The best Japanese restaurants in Dubai right now
Get your fix of sushi, sashimi, or famous black cod…
Dubai’s Japanese cuisine scene is thriving. From take-out sushi spots to high-end glamorous restaurants, there are plenty of places to get your fix, whether you’re looking for budget or blowout.
Aka
For a glamorous evening dinner, check out Aka. The restaurant, with its huge blooms of deep fuchsia floral arrangements, is ultra-Instagrammable. Here you’ll find theatrical sushi displays and delicious starters, but we recommend saving room for the exquisitely cooked Wagyu tenderloin (Dhs350) is served on a smoking charcoal platter with asparagus, plus two mouthwatering dips in teriyaki and spicy beef. Find out what
Tsuyoshi Go Nagano is a Japanese cuisine chef who combines his native rich heritage of Japanese culture with his acquired taste for the modern, organic and “globally hip” Image Credit: Louis Decamps
It’s not as if Dubai is short of top-class Japanese restaurants, but when a new one is launched from the team behind La Cantine du Faubourg and Ninive it’s instantly a big new addition to the city’s dining scene. Mimi Kakushi is the latest opening at the Four Seasons Resort on Jumeirah Beach Road. It’s run by the supremely talented Executive Chef Gilles Bosquet, who’ll be teaming up with Tsuyoshi Go Naga-no, the award-winning Tokyo-born Japanese chef. With décor and atmosphere that aims to transport diners back to 1920s Osaka, it fuses modern art and Japanese street life. Set over two-floors, it’s named after the bobbed hairstyle popular with women at the time, literally meaning “covering ears”. Just as the swinging Jazz era of 192
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January 14, 2021
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It isn’t exactly Chinese New Year until you’ve partaken in one too many lo heis, which translate from Cantonese to “tossing up fortune”.
After all, yu sheng is a quintessential dish when it comes to celebrating the conviviality of reunions and the New Year, with no better way to get all of your well-wishes out (and receive plenty in return) as ingredients are added while reciting their corresponding phrases.
That said, yu sheng has changed with the times. Certain ingredients, like plum sauce, crackers or sesame oil are mainstays to the festive platter – not the least for their auspicious meanings.