The Roe, Melbourne

@chocolatesuze The Roe in Melbourne is hectic and a must visit for all sea urchin lovers #theroe #melbourne #seaurchin #uni #melbournerestaurants ♬ original sound – ChocolateSuze

A quick weekend trip down to Melbourne saw me finally visiting The Roe, a sea urchin focused restaurant with a pretty hectic fitout. We start off with complimentary sea urchin kombucha and then the sea urchin dumplings arrive. The dumplings have a great thin skin though cooked sea urchin doesn’t really taste like much.

The signature sea urchin chawanmushi is a must order though, it’s silky, smooth and intensely flavorful with the sea urchin.

I was so glad I preordered The Roe’s Family Mini Don set, the bowls of rice are piled with salmon roe, Bluefin tuna, spicy salmon, surf clams, grilled unagi and tempura prawns. Also who doesn’t love the wow factor of dry ice? The presentation is just immaculate and everything tasted fresh and delicious.

We were feeling ambitious and thought we might as well order more sea urchin so ordered the Sea Urchin Kingdom which happened to have a 10% discount that day. The platter is impressive and comes with half a kilo of 10A grade of sea urchin and salmon roe. Scoop a bit of everything onto the crisp seaweed sheets and prepare to have your mind blown. This was definitely an incredible experience if you love sea urchin.