Nadaman: Summit Wing Sashimi King

Relocating from the China World Hotel to China World Summit Wing has given Nadaman a more contemporary look and a new team of Japanese chefs. Manager Matsuzawa Shu remains, ensuring the restaurant’s offerings – still featuring quality kaiseki sets (RMB 580-1,200 per person) – retain their traditional spirit.

The daikon mizuna salad (RMB 40) combines crispy radish, peppery greens and sheets of seaweed, with dried fish bringing waves of oceanic flavor, offset by a nutty sesame sauce. The black cod (RMB 140) was oh-so-well executed, the sophisticated miso sauce luring a seductive tenderness from the fish.

Thinly coated in batter and fried crisp in quality cooking oil, the tempura moriawase (RMB 180) is an expertly prepared assortment of prawns and vegetables. If you want to taste the highest-quality udon from Japan, ask nicely. Inaniwa udon (RMB 120) is not listed on the menu, but it’s an epiphany of simplicity: gracefully thin, flat noodles served in steaming, clear bonito soup. Suddenly, “less is more” seemed perfectly true.

Standout dishes: Doikon mizuna salad, inaniwa udon

Nadaman 滩万日餐厅
Daily 11.30am-2pm, 2.30-10pm. 4/F, China World Summit Wing, 1 Jianguomenwai Dajie, Chaoyang District (6505 2299 ext 6407)
朝阳区建国门外大街1号国贸大酒店4层

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