Minato City, Tokyo, Japan｜Saikoh

I feel that whatever I try to put into words here will simply not do justice to the evening and experience that we had. We arrived a few minutes before our scheduled time on a slightly drizzle Monday evening. We were warmly greeted by the staff, who showed us to a small waiting room and took drink orders. A short moment later we were brought to our seats and the adventure began. It could even be thought of as a theatre production and less of a dinner. It was clearly structured with a very exciting, thoughtful, colourful and engaging opening act. A combination of ingredients including some very delicate and aromatic flowers. For those of you who may be intimated by expectations of etiquette, there were staff at hand to explain and guide throughout. We received great explanations of the courses in English, with some great background. There is a great supporting wine list of champagnes, whites and reds by the bottle or glass. Some truly wonderful natural wine options too, should your taste sway that way. The chef is most certainly the highlight, and the reason why we made reservations. Friendly, funny, an expert at his craft but with a passion to push things further. An eye for detail and a desire for perfection. There is no menu given in advance for the omakase, so it is all a surprise. We intentionally skipped lunch and still left this feeling mighty full yet still light on our feet. Very much perfect. Highlight dishes: Swordfish, uni, black cod. It is definitely going to remain a highlight of our trip here and I hope to be back as soon as possible. Truly an amazing experience, thank you.

Our first omakase experience in Japan, it was an awesome dinner! The chef and his assistants are friendly and funny, strongly recommend to those who loves to have a unique authentic dining experience during the Tokyo trip. Definitely will visit again for next visit to Tokyo!

Very unique sushi served. Ankimo was awesome. Learnt new fishes that I never ate before!