Ruby Red Shanghai

A four hour flight south took me from the dry, -2ºC climate of Beijing 🥶 to the +25ºC breezy, balmy weather of Shenzhen😎🏝️! First stop, a much anticipated dinner at the breathtakingly elegant晴空深圳 Seiku Shenzhen. While the sushi and kaiseki ‘aesthetic’ are easy to mimic, the true test is a chef’s sense and technical skill to draw out the essence of seasonal ingredients, calibration of flavours, textures and temperatures throughout the course, as well as the overall service— Seiku excels on all levels💯. After a hectic week of travel and market visits, our meal was like a hug from home🤗. It is also, without a doubt, the best kaiseki experience I have had outside Japan👏🏻🍶.#晴空深圳SeikuShenzhen #juyondai #十四代 #NbyHidetoshiNakata #juyondaiflagshiprestaurant #rubyredfinewine #officialdistributor @rubyredfinewine @meatchelin Less

Eating sushi in Beijing may seem a bizarre dining option for a Tokyo resident😅, but the purpose of my visit was to express gratitude to the restaurants that have been supporting Juyondai and N by Hidetoshi Nakata during the turbulent past 3 years in the F&B scene🙏🏻.
Sushi Ryu has been a Flagship Restaurant since we first launched our brands in Beijing, so it was wonderful to be able to enjoy an evening of great food, sake and conversation with Li Wenlong, the head chef and co-founder, who flew in from Hong Kong for our visit🥰🍣.
Naturally, there was much discussion about the impact of the recent ban on imports of all marine products from Japan, but chef Li has taken the challenge in stride, sourcing the best quality seafood he can from ports around the country🙌🏻.
Massive respect and huge thanks to Sushi Ryu and the Beijing Ruby Red team for being fantastic ambassadors of sake in Beijing👏🏻🍶!
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While were were served marquee dishes such as Peking duck and Shanghai Crab, Xin Ron Ji’s iconic “Home Style East China Sea Yellow Croaker” was by far the standout dish for me. It so umami-rich, meltingly soft and buttery — it felt like a hug from the ocean. The (seemingly) simple preparation also allowed you to enjoy the natural flavour and deliciousness of the ingredients. Recommended pairing: Juyondai Gold Label.
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Celebrating a long overdue reunion with the Ruby Red team in Shanghai🥰🇨🇳! It was so wonderful to see our dear friends again and express our gratitude for their incredible representation and quality control of our sake. The venue for our first dinner was at one of Shanghai locations of the multi-starred and Black Pearl Diamond awarded Taizhou cuisine restaurant 新荣记 Xinrongji - a Juyondai and N by Hidetoshi “Flagship Restaurant” - with a course specially arranged by the GM, who came directly from an F&B league football match to join us for dinner! The food, wine (by Ruby Red), sake (by JCSC: ˈɛks Yakiniku Vol.1 Senkin 🤫) and service were all perfection.. and the GM left with some world-class tips on controlling possession in midfield! 🤣⚽️
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