Review

Takumi, meaning artisan or skillful, takes pride in its culinary excellence. The restaurant is minimally decorated, exuding an ambience of tranquillity and comfort with tasteful wooden tables and panels, and traditional bamboo sliding doors to separate the private salons. The menu celebrates freshness, simplicity, and well-being. Begin with traditional miso soup or an elegant Dobin mushi, served from a Dobin teapot, with shrimp, chicken, soy sauce, lime, and matsutake mushroom. Delicate slices of sashimi and nigiri, and an extensive list of sushi and hand rolls with seasonal specials, are abundant. Yaki Mono grilled dishes are executed with panache for those less keen on the raw menu. Try unagi kanayaki for a perfectly balanced sweet-umami dish or richly comforting gyuniku with juicy melt-in-the-mouth beef. For a classic but exceptional precision-executed dish, choose kaizen ramen noko soup, a perfect soul-warming bowl of noodles in a flavourful broth. Lamb hoba yaki of grilled meaty lamb cutlets on hoba leaf stands out. From crunchy and succulent ebi tempura to moist California rolls, diners will be spoilt for choice. Round off the meal with a selection of handcrafted desserts, including matcha cake or ethereally light milk and cheese pudding, ensuring a memorable dining experience. The restaurant is well-stocked with drinks, from global wines to Japanese spirits, sake, and whiskeys.