Not a frequent traveller to Artarmon, I met a friend who has recently moved here for dinner. On the North side of the station it is like little Tokyo, with three Japanese restaurants and two Japanese grocery stores in a little plaza. I picked the middle one, Jubei. The $ 5 beer happy hour got me in, whether it was still happy hour or not I didn’t care I just thought it was a nice touch. And the pictures on the menu were better. As I waited for my dinner buddy I checked out what other people were eating. The couple next to me had some kind of soup that they were sharing, which looked interesting. Then they had big chunks of grilled fish. So we ended up ordering the pork belly broth which was super tasty and has finely sliced pork belly that melted in your mouth. Also ordered the fish, which was grilled in miso. Also had a mini okonomiyaki which I have not eaten since being in Japan, and was yum.(Although I don’t like the fish shavings that look like wood shavings and move by themselves). For dessert was ice cream, with us trying the green tea icecream and black seasame flavours. It was served in a glass with crunchy nut cornflakes on the bottom and a kind of syrup over the top. The cornflakes were an awesome addition! Price came to $ 61 for two beers, three dishes and two desserts. Next time I want to try the sushi, as well as the big range of yakitori(something on a stick).