RISE to the occasion

The restaurant RISE has been having a promotion on their degustation menu. Seven course dinner at 30% discount. So $42 for the course. Great price. It is a japanese fusion restaurant in Darlinghurst. There was a 2 hour limit on the time for dinner, so we went for the early one, at six. There was already people there and all of them were asian. More than half were people from Hongkong. Anyway, back to the food. Here is the menu for the day:

First Dish: Entree- Chicken and tofu with miso and sesame sauce

Soup: Tofu stuffed with mince calamari (there was also sago in the soup which was quite interesting)

Sashimi: Raw oyster (i think with soy and grated raddish) , Kingfish (Some soury sauce) and Trout (with Soy and wasabi) No we did not SHOT the Sashimi

Mixed Plate: Salmon with spiced mayo (curry spice), Soft-shell crab sushi and Tuna tartare in wanton. Thought this was interesting mix of flavour.

Pasta: Scallop on rice noodles and papaya salad [a little like thai]

Main: Steamed Fish (cant remember what fish) with tempura zucchini flower with the option of rice. This wasnt too impressive, but was still good.

Desert: Panacotta with plum granita (need i say more?) yumm...... always too small

Overall ok. Some interesting mixes/fusion. But without the discount, i think it is a little steep. And that's that.