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"a beautifully light and blissfully short
menu of homestyle Japanese cooking"
Matt Preston, The Age
Epicure read
review
Testamonials
Hi Mellie,
Thank you for writing about Kazari cafe. I’m frequent there. As a
Japanese national, I’ve often lamented qulaity of so called
“Japanese” cafe/restaurant. Soy sauce and rice don’t alone make any
food Japanese! At Kazari, you can enjoy real Japanese taste/palate.
The Chef is from Kyoto, capital of traditional Japanese cusine, and
her soup stock is excellent!
Sayuri -
excerpted fromthe food blog tummyrumbles
"Café Kazari is the best kept secret in Melbourne if you love
fresh, tasty, elegant Japanese Kyoto style food & I am not sure
why I am going public with this secret!
Emiko is a Master Chef working her magic in the tiny kitchen at
the back of the wonderful Kazari Collector, using fresh seasonal
ingredients served by friendly Japanese staff and I love going
there for lunch looking onto the serene courtyard with beautiful
Japanese maple trees & browsing in the Gallery.
I chose Café Kazari for my ‘Not yet 60th’ Birthday celebration
& had a private banquet dinner for my closest 20 family &
friends; it was really unique, special & everyone loved the
ambience & especially the food & specially chosen
sake."
Maurice Spatt.
2010
" We always enjoy our quiet refuge at Café Kazari –
it is a lovely setting for a quiet lunch of fresh and delicious
food in the sunny courtyard or inside enjoying the visual feast of
Asian arts.
Great dinners featuring Emiko’s offerings, always a
fun crowd or bring your own (drinks or company) for a unique
evening.
Our office Christmas lunch was superbly catered and
just the right ambience for a relaxed gourmet experience."
N & L.B
Architects 2010
" I'm very tentative to write this as, selfishly, I
love the fact that we can nearly always get a table when we book.
If I rave too much will we ever get in? It would be really naughty
though, if we didn't let you know how incredibly impressed we are
with the seasonal dinners you have been holding. We honestly
thought the lunches were fabulous but the delight in walking slowly
through a closed gallery is heavenly & then sitting down
quietly to dinner is dreamy. It seems the juggle that is life stops
& Emiko descends with such tranquilly to feed us some of the
freshest, cleanest food we have ever tasted. Japanese, home style
cooking that is interesting, so clever & that little bit
different ...and we can bring our own wines! Is this not
Melbourne's best kept secret?"
Victoria Hope - Snooza Pet
Products 2010
Reviews
The Age Cheap Eats 2010 - Highly recommended and listed
'Best' Art Gallery Cafes
  
www.tummyrumbles.com reviewed 9/11/2008
"I was thoroughly impressed with Cafe Kazari - such
respect for produce is hard to find, and this place has it in
spades." read more...
Reviews
- The Age Cheap Eats 2010 - Highly recommended and
listed 'Best' Art Gallery Cafes
- The Age Cheap Eats 2009 Awarded 3 stars (best in
class)
 
Go on a gastronomic world tour and never leave Melbourne - it's
all in The Age Cheap Eats 2008, writes editor Nina Rousseau more...
*** best in its class 3 - star winner'Inner
South-East'
A selection of books on Japanese food available for sale at
Kazari collector
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