My advice to the serious diner is to arrive at Industry Zen before 6.30pm especially on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday evening. This is an action-packed Oriental powerhouse exuding character & style with enormous thematic appeal and the queues can get quite long as the evening draws out.
Our party of eight immersed ourselves in a 12 course extravaganza to celebrate the beginning of autumn in the City of Sails and to wish some of the guests farewell as they were to leave for Canada the next morning.
What is a Japanese culinary adventure without miso soup? Such flavour and such a beautiful swirl of joy on the palate if it’s made well; such was the miso here – we all hailed this soft, warm initiator of the evening.
Around the table were placed bowls of Edamame, always a favourite with me. So simple and a playful diversion for the mouth as you pop the pods and savour the flavour.
Tuna Sashimi, salmon & avocado rolls, spider rolls, mayonnaise prawn rolls and spicy tuna rolls followed. A lot of food, in truth, but as the conversation and good humour around the table played like an orchestra at its best the food almost became a secondary consideration. Then came the prawn tempura, vegetable tempura and daruma salad, all winners around the table.
Throw in a plethora of other bite-sized dishes like steamed seasonal vegetables, fried squid legs and fresh blue-fin tuna toro nigiri sushi with fresh wasabi and you will understand how sated and pleased we were by evening’s end.
We interspersed the eating , the jokes and the conversation with significant doses of Saki, adding immeasurably to our good fortune on the night. Kanpai!
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