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SHŌBŌSHO

17 Leigh Street, Adelaide (08) 8366 2224 shobosho.com.au Open Tuesday-Sunday for lunch and dinner With a name that means “fire house” in Japanese, Shōbōsho takes things literally. It has a vast wood oven and a fire line of hydraulic grill, rotisserie and customised yakitori grill in an open kitchen that runs the length of the restaurant. Chef Adam Liston’s menu is equally fire-powered, with strong Korean and Japanese influences in dishes such as raw yellowfin tuna with charred edamame and black wild rice; skewered chicken meatballs with raw egg yolk in taro sauce from the yakitori menu; or spit-roasted Barossa chicken (feet attached) from the rotisserie. The best approach is to sit at the bar and choose one of the “feed me” menus with matching wines by the glass.

SUMMERTOWN ARISTOLOGIST

1097 Greenhill Road, Summertown 0477 410 105 thesummertownaristologist.com Open Friday-Sunday for breakfast, lunch and dinner With a minimalist, ever-evolving menu featuring local produce, low-sulphur natural wines from the Adelaide Hills and bread that’s milled and baked in-house – plus a bright-red Berkel meat slicer dominating the kitchen – the Aristologist is helping to redefine modern gastronomy in this part of the world. Tom Edwards has set a cracking pace with small dishes such as broccoli poached in kombu stock then grilled and served with pearl barley and crunchy puffed grains; and poached turnip on a bed of puréed turnip leaves with fish stock and leek powder. Start with the housemade sausage and some of that irresistible bread and finish with locally roasted coffee from the 1960s lever-action Gaggia espresso machine. Along the way, enjoy crockery and glassware handmade by local artists.