EAST JAPANESE RESTAURANT IN KINGSTON JAMAICA

Many locals and travelers to the capital of Jamaica eat sushi and the East Japanese Restaurant in has an almost full crowd on a nightly basis. Chef Taka from Japan now a fully fledged chef built the Hilton’s sushi restaurant and now is proprietor of the Kingston based franchise of the New York based East Japanese Restaurant. After deciding to open another premiere Japanese restaurant the now fully fledged chef Taka won over new lovers of Japanese food in the heart of the Caribbean. This brilliant chef studied sushi cooking in Tokyo for almost 14 years and then spent another two years in New York and in Miami, preparing him for and how to adequately prepare Japanese food for an international palate.

 Locals do want to eat healthy foods and sushi is healthy for everyone. It is a tasty, low calorie food and that makes a good business especially in a high end area such as. A native of Fujimori in Japan chef Taka learned to cook sushi in Tokyo the traditional way for Japanese people. In America, he learnt other ways to cook sushi with other ingredients. So in he decided to use Jamaican food ingredients to give the sushi a unique Jamaican flavor. Japanese food was very different from Chinese, Indian food and Jamaica food recipes, the highly flavored dishes would easily make it a favorite of locals. The essence of Japanese food is sushi and many patrons have acquired the taste; so recipes such as the sashimi, the plain raw fish that is eaten with wasabi a Jamaican spice more spicy than our local scotch bonnet pepper, but when mixed with local soy sauce made in delivers a perfect blend.

Japanese food sold in this restaurant is very creative in the presentation. For diners who are new to sushi, the East Japanese restaurant in has a picture menu that guides the uninitiated through the ingredients and flavors in the Japanese-Jamaican dishes. The restaurant has an international menu that features items such as steak – done any style, shrimp tempura, grilled chicken breast stuffed with cheese and herbs. There is a teriyaki chicken and the sushi becomes international when the lobster is accompanied by cream cheese and tomatoes in a roll that is loved by most locals that visit the brilliantly designed and decorated restaurant.

Unlike with most Japanese restaurants overseas this restaurant allows patrons to learn the fine art of dining in the traditional Japanese style as chairs and western style cutlery are available for local comfort. Shoes are even kept on. The service staff in the restaurant has had a major impact on sales and offers an excellent service, and the restaurant serves a large customer base including diplomats and international reggae musicians.  Chef Taka has made a home in Kingston. The East Japanese restaurant is located at the marketplace, 67 Constant Spring Rd. and can be contacted at 876-960-3962.