Kaikaya Sushi Nikkei - Valencia

Si estás en busca de nuevos sabores y sensaciones, no puedes dejar de visitar Kaikaya, un restaurante ubicado en la plaza del Ayuntamiento de Valencia que combina la cocina japonesa y brasileña. A pesar de que pueda sonar extraño y quizás un poco extravagante, esta fusión gastronómica tiene sus raíces en los inmigrantes japoneses que llegaron a Brasil para trabajar en las plantaciones de café a principios del siglo XX. Desde el momento en que entras, la decoración te sorprenderá; una combinación de la sobriedad de la cultura japonesa representada por materiales naturales como la rafia y la madera, y la exuberante vegetación de la selva brasileña, con papagayos incluidos. Te recomiendo que pruebes el menú degustación para experimentar todo lo que Kaikaya tiene para ofrecer. Por 35€ por persona, incluye un cóctel de bienvenida, 7 platos, postre y bebida. Tacos, ceviches, sushi, gyozas de ternera, wok de cangrejo picante, rollos con gambas y carne Wayu, ensalada de sandía y pasta de algas, coxinhas brasileñas... son solo algunos de los platos que encontrarás en su carta.

Pretty disappointed with KAIKAYA. With prices 2-3 times higher than everywhere else for tapas and drinks, we expected the standard to be high. The 6 piece €18 nigiri mixed sushi didn 't taste fresh and was frankly bland. I was not impressed with the €15 ABACAXI CHEIO DE GRAÇA premium cocktail which largely tasted of lime. I raised our issues with our server who explained both the tuna nigiri and cocktail were fine, they did make me another drink which I appreciated... But went on to explain that the cocktail maybe wasn 't to my taste because in Brazil premium cocktails are a little stronger and so my 2nd one had been made to be a little more tikki . I 'm sorry but a bad cocktail is a bad cocktail, I drink enough to know, and we eat enough sushi to know what 's good. The one dish we did enjoy was the Tuna Tataki, that in contrast to the Tuna Nigiri was excellent, and we enjoyed the pistachio garnish but even then the Crema de edamame con wasabi drops that decorated the plate, which I think were topped with strawberry? Just tasted bad, and while beautifully presented, did not fuse well and just seemed bizarre frankly. But at €55 for 1 cocktail, 1 water and 2 dishes overall KAIKAYA was just memorably bad. It felt like we were paying for presentation over quality and the focus on creative combination had exceeded any care to ensure those flavours added more to (one would assume) good quality, fresh fish. I don 't think I 'll be trying a Japanese Brazilian fusion again based on this experience.

Sounds fancy, costs fancy but is not. No value for money on mains. Food rather fatty, sauces sugary. Ordered a fish main and it tasted as if old frozen fish had been in the microwave to then be tossed in noodles. Asked to have the same as someone else in the group and received the same bad tasting noodles, with the same onions and only a little of the other sauce and barely any fish. Go somewhere else next time.

If you are looking for new flavors and sensations, do not stop going to kaikaya, a restaurant located in the town hall square that merges the Japanese and Brazilian cuisine. Although it may seem rare and perhaps somewhat strambotic, this gastronomic oscillation has so much origins in the Japanese immigrants who came to brasil to work in the coffee plantations in the early twentieth century nothing more to come, the already impacted decoration; a mix between the sobriety of the Japanese culture represented by natural materials such as raffia and wood, and the exotic of the Brazilian jungle, with exuberant vegetation and papagayos. are 35€ per person and consists of a welcome cocktail, 7 dishes, dessert and drink. tacos, ceviches, sushi, veal gyozas, spicy crab wok, shrimp paper and wayu meat, salad with watermelon and algae paste, coxinhas brazilian. are some of the dishes from your letter.

This is a Japanese Brazilian Fusion Restaurant, which has many different dishes, you were both kitchen in any dish you can order. It is a very good place to go on a date, go with your family or with a group of friends. People were super nice when we ordered something and they explained very detailed what was in every dish, so it was an even better experience.