It's surprisingly filling, I love the terimayo nikumaki with some chilli oil. It's a nice little place; easy to miss, and you most likely have to takeaway, but it's totally worth it! Can be a bit salty at times, but that's what you get when you put so many condiments in my case... Still delicious.
Do yourself a favour and get the spicy yakitori don and add extra shallots! If the heat is too strong, it goes great with a little kewpie mayo drizzled on top. For $10.50, the size of the don is beyond generous (easily the size of a meal and a half for me) and it's the winner of the menu.
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A little place on the outside edge of Warrigal Shopping Centre, this is pretty much a hole in the wall joint rather than a restaurant per se. There were just a couple of tables with a couple of seats in the walkway when we went, so it is set up more as a takeaway place.
Their thing is, unsurprisingly, nikumaki, or rice balls wrapped in thin slices of marinated meat (niku), then baked. Further toppings can be added, like cheese, kimchi, mayo.. They do have fixed combinations of these, or you can make your own. Other garnishes like fresh coriander, fresh chilli, or tabasco are free. The starting price for a plain nikumaki is $5. For that, you get a reasonable size cylinder of content. The rice at the core was tightly packed and held its shape through the eating. The meat was tender and@ tasty. The cheese topping was melted and stretchy. The Japanese mayo and teriyaki sauce added a moreish sweet and salty flavour. They were generous with the fresh coriander. It all comes out to you piping hot (they wisely add the greens afterwards). As someone else has said, one makes a hearty snack, and you would be reasonably full with two as a meal.
Would eat again.
Nikumaki is a rice ball wrapped with marinated pork. It absolutely went beyond my expectation, was so delicious. This shop offers the "real" Japanese meals, which are different from other Japanese restaurants and the prices are all reasonable. The owner's super friendly which makes me wanna buy more from his shop:) haha
This tiny little Japanese shop sells delicious 'nikumaki' which is simply rice wrapped with a thin layer of flavoursome pork. We chose the popular cheese topping which was torched, providing a smoky creamy texture that we loved. The meat was tender and the rice was cooked nicely. For $5, this is a great snack between lunch and dinner :)
Absolutely love this place. The Nikumaki rice balls are very tasty, as well as the other menu. You can add many toppings and you can also customize the amount and types of toppings if you wish. The prices are all pretty reasonable :)
Nikumaki, one of the many street foods I miss from the time I went to Japan. This place does it just as good.
Too sad that I can only eat one at a time, I wish my stomach had more room~
This awesome meat wrapped rice ball hits the spot every single time! We always get the one with cheese melted all over it, and toppings of coriander and fresh green chilli. The owner is so awesome too and takes pride in his work. Could do with another one right now...
While nikumaki is not the cleanest snack you can eat (as in it could get really messy), they are delicious. Such simple flavours that were done well. Special credit to the owner who runs the shop all by himself yet he makes every single nikumaki fresh to order. Even though you will need to wait a little while for the food, they're worth it.
Prices are pretty reasonable $4.50 to $5.50 for each Nikumaki. You'd need maybe two of them to call it a meal. All rice bowls are also a good option and a lot easier to eat if dirty hand is what you're worried about. We had Negi mayo (eshallot + mayonaise), Spicy Kimchi mayo Nikumaki, Aburi spicy buta don (Spicy flame grilled pork rice bowl).
Take advantage of the shopping centre's wide range of food outlets and try some Asian tea from Sakuraya or Coffee bun from Pappa Roti while waiting.
YUMMO! We've been coming here regularly since "discovering" it while waiting for our pizza from the other shop a little over a year ago. The owner is really friendly and would chat to us while he made our food. The shop is very unassuming, but oh boy, they dish out some very good food. They have their meal deals, which is very good value.
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