This month marks a new beginning for Endo Kazutoshi.
His Michelin Star winning omakase joint on the 8th floor of the Rotunda in White City is currently being renovated and refurbished, ready to relaunch on 17th September. It’ll be handsomer and more intimate, now seating just 10 diners at a time – which will make the impossible-to-get bookings all the more tantalisingly rare.
The concept is going to be driven by the Japanese concept of ‘onkochishin’, which apparently means looking into the future through the perspective of the past. This is because Endo’s father was a sushi chef, and Endo’s grandfather was a sushi chef. So Endo has “spent time researching his grandfather’s 200-year-old notebooks” (which seems quit old) in order to dig out and refresh some of the recipes.
The space itself is being zhuzhed up by the same architect & designer of Tokyo Olympics’s Japan National Stadium, the legendary Kengo Kuma. He’s creating a reconfigured sushi counter with views over the kitchen, and a simple view to Endo himself.
The menu will be a multi-course Omakase experience mixing some of Endo’s classic dishes (including his signature ‘business card’ hand roll) as well as a few of his grandfather’s recipes, and a few new dishes too. Expect greatness.
If you can get a seat, that is.
NOTE: Endo at the Rotunda is reopening on September 17th. Reservations are hard to come by, so you’ll need to keep a keen eye on the official website.
Endo at the Rotunda | White City House Television Centre, 101 Wood Lane, W12 7FR
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