Masu

It had been a while since I'd had a knock-your-socks-off meal, so the newly famous Masu restaurant seemed like an appropriate place to change that.

Masu is located in Federal Street, and since picking up Metro's Best Restaurant award mere months after opening it has gone from strength to strength and has become a beloved favourite of many.

We settled into the bar where I was entranced by the expert bartenders.  This one was a 'plumberry sawa'; a sour plum concoction atop a whole block of ice.

Next was the food and I happily handed the ordering over to the others (a rare event). We started with edamame, of course, and a luxurious platter of the softest, freshest sashimi.

It felt like we were ordering everything on the menu - enormous juicy tempura prawns, caramelised pork ribs, Alaskan King Crab claw and chicken skewers.

You would think that would be enough for four ( I was full by this point), but on we went....

Light and crispy crayfish tacos, followed by meltingly tender beef fillet (which was gobbled up before I even touched my camera).

The food was all incredible - and you would be extremely hard pressed to find a dish at Masu that doesn't impress. My favourites were the beef, the tacos, and the crab - though in part just because the claw looked so fantastic on the plate.

We were bursting at the seams, but there is always room for desert. This one we enviously spooted at another table, and not wanting to be out eaten we ordered it too. Even with two self-proclaimed 'non-desert-people' at the table everyone got stuck in, and the plate was cleaned.

If you haven't figured it out from my raving already, the food at Masu is incredible. But to go there for yourself and experience the stylish interiors and impeccable service to compliment the meal takes it to another level, one that definitely blew my socks off.