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Kaiseki Zen..Meal for Celebration at the Spectra, Leela Palace, Chennai

6/30/2017

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Kaiseki Zen:  specially curated set menu’s at Spectra. Kaiseki is a traditional multi course Japanese dinner with a lot of emphasis on skills, techniques and art of plating.

Kaiseki is a type of art form that balances the taste, texture, appearance, and colours of food. Originally, kaiseki comprised a bowl of miso soup and three side dishes this is now instead the standard form of Japanese-style cuisine generally, referred to as a (setto, ‘set’). 
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Our meal started with a Salad, which had lettuce, cucumber , cherry tomatoes and Kaiso (A type of Seaweed)

​(Incidently once we started showing our inquisitiveness about the types of Seaweed, the chefs were kind enough too bring out samples of Kaiso, Wakame and Kombu (Photos below)


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Salad
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Wakame
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Kaiso
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kombu
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Sake
Next part of our set Menu consisted of a Sashimi and A Sushi Platter served along with pickled ginger, pickled Radish and Wasabi.
The  Salmon and Tuna Sashimi were fresh and were delicious. I particularly enjoyed the Rolled japanese Omlette, Tamagoyaki, which was served with the platter, which was garnished with some Mayo and Tuna Roe.
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The next course Consisted of  eggplant, prawn and ladies finger Tempura served with a Soy based Dip.

The last course consisted of miso soup served with steamed sticky rice and grilled salmon.
The Miso soup had silken tofu and 
wakame in them
The Salmon was grilled to perfection and was served with Teriyaki sauce.
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The Tempura
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The Miso Soup
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Grilled Salmon
These Set Menus are available at the Spectra for Lunch and Dinner till the 2nd of July, though I understand that many of them will be available as part of their Ala Carte menu at the Spectra going forward.

The festival was definitely a revelation to me personally because Chef makwana and his team pulled of a perfect meal and I would rate it as one of the best places for Japanese Cuisine in the City Now. 

​DONT MISS IT !!
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