Bonsai Japanese Restaurant

Bonsai Japanese Restaurant would have to be one of the earlier modern Japanese restaurants to have opened in Perth. Since its opening back in 2010/2011 it has only gone strength to strength and proves to always provide quality dishes at reasonable prices (see my previous post here).

However, since its opening the restaurant has refurbished and expanded the place, but it is still sleek with a cavernously airy affair.

The menu hasn't changed much, but I love that sometimes, because its comforting and allows you to have your favourites.

We ordered a few different dishes to share. We started off with creamy prawn spring rolls (per request of M). It really wasn't too bad, the spring rolls were lightly fried and weren't drenched in oil (BONUS!) an the pastry wasn't too thick.

Creamy Prawn Springrolls

This was followed by prawn kushi-yaki - grilled prawn skewers with caramel soy dipping sauce. The prawns were plump and juicy it lacked a bit of flavour, which I guess was made up by the accompanying sauce. 

Prawn Kushi-yaki

To cut through some of the fried and creamy tastes of the other dishes, we ordered something light and refreshing - salmon sashimi ceviche. The salmon was nice and fresh and was marinated in light lemon and olive oil dressing and tossed through salmon roe and witlof julienne. It was exactly to my liking, tangy, fresh and light. Delicious.

Salmon Sashimi Ceviche

The teriyaki patagonian toothfish was just heavenly and just melted in the mouth. It was dressed in this lovely miso-teriyaki sauce, which added that sweet and salty flavour to the dish. This is as good or if not better than that of Nobu's Black Miso Cod and its the fraction of the price!

Teriyaki Patagonian Toothfish

To break the seafood trend, we ordered the crispy skin duck.The duck breast was pan fried until the skin was crispy and was dressed with this lovely vinaigrette and caramelised soy. The pumpkin puree wasn't really needed, nonetheless it was delicious to eat!

Crispy Skin Duck

Bonsai is definitely one of my go to places for nice Japanese dishes that doesn't break the bank. The staff are friendly and are always rushed around. The ambiance is relaxed, a little loud, but cosy. The dishes are packed full of flavours and they use quality produce. It's a bonus that it's also on the entertainment card! What more do you want?