Hong Kong’s new T8 Japanese restaurant, located in LKF, promises a refined yet contemporary take on traditional Japanese teppanyaki.
There’s little doubt that while the Americans pioneered the idea of beef as a luxury commodity, it was the Japanese that refined its execution. Leaving behind giant t-bones and rib-eyes, Japanese chefs instead selected smaller, more delicate cuts of premium beef, prizing marbling over mass, and quality over quantity. Now Hong Kong lads with a hankering for an elevated beef experience have a new culinary destination at which to get their red meat fix.
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T8 has opened in the heart of Lan Kwai Fong (you remember, the place you used to go to before California Tower arrived) offering an innovative take on traditional teppanyaki. Led by Wagyu master Arthur Li, the new restaurant maintains the principles of elite Japanese dining, with modern interiors promising to set the scene for an unashamedly contemporary, beef-forward teppanyaki encounter.
Beef, from A5 Miyazaki and tenderloins from the US and Australia, are complemented by lobster, Ezo abolone, Aussie lamb, Japanese pork, Hokkido scallops, and foie gras, all of which is cooked to perfection on the iron griddle of the teppanyaki grill. However, there’s also fresh sushi and sashimi options, as well as an impressive selection of junmai daiginjos from renowned sake breweries.
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All this goodness is prepared by chefs wielding engraved museum-grade blades crafted by second and third-generation swordsmiths from the Mizuno Tanrenjo family and served in a modern dining room of warm wood that includes a small sushi counter catering to just six lucky souls, a sake showcase, and a teppanyaki counter catering to ten. For special occasions, there’s also a pair of private teppanyaki rooms, each catering to eight diners.
Which is perfect if you need to get your beef fix in private.
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