“By interacting with the guests, you can give the meal a really personal touch.”
Masashi Nonaka
Japanese culinary art
A good meal entices all your senses – and that’s especially the case with teppanyaki. The word comes from the Japanese teppan, which means ‘iron plate’, and yaki, which means ‘grilled’, and is the oldest method of preparing food in Japan. Sazanka has elevated a cooking method into an art form.
A culinary experience
Dining at Sazanka is a multifaceted experience. It’s not just that you can enjoy an extensive menu of Japanese specialities, but that the chef prepares the most heavenly dishes for you as you watch, using the purest fresh ingredients. A variety of fish and meats, including exclusive Wagyu beef, are cooked on the spot with a meticulous Japanese touch. The experience is enhanced by a harmony between the dishes
and the accompanying sake or wine
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Masashi Nonaka
Chef Nonaka started his career at the Hotel Okura Amsterdam in 1985, at the age of 20. Today, as Chef of Sazanka, he and his team are working to create a teppanyaki restaurant of the very highest calibre. Nonaka believes the attraction of teppanyaki to be the combination of cooking and interaction with guests. A good teppan-chef knows how to couple his culinary expertise to inventiveness and flexibility. New dishes are always being presented alongside the classics, and the chef has continuously to take guests’ tastes and preferences into account.
