It begins with a bowl of somen noodles served in a mix of clear broth and tea oil in a blue-and-white porcelain stem cup, and ends with a sweet rice ball floating in a mild tea soup. The restaurant’s 11-course feast, excluding small bites, pairing teas and desserts, feels more like a mindful kaiseki experience than a traditional Chinese banquet. The restaurant’s poetic name, Sazenka, is made up three words that mean tea, zen and Chinese. But when we look back, I still think it was fun when we were climbing.” It’s like climbing a mountain – we reach one summit and something else begins. ![]() “Unfortunately, I’ll probably not feel satisfied with the results until I die,” says Kawada. ![]() ![]() Sazenka is located inside a former diplomat's house in an upscale residential district.
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