Tracked on 6 lists across 6 authorities, ranked as high as #21.
Tomoya Kawada sees cooking as a reconciliation between nature and humanity. He names his approach Sazenka, which literally means ‘tea-Zen-Chinese’, out of a desire to create Chinese fare that mediates between the worlds of tea and Zen. His cuisine harmoniously combines the techniques he learned in China with the soul and spiritual features of Japan – ‘wakon-kansai’ is the theme. Japanese ingredients in season are used in spring-roll fillings and Sichuan stir-fries, lending a seasonal dimension to Chinese cuisine.
Sazenka appears on 6 of the lists Mouga tracks — ranked or rated on 4, and written up on 2 more. Here's the full trail, dated and linked to each source.
