Sazenka – Tokyo, Japan

Came back for another meal at Sazenka – would say we enjoyed it just as much as the last time. There seemed to be a bit more fish throughout the course compared to the first time, and there was also matsutake mushroom in some of the dishes.

The Matsutake fragrance was really strong in the rice they made. It arguably smelt better than it tasted (and it tasted very good). Their signature dish of the pork belly with eggplant was replaced with pork belly with Matsutake mushroom as well during this season.

Some of their signature dishes they kept in from last time, like the char siu and sweet sour pork (although they did vary it from last time in preparation). And always love the mapo tofu at the end of the meal.

The service here is quite good, it’s formal but not overly stiff, and they do chat with you a bit.

Overall really like Sazenka as a restaurant and love that they will personalise the menu for repeat customers (even if you go more than once per season).

Full course:

Green Tea Somen
Abalone and Botan Ebi with Shaoxing Wine
Pacific Saury Spring Roll with Radish
Char Siu
Sweet and Sour Pork with Grape
Kabosu Citrus with Jellyfish and Chicken
Braised Abalone
Buddha Jump Soup
Longtooth Grouper with soy sauce (light grill and steam)
Matsutake Mushroom Pork Belly
Chicken Wing
Pan Fried Shark Fin with Matsutake Sauce
Matsutake Mushroom rice
Turnip
Lobster with Chilli Sauce
Sesame ice cream with fig and fig sauce
Almond Tofu (hot and cold)
Pumpkin dumpling