Japanese Food in Pune – Miyuki – Dumbbells and Drama

Here’s an unexpected love affair : Pune’s tryst with Japanese food. The cuisine which was earlier restricted to the expatriates has found a lot of takers in the local market. The love of Sushi is being spoken of increasingly, and a casual mention of “tempuras”time and again proves that this niche cuisine does have the potential to go mainstream in the Pune market.

Japanese cuisine is not something that every chef can master. It takes a whole lot of skill, expertise and patience to practise this art of cooking. It takes years to perfect the method of cooking the fish, years before you get the right consistency of the pork belly, ages before you figure out the perfect way to cut a fish… Moreover, the ingredients used to prepare meals in this particular cuisine are not available easily. All these factors explain the need to price this cuisine a little over the average.

But Japanese cuisine is not all about Sushi as I recently discovered at Miyuki at DoubleTree by Hilton. This was by far one of the most interesting dining experiences I could remember, and there’s no way I am keeping this to myself.

double tree by hilton myuki lunch — It started off in a quiet corner of the small restaurant- I love corners in wood paneled interiors. A traditional, neat and simple lunch setting that looked like this-

double tree by hilton myuki salad 2 — Wafu salad- it’s a Japanese salad made of mix lettuce, radish, tomato boiled egg, cucumber with sesame onion dressing. For a change, I LOVED a salad.

double tree by hilton myuki salad — I mean LOOK at the beauty-

double tree by hilton myuki tempura — Prawn , fish and veg tempura, serve with grated radish,ginger and tempura sauce. I couldn’t keep my hands off the plate. Had I not ordered a main course, i would have asked for a repeat of this one.

Processed with VSCOcam — Buta No Kakuni- Stew pork with mustard sauce. I HAVE NEVER HAD SUCH BEAUTIFUL PORK IN MY LIFE! It literally melted in my mouth, I kid you not. And the meat was so delish, I had to stop talking to concentrate on the dish.

double tree by hilton main course myuki — Ebi Chahan- shrimp fried rice serve with white miso soup. This was made right in front of me, and I don’t know how to express myself anymore. Long story short- you must NOT miss out on this.

double tree by hilton chef — I watched as Chef Amarjeet prepared the shrimp rice. He was the most wonderful company ever- I learnt a lot about Japanese food culture during this lunch, not to mention experience it in person

double tree by hilton fish myuki — Grilled fish with Seiko miso sauce. This auce made of brown sugar, kikkomon soya and white miso paste is a sweet sauce that blends well with the fish. Once again, drool-worthy material.

Castella- the Japanese version of a sponge cake which has been made without butter.

There are 3 options of meals available- 3 course meal, 5 course meal and a 7 course with dessert.

So is it worth driving all the way to Chinchwad for? I can already hear those who love authentic Japanese food screaming yes. I do plan on taking my folks sometime soon. Maybe Wedding season isn’t so depressing after all 🙂

Japanese Food in Pune – Miyuki

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