After these trade tastings, which usually end at 8 pm, we
need supper so when we were asked by Scott Wood to come and taste some of his
delicious Japanese food at Kyoto Garden, this seemed like the perfect time to
go. We have been there recently for the Japanese Whisky tasting and a year or
so ago we reviewed the restaurant, but he has changed the menu and wanted us to
sample some of the new and old offerings. We love good Japanese food, and this
is where you get it. And we didn't eat any sushi, although they do make good
sushi. We had sweet scallops, huge tender prawns, wild mushrooms, seaweed,
seared tuna, hibachi grilled octopus and many other delicious ingredients and
dishes
There is a lovely golden glow in the
restaurant
And booking is essential as it is busy
The wine list
We had a bottle of Sterhuis Sauvignon
Blanc, which goes perfectly with the food. Scott sells lots of it
The starter and salad menu
We began with some yellowtail sashimi.
Fresh from the sea and bright with lime juice
Next course was warm scallops in their
shells, just seared, so sweet and in a broth of miso, ginger and soy topped
with spring onions
Time for tempura, but something new
and quite delicious for us. Tomago is a sweetened rolled omelette traditional
in Japan. Scott gets his chef to make tempura out of it and it is served with a
dipping sauce. One we have to try at home
This is the 'naked' tomago with some
fresh shredded ginger. Also a great find
Edamame beans in their pods with crisp
flakes of salt
This dish is called Ecstasy. It is.
Pure. Smokey scallops, prawns and octopus slices grilled on a hibachi, with thin
green beans, shiitake & shimeji mushrooms (removed from John's plate) and
delicately sauced. The perfect way to cook and treat these delicacies
A mushroom salad. Raw oyster
mushrooms, and two kinds of tree fungus with a mayonnaise sauce topped with
pink caviar
Next, and we were getting rather full,
prawns, scallops and Chinese cabbage wrapped in soya bean paper with a warm
miso soy dipping sauce
At the table across the room Teddy and
Doreen Hall, with Johan Kruger and his fiancée, Sofie Gielen, enjoying the
evening with a Guillermo Quiroga and some good food and wine. They had also
come on from the Raath Trade wine tasting where they had been exhibiting their
wines
We were offered a glass of William
Fevre 2013 Chablis and it also goes very well with the food
The main course and side dish menu
And, finally. Seared fillet of pink
tuna ....
... and Sautéed prawns and mushrooms
on soba noodles. We realised that the whole meal had been without any
carbohydrates, except for the tempura batter and the soba noodles. So it’s a
great place if you are Banting and want a very special meal. Just resist
ordering sushi
The sushi menu
And there is dessert and/or Japanese
whisky. Thank you so much Scott for a great taste of your cuisine
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