Sapporo Japanese Restaurant is a welcoming restaurant in Mitcham that has a passion for serving Melbourne’s most delicious Japanese cuisine. The food here is fresh, authentic and diverse – all you’d hope from an Asian restaurant that puts emphasis on clean-tasting dishes. Their extensive menu features all the usual sushi, sashimi, noodle and donburi items, but there’s also more which will definitely hit the spot. Order fresh oysters with ponzu sauce, vinegared octopus with seaweed salad and aburi salmon nigiri with flame-seared salmon belly. The banquet menu for two is a steal if you’re particularly hungry, and Sapporo Japanese Restaurant also offer BYO wine. There’s no doubt this Mitcham Road eatery is a popular, especially when you factor in the friendly service and laid back atmosphere. You’ll find them right by Mitcham train station.