{"id":1467,"date":"2009-11-15T10:53:44","date_gmt":"2009-11-15T00:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=1467"},"modified":"2014-05-10T12:24:11","modified_gmt":"2014-05-10T02:24:11","slug":"5-second-review-masuya-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=1467","title":{"rendered":"Masuya Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During a recent stopover in Sydney, myself and some guys from work were feeling a hankering for Japanese food and Masuya is literally one of the first options that turn up in Google if you search &#8216;Japanese restaurant Sydney&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>We booked and went in with no real expectations of the service or quality.\u00a0 Turns out, we also really underestimated the sheer quantity we would get served.<\/p>\n<p>This Masuya place is the business.\u00a0 We ordered a $45 set menu dinner which looked rather modest on paper but turned out to be a gigantic eight course feast.\u00a0 The portions were ridiculously huge, the sashimi was incredible fresh and the wagyu beef incredibly tender.\u00a0 The restaurant staff themselves were very friendly and regularly topped up our tea, plus I liked their little touch of leaving a name tag on the table so you knew the name of the person you were being served by.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously though, for $45 AUS, look at this:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1468\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1468\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1468\" title=\"jfo001\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jfo001.jpg\" alt=\"Scallops, grilled snapper and salmon skewers\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jfo001.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jfo001-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scallops, grilled snapper and salmon skewers<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1469\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1469\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1469\" title=\"jfo002\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jfo002.jpg\" alt=\"Giant sashimi and sushi platter of doom\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jfo002.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jfo002-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Giant sashimi and sushi platter of doom<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1470\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1470\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1470\" title=\"jfo003\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jfo003.jpg\" alt=\"Chicken karaage\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jfo003.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jfo003-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chicken karaage<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1471\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1471\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1471\" title=\"jfo005\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jfo005.jpg\" alt=\"Chicken parma\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jfo005.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jfo005-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chicken parma<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1472\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1472\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1472\" title=\"jfo006\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jfo006.jpg\" alt=\"Tempura prawns and vege\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jfo006.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jfo006-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1472\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tempura prawns and vege<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1473\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1473\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1473\" title=\"jfo007\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jfo007.jpg\" alt=\"Wagyu beef and mash\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jfo007.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jfo007-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wagyu beef and mash<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1474\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1474\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1474\" title=\"jfo008\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jfo008.jpg\" alt=\"Strawberry cheesecake\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jfo008.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jfo008-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Strawberry cheesecake<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you&#8217;re in Sydney and need a feed, hit these guys up.\u00a0 It was incredibly tasty and I couldn&#8217;t believe the size of the portions for the cost.\u00a0 Highly recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a recent stopover in Sydney, myself and some guys from work were feeling a hankering for Japanese food and Masuya is literally one of the first options that turn up in Google if you search &#8216;Japanese restaurant Sydney&#8217;. We booked and went in with no real expectations of the service or quality.\u00a0 Turns out, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106,15,415],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-blog","category-food-and-drink"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1467"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14578,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467\/revisions\/14578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}