Zama Rolls Out A New Chef’s Tasting Menu
Japanese sushi restaurant Zama announces a new tasting menu to premiere at their Rittenhouse Square location.
Chef Hiroyuki “Zama” Tanaka is known for fusing Japanese culture and culinary traditions with modern, local flavors through his a la carte sashimi and extensive variety of sushi offerings. The new menu though? While there appears to be some room for Zama to slide in a few of his trademark tastes of Philly, the base of the huge, 9-course board is very traditional–offering everything from an opening-course namero (fish and herbs mixed with barley-miso and fermented sake paste) to ochazuke rice ball soup.
The new tasting menu will be offered for dinner every week Monday-Sunday at $125 per person–which might seem pricey until you take a look at what Zama is offering. The menu looks both expansive and kinda amazing.
And lucky for you, we’ve got a copy. Check out a sneak-peak at the opening version of the new tasting menu below.
First Course
Namero
Chef’s daily selection of fish and herbs chopped and mixed
with barley-miso and fermented sake paste
Second Course
Mozuku Sunomono
Chef’s daily selection of seaweed serving with “mozuku” seaweed
noodle and tosa-zu vinegar.
Third Course
Omakase Sashimi 3.2.2.
7 pcs 3 kinds of Chef’s selection of Sashimi serving with fresh wasabi
Fourth Course
Reikun Yuzu-Pon
Cold smoked sashimi served with garlic-soy marinated shiso and
yuzu-ponzu sauce
Fifth Course
The Alaskan King Crab
Steamed leg serving with Broken Brown Butter Soy
Sixth Course
A5 Miyazaki 3 ways
1.25oz Japan’s #1 “Miyazaki brand “ Wagyu beef. Sliced into three
with choice of chef’s topping of the day
Seventh Course
Zama Chirashi or Omakase Nigiri
Mini version of Zama chirashi or 5 pcs nigiri of chef’s daily selections
Eighth Course
Ochazuke
Small rice ball “onigiri” served with pickled vegetable, wasabi,
seaweed and chef’s selection of fish in Dashi soup.
Dessert
Choices of items from the original desert menu with options of:
Mochi of the day
Banana Spring Roll
Yuzu Crème Brulée
Black Sesame Cheesecake
Chestnut Mont Blanc with Chocolate Truffle
Apple Crisp
Tofu Beignets
Chocolate Cake with sweet white miso
Pumpkin Napoleon
Reservations can be made at (215) 568.1027
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