Fine Japanese wining and dining in Vienna

In 2013 Austria got a brand new hotspot for connoisseurs of Japanese cuisine. Nihonbashi is definitely the name from the upper-class Japanese restaurant which specializes exclusively on genuine Japanese consuming and drinking. Situated along the popular Kaerntner Strasse in downtown Vienna, its modern ambience invites Japanese expats and Austrian alike to go on a culinary journey.

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Sushi and Sashimi in Nihonbashi are not just generally absolutely fresh, in addition they stand out on account of numerous exotic varieties. Even so, you'll find no experiments like beef-, antipasti- or sweet sushi. Neither is there a single Chinese, Korean, Thai or Vietnamese dish around the menu. Everything is made in accordance with tradition. But where the offering of the majority of the so-called Japanese eateries ends, the journey only starts in Nihonbashi. The numerous other delights around the menu consist of Japanese hot-pot - ready proper at the table, home-made “Chawanmushi” (egg custard), eel, along with the signature dish, “Kurodai Sugatani” - entire black snapper braised within a sauce created of mirin, sake and soy sauce. Very simple meals like Gyudon and Udon-dishes are also out there. Seasonal specialties and desserts major off the in depth providing.

As when the outstanding meals wasn’t enough currently, Nihonbashi - named following the bridge in Tokyo which symbolizes the center point of Japan - also has a substantial choice of fine wines and Japanese drinks in store. The wine list involves international classics like some fantastic Chablis and an Australian Cabernet Sauvignon; there's a concentrate on Austrian wines although. The largely Japanese consumer base mainly enjoys the option of Japanese drinks. Greater than a dozen types of rice wine are permanently readily available - among them the exclusive Nihonbashi-Sake from Saitama prefecture. The menu supplies data regarding the most important options in the person drinks along with the staff advises professionally in either German or Japanese. For newbies, you will discover also many pre-selected combinations for tasting. For those that are curious, any with the sake also can be ordered within a masu, a square wooden box lending a distinct flavor towards the sake. Rumor has it that Nihonbashi became the meeting spot from the Japanese neighborhood of Vienna, simply because of manager and sommelier-in-chief Masami Sato. Born because the son of a sake - trader, he knows far better than everyone else in Europe tips on how to get probably the most out of Japanese cuisine; Skillfully he pairs each dish using the matching sake and tunes it towards the individual taste from the consumer.

Aside from sake, Nihonbashi also has several Shochu to give; although typically distilled from barley, it is actually also known as “Japanese Vodka”. Moreover, there is a lot of kinds of Japanese Whisky, Umeshu (liquor produced from steeping ume), Yuzushu (Yuzu liquor), Japanese draft beer, and even a sparkling sake. It goes with out saying that all of the lots of teas are brewed and served following strict Japanese guidelines - based around the sort of tea.

As icing around the cake, the creators of Nihonbashi paid a lot of attention to detail: The calming background music, the beautiful crockery and obviously the nihonma, a Japanese area exactly where guests can sit on the floor - like in Japan; to accommodate Europeans, one does not have to sit on ones knees though, instead there is a hole beneath the special table.

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The idea has been critically acclaimed in national and international media - even in Japan. Newspapers and magazines lauded the concept. Right in the start off, Nihonbashi received two stars from a neighborhood restaurant guide. Contemplating its high-class meals and service, rates at Nihonbashi are substantially lower than at international reference restaurants like Nadaman or Benihana.