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Several years have passed since sushi became one of the trendy dishes among some of the best restaurants in town. East traditional dish of Japanese origin It has become a regular on almost any menu and in the most specialized places they have managed to give a twist to bring the most gourmet palates closer to the latest innovations of this delicacy.
There is a wide range within the generic name of Sushi, that combination of rice and fish, seafood or vegetables, served in small bites. The fundamental feature of this dish is its rice seasoned with vinegar and it will be the way in which what will be called one variety and another is filled, thus finding: makis, uramakis, temakis o nigiris, Among others.
El June 18 is the International Sushi Day, a dish that was first referenced in Japan in 718 in the Yōrō Code, a legal document from the Nara era. Today in Summum we take a tour of some of the most TOP restaurants in Madrid where celebrate this day by tasting sushi in a different and exclusive way.
Kirikata
¿Donde?
Calle del Dr. Castelo, 2
28009 — Madrid
914 35 88 29
Price: € 45 average
Kirikata It is a Japanese cutting technique that consists of placing the edge of the knife at 45º with respect to the back of the piece of fish, and the name of the Japanese restaurant of Alvaro Castellanos e Iván Morales, a declaration of intent regarding its gastronomic offer.
The creators of the Arzábal Group as passionate about the Japanese world, they have created this concept on two foundations: the cult of raw materials and Japanese purist techniques. It is an option with more than 70 Japanese proposals for lovers of Japanese cuisine or all those who want to get into Japanese cuisine little by little.
Uramakis crispy prawn or five-spice cheek and Terrible reduction; nigiris Flambéed Scallop with Green Jalapeño Vinaigrette or Spicy Tuna Gunkan are some of its proposals with which to surprise the palate in this peculiar tavern.
Ikigai
¿Donde?
Calle de la Flor Baja, 5
28013 — Madrid
916 22 63 74
Price: € 40 average
Yong Wu Nagahira is a Japanese chef who speaks Spanish perfectly and represents the new generation of young chefs who are revolutionizing the gastronomic landscape.
In his kitchen he mixes the Japanese technique with national product. A more informal proposal that is a reflection of the international influences that he has received during his training. Ikigai is fusion. It has just released a new menu with nigiris and new dishes that complete a different and wide proposal.
En on paper we find delicacies such as the Ebro Delta Nigiri, the Viera Nigiri with foie, freeze-dried strawberry and Maldon salt with eel sauce reduction, and spun egg, or the Gunkan of salmon, ikura, quail egg yolk, among others.
Kappo
¿Donde?
Bretón de los Herreros Street 54
28003 — Madrid
910 42 00 66
Price: € 50 average
The renowned Chef’s restaurant Mario Payan represents pure purism. Purist Japanese cuisine where technique and product are the basis of the preparations. Awarded with 1 Repsol Sun, the Chef himself is in charge of buying the product of the day that it offers in its sushi pieces and represents a refined technique and unparalleled care in the way they work.
Kappo means to cook, it refers to traditional Japanese cuisine, kaiseki cuisine, but sophisticated. A menu based on seven techniques, five flavors and five colors.
In Kappo’s menu we find Emperor’s Ventresca Nigiri, Gamba and Piparra or Besugo Nigiri among other attractive proposals.
Kiboka
¿Donde?
Calle General Pardiñas, 70
28006 — Madrid
91 066 70 44
Price: 30-35 €
Few know of the great influence of China in Japanese gastronomy, from the use of chopsticks and soy sauce to ramen or gyozas. With this ‘leitmotiv’, Qifeng Lin (known as Dani), opened his first restaurant in Madrid’s Salamanca district, a Japanese restaurant with influences from China, his native country.
Under an industrial decoration, by the Chef himself, the menu of Kiboka includes numerous varieties of sushi such as maki, uramaki, temaki, nigiri o gunkan, among others; There is also no shortage of rice and noodles, meats, fish and seafood.
Round 14
Since it opened its doors on Round 14 Madrilenian for just over three years has not stopped hanging the poster fully. The gastronomy of Peru, Japan, China and a little bit of Asturias merged into a groundbreaking menu has undoubtedly been the great culprit of its success.
¿Donde?
General Oráa Street, 25
28006 — Madrid
91 411 17 30
Price: 25-30 €
Cooking Mario Cespedes It is the result of extensive professional experience, of the memories of his travels, his childhood and his first jobs. Between the dishes “Tribute to Japanese cuisine” that most surprise in Ronda 14 we find the wagyu burger nigiri with hot peppers and Asturian blue cheeses, the Truffled Egg Gunkan (with a rice base and nori seaweed), poached free-range egg with truffle paste and crispy potato or the Roll sea and mountain, with prawn battered in panko and a sheet of red meat to the torch, Japanese mayonnaise and crispy potato.
Among the novelties there are also nods to the street cuisine of Peru in dishes such as bao bao confined at low temperature with Vietnamese spices, onion sauce, coriander, lime and chili lime
Umo
La traditional japanese technique is the clear protagonist of Umo, where Spanish and Japanese gastronomy meet to show a lesser-known side of the country of the rising sun.
¿Donde?
Paseo de la Castellana, 43
28046 — Madrid
91 088 88 40
Price: 45 – 60 €
Inspired by the great venues of cities such as New York and London, in Umo you discover a Japanese cuisine with strong contemporary influences. The chefs have taken care of this Hugo Muñoz y Mariano Barrero, who give the importance it deserves to the product and the temporality, basic principles of Japanese philosophy.
In the imposing bar that dominates the premises, and how could it be otherwise, there are a section for raw cooking, in which the nigiris, rolls, usuzukuris and sashimis are the undisputed kings. Here, again, the best of Japan and Spain are played to create bites such as the nigiri of bacon cured with fried egg, the one with veal pepito, the crab roll in tempura or the usuzukuri of hamachi with Iberian ham.
Sushita Coffee
¿Donde?
Mr. Sushita
Velázquez Street, 68
28001 — Madrid
918 31 80 81
Price: € 25 average
And if this day you want to pay tribute with another dish other than sushi, we suggest you try the latest addition to one of the best sushi places in the capital.
We talk about the new addition to the letter of Sushita Coffee, a complementary proposal dedicated exclusively to the “Buddha Bowls”, a mix of super foods that allows you to eat everything you need on the same plate, one of the latest gastronomic trends that are sweeping from Japan to USA. The group has created 4 types of Buddha Bowls: “Happy Green”, “Fresh & Fit”, “Organic Farm” and “Energy +”.
El grupo has several restaurants in Madrid in which the decoration and the good atmosphere are its unmistakable hallmark. Its menu does not lack a wide variety of sushi, rice, meat and fish with which to enjoy a great Japanese gastronomic tribute.