Pyrmont's Italian-Japanese Tasting
LuMi Dining on Pirrama Road is Federico Zanellato's harbourside Pyrmont tasting menu — Italian-Japanese fusion with two SMH Good Food Guide hats, and one of Australia's most genuinely thoughtful current kitchens.
The cooking is Italian-Japanese fusion at proper restaurant standards: pasta with Japanese ingredients, Japanese technique applied to Italian classics, the kind of careful integration that distinguishes a serious fusion programme from a generic one.
What to Expect
Order the tasting — that is what the room is for. Expect a long sequence of considered courses moving across raw fish, considered pasta, slow-cooked proteins, and the closing dessert programme. Wine pairings rise to international standards.
The Setting
The harbourside Pyrmont dining room is comfortable and well-lit. The view across the water to the Anzac Bridge is part of the experience.
Best Occasion: Anniversary
An anniversary at LuMi is one of Sydney's quieter celebration moves. The fusion thesis provides natural conversation; the multi-course pacing provides the structure; the wine programme provides the ascent the occasion deserves.