Japan cuisine and Nikka whiskey

Chef: Jakub Horák

What we will cook / List of Wines

4 000 Kč including VAT per person

Professionalism, Japanese tastes in precise execution, courage and self-confident to extravagant combinations, this is the stylish course Japan and whiskey! For those of you who are used to enjoying mostly traditional Sake rice wine with Japanese dishes, this can be a rather unconventional and bold combination. Look forward to very sophisticated, bold flavor combinations and an extraordinary experience.

You will be guided through the course by Jakub Horák from the Prague restaurant Yamato, who has been devoted to Japanese cuisine with enthusiasm for several years. He also recently won 1st place in the prestigious European Washoku Word Challenge in the field of Japanese cuisine.

Drinks were prepared for you by professional bartender Kryštof Hordina, an expert in Japanese and Scottish whiskey. Just like Jakub, Kryštof also has several important awards in his collection. For example, he won 1st place at the Clairin World Championship Global Finals and 2nd place at the Nikka Perfect Serve Global Finals. With each course, you can also mix a drink based on the luxury whiskey Nikka, a Japanese brand of real premium whiskey, which perfectly complements the flavors of the Japanese menu.

Japan is known for its love of fish, and the beginning of the menu will be dedicated to them. The appetizer smells of the freshness of the sea, Maguro nuta ae we prepare it from fresh tuna and flavor it with a sweet dish, steamed onions and Japanese mustard. For the appetizer, Kryštof will mix a drink with an element inspired by the saltiness of the sea - Nikka Days whiskey with a strong seaweed concentrate and salty mineral water, which will give the dish another level of exclusivity.

Other specialties of Japanese cuisine include steaks. Jakub will teach you how to prepare Gyu yaki to ponzu oroshi, beef steak with grated radish and ponzu sauce. Treat yourself to the perfect balance of smoothness and complexity in the form of Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt whiskey together with pleasantly bitter tonic syrup and cherry bitters.

The next course will be Saba tatsuga age or fried mackerel marinated in soy sauce, it will be slightly salty and full of other endless flavors just like the sea. The dish will be complemented by the rich taste of Nikka whiskey from the barrel - a blend of single malt and single grain whiskey with refined notes of flowers, fruits and spices, mixed with sweet French dessert wine Sauternes, soy sauce and orange oil. Wow!

The Adzuki Crème brûlée dessert is a fusion of Japanese and French cuisine. Few people would not know Crème brûlée, the famous French dessert smelling of vanilla and caramel. Jakub gives the traditional dessert a touch of Japan, cleverly incorporating Japanese red Adzuki beans. It tastes phenomenal! And the final drink, Nikka Coffey Gin with grapefruit oleo saccharum (an oil and sugar-based bartending ingredient) and tonic foam, will swallow you up.

Come get inspiration, taste new dimensions of Japanese flavors and treat yourself to an extraordinary afternoon. Look forward to extravagant combinations that won't let you sleep. You will be thrilled.