Overview
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Awards
- MICHELIN Guide
- OAD
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Japanese Restaurants 2022, 12
- Tabelog
- 2023 Gold
- The World’s50 Best
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World`s 50 Best Restaurants 2022, #59
Asia`s 50 Best Restaurants 2023, #12
- Restaurant Ranking
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Restaurant Ranking 2023, #106
Ratings from the web
- Tabelog
- 4.52
Cuisine
Chinese Cuisine
Chef
Tomoya Kawada
Foodle Reviews
Same menu with different people. Still as good as ever. Arguably the best Shanghai crab in town.
Sazenka remains the benchmark for Chinese Japanese food in Tokyo. The precision of the cooking is unparalleled. Their Shanghai crab are better and tastier than is other places. The mapo tofu is so delicious that you want to bring some home.
A truly 3 star places. Every single time
Sazenka, changed menu. Equally good, The precision of the Chef’s cooking is always impressive. His signature dishes, unfortunately never get boring.
Sazenka continues to deliver Chinese Japanese food at an extraordinary level. The dishes are always perfectly calibrated, from the subtle hamaguru soup to start the meal to the peppery Szechuan chicken wings. All of them great compositions.
An extraordinary place, quite pricey but truly outstanding food.
Shanghai crab season at Sazenka, this mean super high quality, loads of it but also almost painfully expensive. Everyone gets almost 4 crabs during the course of the meal, female and male in various preparations, barely cooked to mixed with shark fin. Astounding the taste.
Of course the classics like Szechuan chicken wing and women cannot be missed. The quail as the main course was exquisite, juicy on the inside and with skin being perfectly cooked to crispy perfection. The Chef is working on his... More
Shanghai crab season at Sazenka, this mean super high quality, loads of it but also almost painfully expensive. Everyone gets almost 4 crabs during the course of the meal, female and male in various preparations, barely cooked to mixed with shark fin. Astounding the taste.
Of course the classics like Szechuan chicken wing and women cannot be missed. The quail as the main course was exquisite, juicy on the inside and with skin being perfectly cooked to crispy perfection. The Chef is working on his version of the Pekin duck, I cannot wait to try it.
And before i forget, no meal at Sazenka is complete without the Mapo tofu. The best in town and by extension in the world, who knows. Less
茶禅華 Sazenka
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For hairy crab season. Pretty much the best Chinese restaurant in Tokyo I think. Awesome dry abalone... intense flavours, and then chicken wings! Crab photos further to the right!
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#料理 #レストラン #東京 #食事 #food #foodie #foodstagram #stuffieat #kevcheeats #kevchetokyo #kevche #sazenka... More
茶禅華 Sazenka
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For hairy crab season. Pretty much the best Chinese restaurant in Tokyo I think. Awesome dry abalone... intense flavours, and then chicken wings! Crab photos further to the right!
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#料理 #レストラン #東京 #食事 #food #foodie #foodstagram #stuffieat #kevcheeats #kevchetokyo #kevche #sazenka #茶禅華 #kevchechinese @sazenka @ryojihayashi #kevchehiroo TL4.44-G M3* Less
Any food in Japan which is labeled ethnically is far from what you get locally. The strong influence of Japan always overpowers everything. So it is with this newly minted three star restaurant which is labeled ‘Chinese”.
Chef Tomoya Kawata started his cooking career at 16 at a Chinese restaurant in Tokyo, but then spent long years studying Japanese cooking at Nihonryori Ryugi.
Thus all my Chinese friends would start laughing about the “Chinese” label, but they all would love his food.... More
Any food in Japan which is labeled ethnically is far from what you get locally. The strong influence of Japan always overpowers everything. So it is with this newly minted three star restaurant which is labeled ‘Chinese”.
Chef Tomoya Kawata started his cooking career at 16 at a Chinese restaurant in Tokyo, but then spent long years studying Japanese cooking at Nihonryori Ryugi.
Thus all my Chinese friends would start laughing about the “Chinese” label, but they all would love his food.
His tasting menu is filled with great ingredients, expertly executed with some Chinese flavor profile for reference. Despite going for the normal, cheaper menu with some added courses, this menu was full of highlights. Like the barbecued pork served on the grill. Succulent, slightly smoky and melting on the palate. Or the Chicken Wings, served hidden in a pile of chilies, filled with shark fin, exquisite. However the simple rice with mapo tofu was the star of the evening. “Mapo tofu (Chinese: 麻婆豆腐) is a popular Chinese dish from Sichuan province.It consists of tofu set in a spicy sauce, typically a thin, oily, and bright red suspension, based on douban (fermented broad bean and chilli paste) and douchi (fermented black beans), along with minced meat, traditionally beef.” (Definition from Wikipedia).
It was so good, we had to order seconds and a portion to bring home.
Overall a fantastic meal, very enjoyable which was expertly complimented by the deep wine list.
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Male and female drunken crabs
酔っ払いガニ
雄と雌の食べ比べ。
2020年12月
Sazenka Minami-Azabu, Tokyo
南麻布「茶禅華」
#sazenka #tokyoeats #shanghaicrab #chinesemittencrab #茶禅華 #東京グルメ #上海蟹 #大閘蟹 #大闸蟹 #中華
#michelin #tabelog #ミシュラン #食べログ #worlds50best... More
Male and female drunken crabs
酔っ払いガニ
雄と雌の食べ比べ。
2020年12月
Sazenka Minami-Azabu, Tokyo
南麻布「茶禅華」
#sazenka #tokyoeats #shanghaicrab #chinesemittencrab #茶禅華 #東京グルメ #上海蟹 #大閘蟹 #大闸蟹 #中華
#michelin #tabelog #ミシュラン #食べログ #worlds50best #threemichelinstars #ミシュラン三つ星 #asias50best #アジアのベストレストラン50 #世界のベストレストラン50 #opinionatedaboutdining
#美味しいもの好きな人と繋がりたい #旅好きな人と繋がりたい #食べるの好きな人と繋がりたい Less
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Address
4 Chome-7-5 Minamiazabu, Minato-ku, Tōkyō-to 106-0047, Japan
Hours
Tuesday: 17:00 - 21:00
Wednesday: 17:00 - 21:00
Thursday: 17:00 - 21:00
Friday: 17:00 - 21:00
Saturday: 17:00 - 21:00
Sunday: 17:00 - 21:00
Phone
+81 50 3188 8819
Website
Tabelog
https://tabelog.com/en/tokyo/A1307/A130703/13205298/