Sake no Hana, the
Japanese restaurant by Hakkasan Group, is celebrating the arrival of Spring
with the return of the sakura cherry blossom garden in the Sake no Hana
bar. By day, the bar will be transformed with intertwining cherry blossom
branches, falling petals, a grass floor, and blossom entrances, while by night
lights will twinkle within the blossom to create an intimate yozakura
atmosphere, yozakura literally meaning ‘night sakura’.
A limited edition
seven course menu has been created for guests to enjoy whilst being
surrounded by moving cherry blossom images projected onto the bamboo behind the
bar. Sake no Hana has become a beautiful Nihon oasis in St James, the stunning
blossom taking over the grass-floored bar, and branches weaving throughout the
inside and outside of the restaurant. Arched over the iconic escalators,
a cherry blossom tree forms a tunnel for guests to ascend into the restaurant,
and cherry blossom be threaded through the wooden ceiling of the upstairs
dining room. As evening sets in sparkling lights appears amongst the
blossom branches - traditionally the Japanese hang lanterns in the blossom
trees during yozakura and socialise by feasting and drinking beneath the
Inspired by hanami, the centuries-old Japanese tradition of celebrating the
fleeting cherry blossom,
This amazing restaurant offers guests the chance to
enjoy the transient beauty of the flowers in the heart of Mayfair. Hanami
literally means “flower viewing”, and it is customary to sit beneath the
blossom to read and write haiku poetry. To tie in with this expressive
tradition, guests who order the Sakura at Sake no Hana menu will be gifted with
a haiku written by one of the famed haiku masters and printed.
Many haiku
poets were inspired by the cherry blossom and spring as the sakura season lasts
only a few weeks in Japan, thus symbolizing the fragility of nature and
of life. Throughout the day, the cherry blossom will naturally fall onto the
grass floor of the Sake no Hana bar, showcasing the fleeting beauty.
A limited edition menu
has been developed featuring a cocktail, a bento box, a dessert and macarons, created by one of the best Japanese chefs in London, the Executive Head Chef Hideki Hiwatashi.
The menu features:
Kaori Arpège cocktail -
Beefeater 24 gin, yuzu sake, cherry liqueur, peach bitters, grapefruit juice
and agave. The cocktail comes complete with three atomizers to spray onto the
cocktail, including red cherry, black cherry and cinnamon; elderflower and
jasmine; and violet, each completely altering the taste of the cocktail with
each spray.
Bento Box – served with a
white miso soup starter, the bento box contains a selection of sushi and
hamachi, akami and salmon sashimi.
Main Bento - a choice of
Salmon miso yaki with egg mustard sauce, Sumiyaki chicken with spicy shichimi
sauce, and Crispy yasai katsu
Cherry Chocolate Sake
Mousse - Cherry chocolate mousse and a cherry sake mousse, chocolate crumble
with sake jelly.
Cherry blossom macarons -
vanilla macarons with cherry blossom tea ganache
This Sakura limited edition menu is available for lunch and dinner in the bar and
restaurant sushi counter till 18th June, Monday to Saturday, for £34 per
person.
Name: Sake no Hana
Address: 23 St. James’s
Street, London
SW1A 1HA
email:
reservations@sakenohana.com
Website:
www.sakenohana.com
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7925
8988
Twitter: @sakenohana
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/sakenohana
Instagram:
@sakenohanalondon