Chef Raita Noda and his parents migrated to Australia from Japan in 1990. Cooking was always Raita’s passion, but his parents wanted him to study and go to university instead. Raita persevered and his parents eventually accepted his choice to go to TAFE and start working in restaurants. Now his parents are his most loyal customers.
After completing an apprenticeship at Matsukaze Japanese restaurant, he worked at three of Sydney’s most acclaimed Japanese restaurants before opening his own restaurant RISE when he was 25. He took on the role of head chef at Ocean Room in 2004. Raita describes Ocean Room as a seafood restaurant using the best Australian produce and a unique blend of Japanese and Mediterranean flavours.
Love your cooking... Also your pug dog is gorgeous!! What is it's name?
Wow am trying all his recipes I need to go to Sydney
such an inspiration, will be having the wasabi prawns for xmas....great...thank you Raita Noda
We LOVED watching Raita cook! Japanese food done right is amazing!!!
Raita is the one to watch as far as Japanese cuisine in Australia!
Check out the Ocean Room - what a dinning experience with killer views!