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In Australia, local cuisine is far more sophisticated than toast and Vegemite , a dark brown paste made of yeast extract, especially if you’ve made a reservation at 529 Kent Street in Sydney. Here, you’ll find the home of Tetsuya’s Restaurant , where an internationally renowned chef, Tetsuya Wakuda has made a home for foods steeped in the tradition of Japan with natural, seasonal flavors, heightened by French technique, and based on local foods.

Degustation is a word that belies its meaning. Certainly, the sound of the word doesn’t seem as if it should refer to an excellent meal out, but it simply means a careful and appreciative tasting of foods, usually a small portion samples of a chef’s signature dishes, accompanied by wine. At Tesuya’s Restaurant, there’s an eleven-course degustation menu available for about $200 per person. This menu changes often, but it might start with something as simple as chilled cold corn soup with saffron and vanilla ice cream, moving to smoked ocean trout and avruga, then three New Zealand scampi. The signature dish might be Petuna ocean trout with knobu and fennel, then Queensland spanner crab with an avocado soup. Desserts might include chocolate ganache with green tea and red beans or a beetroot and blood orange sorbet.

Tetsuya’s has been awarded the highest rating available in the Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide, as well as Restaurant of the Year and Best Fine Dining at the Restaurant & Catering Association Awards. The restaurant itself offers private dining rooms for group bookings and two main dining rooms which overlook a Japanese garden. The restaurant is open for diner Tuesday to Saturday from six in the evening and open to lunch only on Saturdays from twelve noon.

The chef began his journey to Australia in 1982, at the age of 22, when he picked up a job as a kitchenhand. Less than ten years later, he opened his own restaurant in 1989, and this restaurant filled up quickly, with daily waiting lists. He moved to the latest location in 2000, where he continued to grow his reputation. Wherever you might be in New South Wales, no matter what hotels , if you have an adventurous taste for fine degustation, then find your way to 529 Kent Street.

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