardened producers into uncontrollable fits of giggles. Better eat in next time.
- 2 years ago
- 2
Toko, Surry Hills
Regular: 15/20
Chilli: 17/20
via @tweebs
Finally, a review from the vaunted edamame kitchen at Toko in Surry Hills. As usual, the chilli version was favoured over its plain salted cousin. But the placenta-like soggyness of the offering is somewhat concerning.
- 2 years ago
Monkey Magic, Surry Hills
17/20
via @HuMun with Snitch & Zarb
“In the worlds before Monkey, primal chaos reigned. Heaven sought order. But the phoenix only can fly when it’s feathers are grown. The four worlds formed again and again as endless eons came and passed. Time, and the pure salts of heaven, the moisture of the earth and the chlorophyll of the sun and the moon all worked on an ancient rock. And it became magically fertile. That first egg was named Thought. Tappu Ky Budhe, the father buddha, said ‘with thoughts, we make the world’. Elementary forces caused the egg to hatch. From it then came a strong Monkey. The nature of Monkey was irrepressible!
- 2 years ago
Busshari, Potts Point
16/20
via @lestrade
The Busshari bean is a joy to the eye. Pleasingly rotund and encased in a vibrant green shell they beg to be edamameaten. It is not, however, until the juicy bean is squashed between the teeth that the true glory of this edamame can be truly appreciated - I have honestly never eaten a juicier sweeter specimen. This feat was all the more spectacular given the magnificent size of the pods - which in most cases would signify a coarser bean. In addition to this the service at Busshari was spectacular with our waiter seeming to get as much enjoyment out of my four-year-old son’s first encounter with edamame as he did.
- 2 years ago
Sake, The Rocks - Part II
15/20
via @HuMun with @markpollard, @missmcj, @lestrade, and @enjio
On second tasting, the edamame offering at Sake in The Rocks has come tumbling back to the pack. While presentation and salt remain strengths, there were a few undoings. Coloration was inconsistent. Baldness is never ideal. And lack of juiciness reflected the waiter’s lack of interest in this site.
- 2 years ago
Sake, The Rocks
17/20
via @HuMun
The Rocks is an appropriate spot for a restaurant that dishes up edamame that looks like it’s been through a sodium meteor shower. The salt boulders beautifully balanced the sweet juiciness of the oversized peas. Up there with Raku Stand Bar (Kyoto) and Zushi (Sydney) as the best edamame in the world.
- 2 years ago
Wagamama, Sydney Airport
15/20
via @Humun
It was always going to be hard to impress someone about to board a flight to Tokyo, but Wagamama’s edamame was up to the challenge. Super salt, and it came out steaming and as juicy as the anticipation of Roppongi nightlife.
- 2 years ago
Sushi Hero II, Sydney (take-away)
12/20*
via @HuMun
Eating the take-away edamame from Sydney’s best take-away sushi joint was a hairy experience for all the right reasons. Eda-warewolf!
- 2 years ago
- 2
Toko, Paddington
3/20
via Deb & Carla
Much like the promises of the Labor party, my dining cohort and I were greatly disappointed. Lacking heat, salt, flavour, sweetness and all round Japanese-ness, Toko Paddington failed to deliver one of the staples.
- 2 years ago
- 1
