dining

In Japanese cuisine, sushi is made of seasoned rice with other ingredients, often seafood or vegetables, together with Nori seaweed. Some fillings used in sushi are uncooked, but mostly they contain cooked, blanched, smoked, pickled or marinated ingredients. Outside of Japan sushi is sometimes misunderstood to mean raw fish, but in Japan, sliced fish served raw is called sashimi and not sushi.

In Kobe we prepare all our sushi and sashimi fresh to order, with only the finest fresh ingredients.Where necessary, we import specialist ingredients from Japan but all our fresh ingredients are sourced locally from top-quality suppliers. Our sashimi fish is premium quality, often caught in local waters the night before it is served.

The secret of all Japanese food, especially sushi and sashimi is the use of first-quality, ultra-fresh ingredients. At Kobe we pride ourselves on both the quality and freshness of our ingredients, selected daily by our specially trained chefs.

Eat sushi with your fingers, the Japanese do!

Finger sushi started about 200 years ago as a street snack meant to be picked up and eaten with your fingers. You can use chopsticks to eat sushi, but fingers are still perfectly acceptable. But always use chopsticks, not fingers, when you eat sashimi.

The latest and healthiest eating fashion from Japan

Ultra-fresh food that you eat as it's cooked

Low in cholesterol, high in protein: low in fat, high in vitamins and minerals

Join the latest trend in healthy eating at KOBE

Well if you've never tried it, it's time you did!

We all know the Japanese are famous for their healthy food and Shabu-Shabu is both healthy and fun.

When you sit at the Shabu-Shabu table the first thing that arrives is a steaming pot of hot Miso broth, which is place onto a special hot-plate in the middle of the table. Then comes a plate of fabulous fresh raw vegetables, thinly sliced meat or seafood, a bowl of healthy noodles and some spicy dipping sauces. This is when the fun begins.

Shabu-Shabu is Japanese for "Swish-Swish", and that's just what you do. Pick up a piece of meat, seafood or vegetables with your chopsticks (you soon get the hang of it) and "Swish-Swish" it in the hot savoury broth. It takes just a few moments of "Swish-Swishing" to cook the thinly sliced food to perfection, then a quick dip into one of the spicy sauces and it's straight into the mouth. You can't get any fresher than that, straight from the pot and into your mouth.

Ah, but what about the noodles you ask? Well. Once you've eaten most of your meat or seafood, whatever vegetables you have left are put into the hot broth along with the noodles. Then it's every man and woman for themselves, as you and your fellow dinners spoon up the last of the broth with the vegetables and noodles.

It's great fun and a great way to eat one of the healthiest meals you'll ever come across. No cooking oils, no additives, no artificial flavours, just good, high-quality fresh ingredients cook by the best chef in the world - you!

To dine at one of our special Shabu - Shabu tables please contact us for a reservation 064 38902