Whomever saw Takeshi Kitano’s 1997 movie Hanabi, knows at least one word of Japanese: fireworks. And hanabi is what happens on your plate and in your mouth when you dine at Dinings. Instead of lost in translation, you’ll be lost in sensation due to the heavenly compositions Dinings cuisine creates. In Holland the expression for […]more…
stop the lobster
‘Here you are. Enjoy.’ Our eyes shift from the waiter to the dish he has put in front of us. The sashimi blinks at us. But before we fall for its temptation, we finish our conversation. ‘Mmmm, yeah sure, it’s like OMG you know. But, HEY, did you just SEE that as well?!’ Our senses […]more…
the sushi whisperer
‘Kaiko’ – he whispered softy. So softly that we could not understand it first time around. ‘Kaiko’ Our Japanese expat friend looked at us like he just shared a piece of forbidden fruit and wondered if we would appreciate its taste. Hell yes we did! Kaiko was Amsterdam’s first sushibar somewhere in the eighties. Ever […]more…
