Nikkei, a New Montreal Restaurant Serving Japanese-Peruvian Cuisine, Is Opening in the Plateau | Eater Montreal

"Opening Thursday, June 23, this new spot from the team behind Plateau Peruvian restaurant Barranco brings Nikkei cuisine—Peruvian ingredients like ají amarillo combined with Japanese preparation techniques that emerged after late-19th-century Japanese immigration to South America—to Laurier Avenue East. Executive chefs and co-owners Daniel Silva and Michelangelo Miceli spearhead a tapas-style menu that features ceviche in a ponzu sauce, filet mignon tataki spiced with togarashi, tuna tartare dressed in aji amarillo, chirashi brightened with leche de tigre, and rib tonkatsu slathered in an adobo sauce traditional to Peru’s Arequipa region. On the drinks front I found classics such as pisco and maracuya (passion fruit) sours alongside more than a dozen original cocktails—many garnished with herbs and flowers grown in the restaurant’s backyard—as well as a selection of natural wines and sakes. The 1,380-square-foot space, which previously housed Café Les Entretiens, seats 70 inside with room for 40 outdoors and was revamped by local firm Rebel Design with plush velvet seating, fish-scale mosaic tiling, and dark, charcoal-coloured wood surfaces finished using the Japanese shou sugi ban charring technique; I note it will operate daily from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m." - Valerie Silva