As another new year fast approaches, a delectable Japanese custom comes into focus, namely, that of composing and consuming Osechi boxes, tightly packed with special foods aimed at bringing robust health, good luck and prosperity in the year ahead.
Kisso, the authentic Japanese restaurant with a serious reputation for showcasing seasonal specialties, located at The Westin Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok, is preparing to enable celebrants to practice the tradition as enjoyably as possible.
Chef Shinsuke and team have created exemplary expressions of the Osechi ideal with double-deck sets feeding 3-4 people, each featuring the finest and freshest produce prepared with respect, creativity and passion.
On the first deck find: grilled rolled chicken with vegetables; steamed abalone; roasted beef; bamboo shaped broccoli; miso marinated egg yolk; smoked duck; grilled scallop with sea urchin; rolled baked egg; grilled sea bream with sesame seeds; grilled yellow tail with teriyaki sauce; grilled miso marinated snow fish.
The lower deck meanwhile houses: simmered water chestnuts; simmered bamboo shoots; simmered rolled sweet fish with kelp; red and white fish cake; simmered octopus; eel sushi in bamboo leaf; simmered chicken and vegetables; simmered prawn; salmon roe; simmered black bean; dried mullet roe; rolled smorked salmon with radish.
Enticingly arranged in plush minimalist keep-able boxes, or jubako, lined in auspicious red. The sets are priced Bt5,800 nett each (limited to 20 sets ONLY!).
Advance orders for the festive boxes of edibles are welcomed anytime from now till December 27, 2014, when last orders will be at 14.00 hrs.
The boxes should be collected on New Year’s Eve, Wed, 31 Dec 2014 from 11.00-22.00 hrs.
KISSO 8th floor, The Westin Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok.
- Open daily 12.00-14.30 hrs. and 18.00-22.00 hrs. Tel. 02 207 8000. or Email kisso.bangkok@westin.com.
- Visit www.kissobangkok.com, www.facebook.com/kissobangkok.
