My favourite Melbourne sushi spot was an unlikely recommendation by my inexplicably sushi hating friend Jen. On Thursdays Jen and I meet for long meetings about a short film festival, which is hardly hungry work but always seems to leave me ravenous. Enter, Tokyo Sushi. Located on Richmond’s Bridge Road and sandwiched betwixt generic boutiques and the kind of hairdressers that you just know are going to feather your hair, Tokyo Sushi is actually very good. It took a while for Melbourne’s very particular brand of sushi to grow on me but now I’m hooked, and Tokyo Sushi is a big part of that nascent addiction. The menu is expansive and just different enough from Melbourne’s countless other sushi places to make it a bit of a destination; while great vegetarian options such as tempura sweet potato and marinated tofu mark this cute little place out from its identikit Japanese competitors. A word of warning though, the incredible selection of sushi may make your eyes bigger than your stomach but make sure you take enough cash. Tokyo Sushi operates a strictly cash only policy which makes forward planning for a gluttonous sushi-eating session an absolute imperative.
