Walking down King Street in Newtown, one of Sydney's oldest suburbs, one's senses can become completely overwhelmed. Despite its colourful boutiques and a seemingly endless array of second-hand book stores, it's the tastebuds that really get the work-out with the strip's vast line of culinary delights. I've walked King Street many times and have counted over 140 pubs, restuarants and cafes along it.

These never stay static either. Constantly changing, upgrading, renaming and expanding one can always expect a new gastronomic adventure to greet them when visiting King Street.

Well, I'm determined to end that and achieve the near impossible: to feast from every restaurant/cafe/bar on King Street and live to tell the tale.

Friday, February 18, 2011

iiza

@ 184 King Street, Newtown

This one's still a baby on the street. It's been around a year since it appeared and after reading a couple of reviews on it over its authenticity, a coupe of friends and I decided to make a night of it. Starting off at 6pm, it was a pretty quiet night. Less than an hour later and the place was packed. The service was extremely slow, the dishes coming out every 20 minutes or so, by the time one person was done with their meal, another was just starting.

The atmosphere inside is quite transient, with the frontage displaying sake bottles while the back leads into a quieter, darker, more romantic feel. The food in general was nice, but I will admit, it was nothing special. And from the prices, which are fairly steep for pretty typical tasting Japanese, iI doubt it'll be worth a return trip soon.

And after our meal? We headed down the road to Max Brenner. Not because the food wasn't agreeing with our paletes, but because we were still left hungry.

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