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14/20

Rising Sun Workshop

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The wachoushoku breakfast plate.
1 / 7The wachoushoku breakfast plate.Supplied
Dashi potatoes with bulldog sauce and furikake dust.
2 / 7Dashi potatoes with bulldog sauce and furikake dust.Supplied
Gyoza.
3 / 7Gyoza.Christopher Pearce
The kimchi bloody mary.
4 / 7The kimchi bloody mary. Trent van der Jagt
Pork banh mi.
5 / 7Pork banh mi. Christopher Pearce
The signature ramen.
6 / 7The signature ramen. Supplied
The interiors.
7 / 7The interiors. Christopher Pearce
14/20

Rising Sun Workshop

Japanese$$

Bikes, ramen and fine times in the backstreets.

The ground floor motorcycle workshop might suggest that the cafe-restaurant side of Rising Sun isn’t serious business. But over time the things on the plate here have proven to be as highly tuned as the bikes, and ramen is the drawcard.

Whether you pick a bowl of The Monk – made on a base of shiitake and kelp, with the likes of miso pumpkin and black fungus as toppings – or The Darkness – free-range chicken and smoked hocks in the soup, pork belly and charred onion on top – the flavours are clear and layered, the presentation artful.

Smart snacks, including charry snake beans with whipped tofu or pork belly to wrap up in nori, play support, as does a clipped local wine list. If the cake of the day is absent, like on our visit, there’s always Ciccone & Sons sorbet to keep you humming.

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