Since opening late in 2014, LuMi Bar & Dining has been on my radar for a while. I'd seen lots of photos on
Instagram and heard about the awesome pasta dishes, so when my birthday rolled around earlier this year (yes, this is a very delayed post!), I requested to have my birthday dinner at LuMi.
The cuisine is a unique blend of Japanese and Italian influences, brought on by head chef Federico Zanellato's training both at Ryugin in Tokyo and
Ormeggio at the Spit. There is an option of an a la carte menu, but we decided to go with the 8 course tasting menu which was only $95pp.
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| Menu |
The restaurant is located where the old
Ripples at Sydney Wharf used to be - right on the pier overlooking Pyrmont Bay and facing Metcalfe park. The glass walls of the restaurant let in lots of natural light during the day, but be warned that it does get quite dark at night so apologies for the declining photo quality as the night goes on!
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| Snacks: Cheese tartlet and corn; cos lettuce, pistachio, tomato, miso; potato and rosemary foccacia; rice chips salt and vinegar |
We start with a plate of four snacks which are perfect mouthfuls to whet the appetite. My favourite was the cheese tartlet with corn - a classic flavour combination. The rice chips with salt and vinegar were also interesting wafer-like rice paper sheets that melted in the mouth, just leaving the salt and vinegar flavour behind.
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| Cos lettuce, pistachio, tomato, miso |
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| Cheese tartlet and corn |
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| Chawanmushi |
