The Chef’s Table at Kisume

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The Sydney Morning Herald · collected 2026-09-24

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The Chef’s Table at Kisume is an upscale Japanese omakase dining experience that pushes traditional boundaries with its extravagant presentation and menu offerings. Located upstairs from the main restaurant, this horseshoe-shaped bar seats a limited number of guests for a 16-course tasting menu that includes both classic dishes like chawanmushi and nigiri as well as more adventurous options such as scallop in beurre blanc with caviar and duck roasted with sansho. The dining experience is enhanced by unique decor, including provocative art, to create an extravagant night out for diners.

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The Sydney Morning Herald reviewed Kisume, a high-end Japanese restaurant, focusing on its Chef’s Table experience, which is an upscale dining area upstairs for a small number of guests. Instead of traditional Japanese decor like images of Mount Fuji, the Chef's Table features provocative art by photographer Nobuyoshi Araki, offering a more daring interpretation of restraint in Japanese culture. The 16-course menu includes both classic dishes such as chawanmushi and nigiri sushi alongside unexpected items like scallop with caviar and duck roasted to perfection. Guests are encouraged to take photos throughout the meal, and the chef interacts enthusiastically with diners, enhancing the overall dining experience. This review suggests that Kisume offers an extravagant and unconventional dining option for those seeking a unique culinary adventure.

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Japanese Kisume The Chef’s Table the Chef ’s Table the Good Food Guide

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Japanese NORP · 2× Kisume ORG · 2× Nobuyoshi Araki PERSON · 1× The Chef’s Table ORG · 1× the Chef ’s Table ORG · 1× the Good Food Guide ORG · 1×

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Instead of, say, a picture of Mount Fuji, you’ve got a woman posing for provocateur photographer Nobuyoshi Araki (a different take on the Japanese art of restraint, if you will).

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🔮 Instead of, say, a picture of Mount Fuji, you’ve got a woman posing for provocateur photographer Nobuyoshi Araki (a different take on the Japanese art of restraint, if you will).

2026-09-24 · The Sydney Morning Herald

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If Kisume is Japanese-inspired dining with the volume turned up, the Chef ’s Table – a horseshoe-shaped bar upstairs for a handful of guests – turns it up to 11. asserted

Table → inspire → 11

We’re not talking noisy. asserted

We → talk → ?

We’re talking extra. asserted

We → talk → extra

Instead of, say, a picture of Mount Fuji, you’ve got a woman posing for provocateur photographer Nobuyoshi Araki (a different take on the Japanese art of restraint, if you will). asserted

you → get → restraint

Every diner has a phone at the ready, and the chef plays it to the nines – or right up to 11. asserted

chef → have → 11

Good Food reviews are booked anonymously and paid independently. asserted

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