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CONTACT: Yuriko Ito Marketing Communications +81 3 4333 8882 [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GRAND HYATT TOKYO INTRODUCES WINTER 2016 MENUS An array of creative offerings from warm stews and hot pots to Valentine delights TOKYO, JAPAN (November 2015) – Grand Hyatt Tokyo introduces its winter menus, available from January to March 2016, offering creative dishes using seasonal, locally grown and imported ingredients, including fruit, vegetables, meat and seafood. Warm up this winter season with these exquisite promotional offerings. Fiorentina, a modern café offering authentic Italian cuisine, will host a romantic Valentine’s Day dinner featuring a distinctive pasta dish: a richly flavored beef ragout stewed for three hours with red wine and superfood cacao powder, tossed with al dente cacao-powder pasta and topped with freshly grated Parmesan cheese. Other superfood offerings will include a mimosa salad with Andean quinoa that is packed with protein, fiber, vitamins and minerals. As the warmer season approaches, guests can also enjoy fresh spring vegetables, including white asparagus, fava beans and field mustard greens, all part of a special menu featuring an appetizer, a soup and a pasta dish. At Fiorentina Pastry Boutique, a line-up of delightful seasonal desserts will be available to charm loved ones on Valentine’s Day and White Day. Offerings will include charming and unique chocolates crafted into cigars, golf balls and planets, plus chocolate verrines and chocolate stollen, all making for perfect romantic gifts. For White Day, Fiorentina will offer special white-chocolate heart cups filled with white chocolate, as well as handmade candy inspired by Italian glassmaker Millefiori. The White Day golf balls will be baby pink, made from strawberry chocolate, perfect as gifts for lady golfers. When beautiful cherry blossoms start to bloom in March, the pastry boutique will also offer delightful desserts such as sakura (cherry blossom) financiers and sweet sakura soybean bread, both of which will make perfect gifts for any occasion. Additionally, sweet seasonal strawberries will be used for popular treats delicately served in verrines, as rolled cakes and a unique 27 cm (11 in) éclair. From January to March, The French Kitchen will offer hearty casseroles with its “Winter Cocotte Bistro and Vin” menu, which will include an appetizer, a main cocotte (choice of meat or seafood), a dessert and two glasses of French wine. For Valentine’s, the restaurant will offer a special dinner with a heart-shaped appetizer for romantic couples celebrating love during the first two weeks of February. Roku Roku, the hotel’s sushi restaurant, will celebrate Setsubun, the day before spring begins. On January 28, Chef Furuya will conduct a cooking class demonstrating how to make eho-maki, the rolled sushi created with lucky ingredients traditionally eaten while facing the auspicious direction of the year. Eho is the god of fortune and happiness, whose direction changes every year. Roku Roku will also feature seasonal blowfish, a delicacy sourced from the seas of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi prefecture. – more – Winter 2016 Page 2 Warm up during the cold months at Shunbou with Japanese hot pots that will feature collagen-rich chicken and seasonal vegetables. The hot pots’ broth will be slowly cooked with braised chicken and vegetables for eight hours, creating a rich and flavorful soup. The “Cherry Blossom” lunch offered in March will present a colorful three-tiered set menu, offering delicately prepared sumptuous ingredients to be enjoyed while viewing the cherry blossom trees. Burgers will be taken to a new level at The Oak Door, which will present creative monthly burgers featuring distinctive ingredients such as macaroni and cheese, beet chips and fried green tomatoes. For a romantic evening, Chef Adam Noffsinger will prepare a hearty four-course Valentine’s Day dinner, incorporating chocolate (cacao) into all its dishes, both savory and sweet. Chef Noffsinger will get even more creative when he prepares The Oak Door’s version of eho-maki, using seven ingredients to reflect one of the world’s most auspicious numbers for the coming of Spring. The meal will feature beef tenderloin, spinach, tomato, foie gras, mushrooms and prosciutto, all wrapped in a puff pastry roll. Another favorite at The Oak Door is its afternoon tea, which will feature a New Orleans-style theme, presenting authentic delights such as beignets, bread pudding, king cake and chicory coffee. The Oak Door Bar will feature a lineup of original cocktails concocted with rich chocolate and Champagne, as well as hot cocktails served with Italian lemon, perfect for cold winter days. This winter, the opulent Chinaroom is pleased to introduce desserts that can be enjoyed cold and hot at the same time. Offerings will include mango ice cream tempura, almond bean ice cream daifuku with