Oishii means delicious in Japanese. Three hours after an extraordinary dinner at Doku, the first thing that you can only utter is Oishii. Simone Puteo, a young Italian chef who’s an ardent lover of the Japanese gastronomy, grew up knowing the cuisine by heart. And this love led him to the four corners of Doku and opened its doors last year to the Romans. Forget … Continue reading We Say Oishii at Doku Japanese Bar in Rome, Italy
We all take souvenirs back home with us to remember our travels. Most people would buy something small and display it on a shelf, something useful, or something edible to recreate that wonderful bite we discovered. I am the foodie stasher who would fill up my suitcase to the maximum weight to relive the moments of the delectable food that sealed my trip to excellence. … Continue reading Le Asiatique Fusion Bar and Restaurant in Rome, Italy
Japanese and Italian cuisines may be worlds apart but there is something that they have in common. The stringent usage of ingredients of superior quality binds both kitchens together. With raw fish, extreme attention is needed in selecting the ingredients and preparing them. For this reason, there’s no other perfect place for Aka Sushi to find its home in Ristorante Red Fish in the district … Continue reading Aka Sushi in Ostia (Rome), Italy
If you have an eight year-old daughter who asks you only two things for her birthday and one of which is to take her to a Japanese restaurant so she can have that endless sushi kind of dinner, then you would take her to a place where you are assured of the food’s optimum quality. Kids and raw fish are delicate matters. That’s why when … Continue reading Me Geisha: Japanese Fusion in Rome, Italy
