If home is where the heart is, then Julia Busuttil Nishimura will have no trouble adjusting when she moves from her inner-northern Melbourne abode. For the past five years it’s been the place she’s raised sons Haruki and Yukito, picked figs from the alley way, cooked family meals, developed recipes, and acted as the entire backdrop for her cookbook photography.
As Julia connects to her Zoom interview with BeanScene, her iconic kitchen is once again on display with a map of Japan on the wall behind her – an ode to her husband Nori Nishimura’s heritage – and dough proofing in a bowl to the side of the computer screen.
“I’ll miss this space but I’m so excited about the move. The kitchen is what sold us – the marble benchtop, really big oven, and lots of space to cook and create,” Julia says.
Currently a short walk to her favourite cafés Market Lane, Wild Life Bakery,
