Japanese-influenced Kissuu brings ‘miso and music motion’ to Darlinghurst

With vinyl and Japanese meals going collectively like rosemary and lamb, Sydney’s rising miso and music motion welcomes a brand new arrival this Wednesday, November 2, with the opening of Kissuu in Darlinghurst.

Scorching on the heels of Barangaroo newie Rekodo Restaurant and Vinyl Bar, Kissuu has clear boundaries.

“Downstairs is the restaurant, it is extra severe with a concentrate on the meals,” co-owner-chef Adam Burke explains.

Upstairs (which is able to nonetheless have a small bar meals menu), is the place Kissuu will get loud and proud, and if you wish to understand how devoted it’s about its music, DJ Richard Penny is a co-owner on the bar-restaurant.

Burke, a former government chef at Manly’s Sundown Sabi and Chica Bonita, has loads of expertise with Japanese meals, however desires to check its boundaries a bit at Kissuu.

“It is as Japanese as I would like it to be,” he explains. So prawn and scallop gyoza might be served with a “Burmese broth” and beef tartare is dressed up with muntries and Davidson plum. Lamb ribs are matched with moro miso and pomegranate, whereas sugar loaf cabbage is served with “truffle” wafu and parmesan.

Kissuu roughly interprets as “fortunate numbers” in Japanese, a theme the cocktail listing picks up on with “fortunate” cocktails and a facet serve of fortune cookies.

It lands on a strip of Oxford Road that appeared on its knees a couple of years in the past, however has been revitalised with the addition of Paski Vineria Popolare and Cafe Freda’s. In December, they will be joined just some quick blocks away by El Primo Sanchez.

Veteran Sydney hospitality operator Paul Schulte can be concerned at Kissuu by means of his new hospitality group, Starvation, aimed toward recognizing and supporting rising expertise.

Kissuu might be open Tuesdays to Saturdays, 4pm till late.

245 Oxford Road, Darlinghurst