coconut powder, and a Chinese crêpe with chocolate and banana. Using the number eight, which is lucky in China, our chefs will create a Chinese-style eho-maki using eight ingredients to usher in an auspicious New Year. This rich and savory dish will be prepared with Peking duck, French foie gras, avocado, leafy vegetables and various Chinese sauces. In January and February, our teppanyaki restaurant Keyakizaka will offer carefully selected blowfish for a luxurious hot pot dish to warm up on cold winter days. Guests can also enjoy a decadent fondant au chocolat prepared with rich French chocolate on the teppan grill, served with soft sponge cake and a cold scoop of ice cream topped with cocoa sugar. From December throughout February, the hotel’s main bar, Maduro, is pleased to introduce cocktails made with premium Japanese strawberries. To celebrate Valentine’s Day, a martini crafted by our expert mixologists will feature bitter dark chocolate. Additionally, the Japanese citrus iyokan will be used to make refreshing spring cocktails. This winter, guests of the cozy Maduro bar can indulge their palates with these delectable flavors while enjoying the rhythms of smooth Latin jazz. – more – Winter 2016 Page 3 Fiorentina Located on the lobby floor, Fiorentina is a modern Italian café offering a range of menu items, from antipasti, pizzas and pastas to main dishes. Super Food February 1 – 29 11:00am – 10:00pm Quinoa Mimosa Salad ¥1,300 (small) / ¥1,800 (regular) Pappardelle and Cocoa Stewed Beef Ragout ¥3,000 Pappardelle Primavera March 1-31 11:00 am – 10:00 pm Appetizer plate, daily soup and chef’s recommended pasta Coffee or tea ¥6,000 Fiorentina Pastry Boutique Located in the lobby, Fiorentina Pastry Boutique features award-winning cakes, pastries, sweets and chocolates created with carefully selected ingredients by our internationally recognized team of pâtissiers. Primavera Dolce Mid-January - March 9:00am - 10:00pm Premium shortcake ¥800 (piece) ¥3,400 (whole) Paris Brest ¥650 (piece) ¥2,860 (whole) Fragola Petit Verrine ¥1,980 Fiore Fragola ¥1200 Strawberry Spumante Verrine ¥750 Fragola Grande ¥1,200 Strawberry Brioche (mid-Jan – Feb 29) ¥1,200 Winter 2016 Page 4 Fragola Fraisier (Whole) F Fragola Petit Verrine Premium Shortcake Paris Brest Fragola Grande Fiore Fragola Strawberry Spumante Verrine Strawberry Brioche Sakura Desserts March 1 - mid-April 9:00 am - 10:00pm Sakura Poundcake ¥2,400 Sakura Éclair ¥1,800 Salame di Cioccolato Sakura ¥1,800 Sakura Rolled Cake ¥1,500 Sakura Financier ¥900 Sakura Panna Cotta ¥750 Sakura Guimauve ¥650 Sakura Leaf and Petal Anpan ¥280 Winter 2016 Page 5 Sakura Rolled Cake Sakura Éclair Salame di Cioccolato Sakura Sakura Poundcake Sakura Guimauve Sakura Panna Cotta Sakura Financier Sakura leaf and petal Anpan Valentine’s Day and White Day 9:00 am - 10:00 pm February 1 - 14 Chocolate Cigar ¥2,800 Chocolate Cosmos ¥2,800 Valentine Petit Verrine ¥1,980 Golf Ball Chocolate ¥2,000 (3 balls) / ¥3,800 (6 balls) Chocolate Stollen ¥1,500 March 1 - 14 Petit Coffret ¥3,200 Millefiori Candy ¥480 Assorted Petit Cream Puffs ¥650 (3 puffs) / ¥1,300 (6 puffs) Golf Ball Chocolate ¥2,000 (3 balls) / ¥3,800 (6 balls) White Chocolate Stollen ¥1,500 Winter 2016 Page 6 Chocolate Cigar Chocolat Cosmos Golf Chocolate Ball (Pink) Valentine Verrine Petit Coffret Millefiori Candy The French Kitchen This casual all-day-dining restaurant and bar features classic bistro cuisine served in a lively, open kitchen, bar, outside terrace and private dining room environment. Winter Cocotte Bistro & Vin January 5 – March 31 6:00pm – 9:30pm Appetizer Main Dish (Coccote Meat or Seafood) Dessert Coffee or Tea ¥6,000 (subject to tax and service charge) This plan includes two glasses of French wines selected by the Hotel Sommelier For an additional ¥1,000 (per person), menu can be upgraded to a 90-minute free-flow beverage plan. For an additional ¥1,000 (per person), appetizer can be upgraded to a foie gras terrine. Winter 2016 Page 7 Valentine Special Menu February 8 – 14 6:00pm – 9:30pm Champagne Smoked salmon tartar, mimosa, caviar endive and apple salad, dill oil Cream of cauliflower soup, truffle essence Japanese beef tenderloin, pearl onions confit Beetroot, blue cheese polenta, red wine sauce Chocolate fondant, raspberry sherbet Coffee or tea ¥10,000 (subject to tax and a service charge) Shunbou Featuring ingredients grown and prepared especially for Japanese cuisine Hot Pot January 12 – February 28 11:30am – 2:30pm (Weekends & Holidays until 3:00pm) 6:00pm – 9:30pm Natural yellowtail, Shogoin turnip ¥6,000 Soft-shell Turtle ¥6,500 Kyoto chicken vegetable ¥6,500 Tuna and Leek ¥7,500 Blowfish ¥8,000 Winter 2016 Page 8 Cherry Blossom Lunch March 1 – 31 1:30pm – 2:30pm (Weekdays only) Served in a private dining room Appetizer Sashimi Three-tiered lunch box Soup Dessert Glass of Rose wine or Rose Sake ¥6,800 Roku Roku Serving Edo-mae-style sushi and sashimi using premium quality seafood selected from local markets across Japan.