Setting the trend
published : 25 Jun 2021 at 04:00 The bara chirashi rice box with generous helping of otoro, akami, sea bream, scallops, sea eel, kouika cuttlefish, uni and ikura.
This week s subject of Eating In, Sushi Cyu Ryo, has against all odds made it to my 2020 top table list.
Prior to my first dinner there in December, the eight-seater seemed to be another new food joint to jump on the trendy omakase bandwagon.
Indeed, I was wrong.
Its head chef Yamakawa Chikara has proved through his food that, despite the restaurant s shopping mall location, what s on offer from his kitchen is a real culinary sophistication.
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Aksorn
Call 02-116-8662
Park at O.P. Place.
Most credit card accepted.
The newest brainchild of Australian-born Thai cuisine master David Thompson, Aksorn is truly a one-of-a-kind restaurant.
A meal there promises to be an astounding revelation of bygone kitchen creativity and finesse. Moreover, it also makes you realise how precious it is to be able to connect with your past.
The 40-seater occupies the top floor of a renovated old shophouse store founded in 1950 by the Central Retail Group family.
The year on the plate
published : 18 Dec 2020 at 04:00
Despite coronavirus lockdowns, social media and online delivery platforms have helped drive new food trends in 2020
The allure of the she-crab
With sunny-bright and reddish-orange crab roe as the highlight, pu khai dong is undeniably one of the most crowd-pleasing dishes of 2020.
Pu khai literally means egg-bearing female crab , while dong means to pickle .
However, when referring to the phenomenally popular dish, pu khai dong is in fact a raw she-crab that s been chilled for a few hours in a marinade mixture of fish sauce and sugar.
Ideally, the crab must come fresh from the ocean and the most commonly used are the blue swimming crab and sea crab.
Omakase rooted in tradition
published : 11 Dec 2020 at 04:00 Japanese tiger prawn glazed with French seaweed butter.
To tell you the truth, I wasn t too eager when I heard last month about the opening of the new Japanese restaurant Sushi Cyu Ryo.
Its name, pronounced sushi choo reaw , didn t sound like that of an old-hand but instead a newfangled second-rate eatery.
Its location in a shopping mall also didn t help especially since the cuisine is labelled as super refined.
Considering that omakase a style of cuisine is all the rage in the Bangkok dining scene at the moment, you wouldn t expect much from yet another new joint.