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Wednesday 23 April 2014

SKY DINING




Sky Dining



Gyoza Debutantes



Rolled Up Seating



The Rice Bowl



Place Setting



Beetroot Pudding




#51 Tweak Of The Thumb


Homemade & Handmade Japanese Culinary Art.


It's not every Easter Monday you have chance to dine up high with the clouds and admire  an ever changing London skyline, observing the elements as they swoosh on by. You don't need to dine in the Hutong restaurant on level 33 in the Shard to have such amazing views. Though vertigo sufferers be warned.

Especially if you are lucky enough to have Ian + Rie as your friends. Ian is a clothing designer of some incredible natural talent, though many will not have heard of him. For a man with his rare atelier skills he is amazingly humble, friendly and generous with his time. Ian knows intuitively how to enjoy life and live-in-the-moment with Iyengar yoga a constant in his life. Ian is well loved, always smiling and places importance on nurturing the everyday simple things in life that are important to cherish. 

Rie is an amazing Japanese cook, though in her unassuming manner, this culinary skill is simply a little hobby. Rie is also an incredibly skilled sculptor of Art-jewellery. Her work is so intricate and mesmerising it is hard to define. One of Rie's Snow Leopards might take 3 months to complete.

Dining with Ian + Rie is quite an experience. Certainly equivalent to any fine dining establishment in Japan with an array of beautiful Japanese ceramic beakers, bowls and earthenware. With such artistic hand skilled elements you can feel yourself slowing down, breathing deeply and sampling and tasting every bite.

We were served Rie's delicious handmade Miso soup with Silken Tofu, Cashew nut Gyoza, Agedashi Tofu and Ginger Marinated Eggplant. Washed down with a St.Peters Brewery Honey Porter Ale we had handily brought with us.  The relaxed low to the floor conversation was finished off with a Cinnamon & Orange Cake and a Japanese Beetroot Jelly with Cocoa and Chocolate that gleamed the most amazing dense hue of colour. 

Perfect.







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