Shenzhen Kaiseki Cuisine: Wild Food Limited Season - Fungus Talk "Taste of the Month" 🍄

- Zhi Tei Japanese Cuisine 🍄 I recently revisited Zhi Tei Japanese Cuisine, a Japanese restaurant in Shenzhen's Nanshan District. It specializes in kaiseki cuisine, featuring soups, sashimi, grilled food, sukiyaki, and more. It's headed by Daisuke Baba, the only chef in Kanagawa Prefecture to have earned three Michelin stars. This week's newest theme: a limited-edition season of wild delicacies—"Fungus Talk: Taste of the Jun" 🍄. Chef Baba, expert in using dashi, mastered the art of mushrooms. 🤩 We sampled over a dozen Yunnan mushroom varieties, even some we'd never heard of or seen before, including black tiger palm mushrooms, Altissima, Yunnan matsutake, dry mushrooms, and yellow boletus. Our taste buds were once again delighted by each dish's delights. 🌟🌟🌟 ✨ Fungus Talk: Taste of the Jun (¥1680/pp) Gokenritsu Fumetsuki Pre-dinner drinks 🍶 Start with a glass of iced sake upon sitting down. Yoshikawa Brewing, Rainfall The wine is clear, its aroma permeated with refreshing green apple flavors, fresh and translucent. A slightly sour and sweet sip sets the stage for the meal. 🎬 Drawing 🍵Honey-scented Yellow Tea We use cold-brewed Yunnan Dancong Yellow Tea as our welcome tea, with a clear amber-like infusion. It combines the fragrance of green tea with the richness of black tea. It boasts a vibrant yet elegant aroma of floral nectar, a rich and smooth taste, and a refreshing sweetness with a lingering aroma. Prepay 🦞Golden Mushrooms | Lobster | Sea Urchin Charcoal-grilled lobster is tender and juicy, with a perfect blend of charcoal aroma and sweetness. Served with a rich lobster broth jelly, it is accompanied by crisp Yunnan golden mushrooms, smooth and savory sea urchin, and refreshing Japanese choy sum. Experience different levels of sweetness and charcoal-grilled aroma all at once. Yuling 🦀Black Tiger Mushroom Risotto | Hairy Crab Deep-fried black tiger mushrooms, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside The rich mushroom aroma is complemented by the crab meat and crab paste. It adds a different layer of sweetness, and the grated mullet roe is incredibly savory. The risotto actually contains shredded crab—the highlight! Each grain of rice is imbued with the sweet and fragrant essence of black tiger mushrooms and hairy crab, creating a rich, rich flavor. Bowl of Boiled Food 🦀Smooth Tofu | Hairy Crab | Morel Mushrooms | Green Grapefruit Delicate and sticky tofu balls made with shiitake mushrooms are served with generous balls of hairy crab meat. Morel-stuffed whitefish is also available. The broth is light, sweet, and refreshing, with the addition of grapefruit peel. The fruity aroma brightens the overall flavor, leaving a refreshing aftertaste. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Imperial 🐟Tuna | Nori Sauce | Wild Shiitake Mushrooms 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Chopped wild shiitake mushrooms are used to make sushi rice. Topped with plump and oily medium and large toro, they melt in your mouth. The most special thing about this dish is that it's served with egg yolk for a rich and delicious flavor. ☺️ 🐟Snakethroat Fish | Geoduck | Clam Clam 🌟🌟🌟🌟I really like this dish—Snakethroat Fish, also known as Redfish. The fish is fatty and tender, paired with bitter melon and onion for a sweet and savory finish. The combination of fresh, thick, chewy geoduck and tender, crispy Clam Clam offers layers of umami flavor with a lingering sweetness. 🐟Nine-Painted Fish | Blackcap Alpinia 🌟🌟🌟🌟The fish is firm and juicy, with plenty of fat. The blackcap Alpinia is delicious. The texture is crispy and chewy. The addition of radish and vinegar sauce is refreshing and appetizing. Grilled Food 🐟Pomfrets | Chaoshan Cucumbers | Stir-fried Sesame Seeds | Yellow Boletus Mushrooms 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟The grilled pomfrets are tender and tender. The fish skin is slightly crispy. Delicious! Paired with freshly ground and roasted sesame seeds and plump, smooth, and richly fragrant porcini mushrooms, the aroma is overflowing. Topped with perilla leaves, the whole combination is refreshingly fragrant and delicious. Speaking of grilled food, It never disappoints! So delicious you'll lick the entire plate clean! 😗 Top-notch 🍳 Chanterelle Mushi | Black Truffle 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Chanterelle Mushi Egg is as smooth as silk. The dish has an almond-like nutty aroma, enhanced by freshly shaved black truffles. Mixed with river shrimp and shrimp paste, the broth is bursting with umami. Perfect! Honestly 🍝Abalone Vegetarian Noodles | Lingnan Mushroom King 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 These are the best vegetarian noodles I've ever had. The clear, fragrant chicken broth is topped with abalone liver pate and generous shredded Lingnan Mushroom King mushrooms, enhancing the umami flavor. The noodles are incredibly delicious. The most unique thing about them is that they're served in a icy bowl. The noodles are refreshingly cool, and the abalone is tender and flavorful. The most amazing thing is the Lingnan Mushroom King flavor. Not only is it delicious, but it also has a meaty flavor, adding a surprising touch! Specialties 🍄Wagyu Beef Tongue | Matsutake | Soft-shelled Turtle Broth The soft-shelled turtle broth is rich and sweet, paired with the rich, fragrant, and incredibly tender matsutake. The Wagyu tongue melts in your mouth. Food Tips 🍚Ganba Mushrooms | Whitecap Acari mushrooms | Mushrooms | Old Man's Head Mushroom Rice 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Roasted fresh yellow croaker with various mushrooms on rice. Each grain is imbued with the sun-dried fish oil and mushroom aroma, leaving each grain distinct. The roasted yellow croaker has crispy skin and tender meat, even the bones are so crispy you can eat them. This time, I asked the chef to pair it with his homemade yuzu pepper sauce. (I had it last time and it was delicious🤣) It adds a subtle spicy flavor. I always finish several bowls of rice, completely satisfied☺️ Leave a bowl for later. 🍲Miso Soup The miso soup is clear, rich, and sweet. The perfect finish is topped off with my favorite sansho leaves. Fruit 🍉 Kudzu Beans | White Fungus The sweet fruit and white fungus dessert is refreshing and refreshing. Finally, Chef Baba's hand-made matcha, slightly bitter but sweet, warms the stomach and soothes the palate. 📍Zhi Ting Japanese Restaurant No. 9001, Shennan Avenue, Nanshan District, Shenzhen #lamchelin #lamchelin_japanese #lamchelin_shenzhen #lamchelin_travel #深圳之旅