Bay Nine Omakase
Leave the decisions to the chef at this waterfront omakase restaurant offering six, eight and 11-course menus.
Overview
Located at the Campbell's Stores waterfront precinct, Bay Nine Omakase is right at home amongst its fine-dining neighbours. But unlike its neighbours, there's no menu at Bay Nine Omakase. 'Omakase' translates loosely to "I'll leave it up to you" — and the chef you'll be leaving your dinner to is Yul Kim.
Yul Kim is a master sushi chef who brings his natural talent, dedication to creativity and passion for the dining experience to the table.
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Declan Blackall Photography
So what about the restaurant? Well, Bay Nine is a quaint dining room with just a few tables and a cosy 10-seater counter where you sit around Kim while he prepares 11 courses of high-quality Japanese food.
All you have to do is watch and eat. It's dinner and theatre, all in one. The fit-out is classic wabi-sabi minimalism: all blond timber and soft underlighting, wrapped in a heritage-listed 19th-century warehouse space.
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Declan Blackall Photography
The omakase menu changes daily, depending on what's in season and what fish is available at the city's best seafood suppliers.
To accompany your sushi — that comes seared, salted, blanched, steamed, grilled and everything in between — there's a 40-strong sake menu, including dedicated sake flights (highly recommended) and a solid range of Japanese craft spirits. If you're feeling really fancy, there's also Bay Nine's Icon Collection, which includes a $3,500 magnum of 1996 Penfolds Grange Hermitage Bin 95.
Top images: Steven Woodburn and Declan Blackall Photography