3 Days 2 Nights Eating Trip in Melbourne Part 4: Niku Ou

Previously:

3 Days 2 Nights Eating Trip in Melbourne Part 3: Homm Dessert at Heart

At first, when my husband made a reservation to dine in this restaurant, I thought it would be just an ordinary Japanese BBQ place.  That's why we were totally underdressed.  When we arrived at the restaurant, just by looking at their main giant wooden door, I know straight away there would be something special behind that door.  

The light settings were mellow, it's just like in a fine and high-end restaurant.  One of the nice waitress' greeted and leaded us to our dining seat.  We got our kinda cubicle dining space feeling private and exclusive.  One waitress was assigned to take care of us for the whole dinner time and helped us with grilling our meat as well. 

  

 

Buri carpaccio $28

We ordered a few other dishes outside their BBQ menu.  We tried their carpaccio, nigiri and foie grass bibimbap.  Kingfish carpaccio was very fresh with the right amount of sourness from yuzu dressing.  A nice way to start our meal.

Aburi nori wagyu nigiri (left) $28/2pcs and aburi foie gras wagyu nigiri $30/2pcs

Their wagyu nigiri were so delightful too.  The meat was so tender, you literally don't need to chew.  It was just melt-in-your-mouth.  A pleasant touch of sauce on top added some sweetness.  However, those foie gras and nori were too small to be able to balance that flavoursome sliced of meat.  It was still a good mouthful piece of wagyu nigiri though.

Foie Gras Bibimbap $48

With this bibimbap dish, they had brought and showed us the dish (in case we wanted to take a picture) before mixed them and served it in an individual portion.  I was expecting more foie gras actually for that price.  It tasted good, but the hero of the dish itself was lacking and too light.  So, to be honest, I was quite disappointed with this dish that I looked forward the most.

A5 Kobe wagyu and M9+ Australian wagyu BBQ set $319

We ordered a set of wagyu beef.  We got some Kobe beef cuts and a few Australian wagyu as well.  This portion is definitely enough for 2-4 persons.

As I mentioned earlier, this nice waitress carefully and gently grilled and cooked the meat for us batch by batch.  Then she put the cooked meat on a serving plate and not forgot to place that little name tag on the side.  So, we know what we were eating.  It definitely great to have her doing all the job otherwise we might ruin those luxury piece of meats.  All the meats were cooked perfectly.  I still can taste the fattiness from those marbles yet not too overpowering on my tongue.  

 

Complimentary side dished

Out of these three sauces, I would prefer to lightly dip my grilled meat onto salt.  Because to be honest I love the original amora and taste of grilled meat.  While sauce sometimes could destroy it. 

Niku Ou Japanese Chargrill Restaurant

Shop 9/10 108 Bourke Street, Melbourne

Ph: 03 9654 7178

Stay tuned for the next blog still in Melbourne:

3 Days 2 Nights Eating Trip in Melbourne Part 5: Queen Victoria Market