THE ADDRESS Magazine No.17 | Page 348

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Image: ©Miss Kô

The bewitching and sensual Miss Kô’s life story is
beautifully tattoed on her body by Horikitsune, the
only European to have trained as an apprentice in
the traditional Japanese tattoo art form of Irezumi.
The show-stopper is a 26-metre-long dining bar that
runs the length of the restaurant and is constructed
entirely of TV screens that broadcast various Asian
news programmes, punctuated by the fluid passage
of a dragon designed by Label Dalbin. The spectacular monumental fresco of animated figures is
by David Rochline; it is poetic in content and comes
across as a futuristic manga, the Japanese comic
book form.
For conviviality, one would be hard-pressed to beat
the main dining area, where guests may sit beneath
the gigantic illuminated teapot-cum-lamp or under
a canopy of Chinese parasols, and immerse oneself
in the restaurant’s buzzing atmosphere. A light
installation by designer Jean-Philippe Bourdon playfully projects Asian faces onto bare concrete walls.
Executive chef Fabrice Monot has created his menu
with the assistance of Linda Rodriguez (Bond Street,
New York; Hachi, Las Vegas) and Martin Swift (Nobu,
London) for the Japanese cuisine, and Hando (Paris
Hanoï) for the Vietnamese offerings. They whip up
an Asian fusion menu of sushi, ceviches and sashizza
Japanese pizzas, to go with the bubble teas and
cocktails. The star, however, is a beef tataki – a sort
of Japanese carpaccio with teriyaki sauce, with shiitake mushrooms and purée perfumed with ginger.
The dessert menu is presented as Miss Kô’s childhood photo album, while the whimsical cocktail
menu is offered as her private sketchbook. Each
cocktail is depicted as a crazy Asian character and
named after one of Miss Kô's friends. The creative drinks are in keeping with the fusion theme,
showcasing ingredients such as shochu, lemongrass
syrup and yuzu liqueur.
The fashionable bar with hip DJs, and the terrace are
places to see and be seen.
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