Murasaki is a high-end Japanese restaurant headed by Chef Kan Taketoshi located inside the Plaza Hotel Seoul. The term "Murasaki" means the color purple in Japanese and since the Ancient times, the color purple represented luxury for the select few. Seems appropriate for a restaurant of this stature.
I ran across this ad on Facebook for a sushi class being held at Murasaki. The picture makes it seem like you can actually partake in the sushi making but that exactly wasn't the case as we sat at the sushi bar while the chef gave us a class on a specific topic.
Today's class/tutorial was on Wasabi.
Interior shots of the restaurant. I liked the simple yet sophisticated look of the restaurant.
Start off with some Green Tea.
Not Chef Kan Taketoshi but Chef Ichii Futoshi. The Korean sushi chef on the right provided sequential translation.
Pictures didn't come out too well due to the dark lighting in the restaurant...
There were only six people participating in the class/dinner tonight. The host said it was probably due to the vacation season because these classes typically run out of seats (think there's 12 seats available for the class). Lucky us - they gave each of us a glass of Asahi on the house!
As mentioned before, wasabi was the topic of today's class. It's extremely rare to be served freshly grated wasabi at a sushi restaurant. I suppose most hotel sushi restaurants such as Murasaki or the high-end sushi restaurants such as Sushi Hyo or Sushi Chohi serve freshly grated wasabi.
The class wasn't too long (maybe 30 minutes) but it was informative and well delivered. Now for the food.
Appetizers.
Wasabi being the topic of discussion today, I seriously thought this was a mound of wasabi with bits of daikon. Luckily (?) it was ground snow peas.
Hello~
Sliced fresh wasabi. Pretty potent.
Ika
Think this is Hirame
Miso Soup
Akami
Otoro
Anago
Chutoro
Negitoro - One of my favorites
Uni. Think this was another rare serving since there were only six of us.
Udon
Macha and fruit.
In my post about Kaga Sushi I mentioned that the rice is what makes the sushi exceptional. They gave all the participants a small sample of Murasaki's sushi rice seasoning. Can't wait to try it.
I thought the price of 48,000 won (~$45) per person was a steal (at least for tonight). They typically don't include the Asahi beer which alone can cost about $15 at this hotel so we lucked out with having such a small group for today's class. I'm sure it's a livelier atmosphere - today's class was pretty quiet - with a full group but Christine and I both really enjoyed the class today and look forward to coming back for another one shortly.
플라자 호텔 무라사끼 (The Plaza Hotel Murasaki)
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