THE HISTORY OF OUR NAME:

MAMA~SAN

| mäm  sän |     noun    (in japan & the far east)

a woman in a position of authority, especially one whom is in charge of a Geisha House, a bar or a "house of ill repute"

ORIGIN; Japanese, from mama 'mother' + san, an honorific title traditionaly used as a mark of politeness & decorum.

THe honest history of our name:

One afternoon after too many wines in the Bondi sun, Gemma told Adam how she left Taiwan for Japan at the age of 17 & worked at a Tokyo bar controlled by The Yakuza. The Yakuza's Mistress was called 'The Mamasan' and she'd sit up the back of the bar & count the wads of cash from the brothel that she ran upstairs.

"That's our name then" said Adam and together they drank to it!

Location

403 Crown St, Surry Hills.
NSW 2010
Surry Hills - 02 9331 8881

HOURS

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