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Tora Eatery & Bar is pretty near Victoria Gardens. This restaurant offers its guests to degust Japanese and Thai cuisines. Eating nicely cooked agedashi tofu, ragout and noodles is what a number of clients recommend.
Tora Eatery & Bar started attracting its customers thanks to the Zomato rating of 4.
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Address
412 High St, Windsor, Victoria, Australia
Features
Сredit cards accepted
Delivery
Outdoor seating
Takeaway
Booking
Opening hours
| SundaySun | Closed |
| MondayMon | Closed |
| TuesdayTue | 5PM-10PM |
| WednesdayWed | 5PM-10PM |
| ThursdayThu | 5PM-10PM |
| FridayFri | 5PM-10PM |
| SaturdaySat | 5PM-10PM |
We started off with their baby octopus skewers which was a fantastic snack, some nice browning and textually firm, the hot BBQ sauce gave it a little heat. We also got a small plate of roasted eggplant topped with spicy sesame sauce, fried shallots and coriander. I feel like I can do no wrong with eggplant, it's creamy and addictive.
I really enjoyed their coconut ceviche which was a mixture of kingfish, grapes, tobiko, chilli, coriander and red onion. It was sweet and milky with a hint of spice all served alongside some cassava crackers which were pretty robust.
Their rice noodle ragu gave me mixed feelings, whilst it had been inspired by a pappardelle with ragu it didn't particularly hit the same notes. Whilst I'd prefer the rice noodles to be more firm this had the consistency similar to cheong fun, perhaps that was what they were going for. The braised pork with peanuts, chilli oil, tare sauce and shallots made for a decent pairing to the starch.
Their take on the agedashi tofu was topped with Thai basil chicken which worked quite well. Whether or not it still classifies as an agedashi tofu without the dashi broth is open for debate.
We also had their crying tora, I'm guessing it's their variation of the crying tiger. It's an unusual combination of hanger steak and watermelon topped with cucumber relish and surprisingly it worked! It's almost like a beef salad, the dressing being nuoc nam for that umami and the steak was well cooked medium rare and tender.
We finished off with a couple of their desserts (it was their only ones), their Japanese cheesecake with green tea ice cream was decent but nothing to write home about. Their banana fritter with coconut ice cream felt a bit icy but upon closer inspection concluded that the icy bits were something else (not sure what). The bananas had nice caramelisation to them and were soft all the way through.
For the most part we enjoyed the creativeness of the food but dessert was where they played it a bit too safe. The restaurant seemed to be lacking a bit of ambience (we sat downstairs) but that very well may depend on the patrons that night. Worth a quick inspection and wasn't too hard on the wallet.