{"id":18895,"date":"2017-09-11T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T01:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/?p=18895"},"modified":"2019-10-29T17:29:26","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T09:29:26","slug":"nikkei-in-rockwell-marriage-of-japanese-peruvian-cuisines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/location\/philippines\/makati\/rockwell\/nikkei-in-rockwell-marriage-of-japanese-peruvian-cuisines\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikkei in Rockwell: A Marriage of Japanese and Peruvian Cuisine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nikkei | Philippine Primer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4-zpJ12yQOc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Nikkei Restaurant<\/strong> in Rockwell offers a taste of extraordinary marriage of Western and Oriental cuisines with its Japanese Peruvian delicacies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18905\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/09\/IMG_1404.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/09\/IMG_1404.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/09\/IMG_1404-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/09\/IMG_1404-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/09\/IMG_1404-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Japanese-inspired interiors at Nikkei restaurant.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Japanese Peruvian cuisine, also called <em>Nikkei<\/em>, originated in Peru during the time when the number of Japanese immigrants surged in the South American country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Traditional Peruvian ingredients got integrated with Japanese cooking methods, giving birth to such novel cuisine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18897\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/09\/IMG_1265.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/09\/IMG_1265.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/09\/IMG_1265-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/09\/IMG_1265-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/09\/IMG_1265-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>More room for diners on the second floor of Nikkei.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">You will understand Japanese-Peruvian cuisine when you taste every specialty at Nikkei. Their best-selling\u00a0<strong>Peruanito<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>(Php 195)<\/strong> sashimi is a great dish to start with.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18898\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/09\/IMG_1280.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Peruanito (Php 195)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The white fish is sliced the Peruvian way and then served with rocoto sauce, lime juice, cilantro emulsion, red chili, and glazed sweet potatoes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Although sashimi is a well-known Japanese specialty, it becomes a\u00a0<em>Nikkei\u00a0<\/em>medley with authentic Peruvian flavors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The\u00a0<strong>Classic Ceviche (Php 350)<\/strong>, which is based on the\u00a0widely popular ceviche in\u00a0Peru,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>is made with raw fish and\u00a0ingredients like red onions, rocoto, cilantro, and <em>canchitas<\/em> (Peruvian corn nuts), giving it a very recognizable spicy Peruvian\u00a0taste.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18899\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/09\/IMG_1287.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Classic Ceviches (Php 350)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Meanwhile, also try the Peruvian<strong> Causa Appetizers<\/strong>\u00a0or spicy mashed potatoes take on a Japanese twist with toppings like <strong><em>Ebi or\u00a0<\/em>shrimp Causa (Php 180)<\/strong>, <strong>Wagyu Causa (Php 250)<\/strong>, and <strong>Salmon Causa (Php 180)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18900\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/09\/IMG_1317.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/09\/IMG_1317.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/09\/IMG_1317-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/09\/IMG_1317-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/09\/IMG_1317-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Ebi Causa Salmon (Php 180) (left),\u00a0Salmon Causa (Php 180) (right)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Another fine fare from their menu is the <strong>Maguro Uni (Php 220, 2 pcs)<\/strong>, a traditional Nikkei cuisine made\u00a0with uni on tuna, shiso, and seaweed. This dish is also available in Nikkei Rada branch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36041\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/09\/Nikkei-sashiake-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Their mouthwatering <strong>Grilled Ebi\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Rolls\u00a0(Php 295, 5 pcs; Php 545, 10 pcs)<\/strong>\u00a0are made with prawns, cream cheese, onion leeks, and togarashi, topped with mango slices and yellow pepper sauce. Every bite is surely a mouthful of flavors!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18901\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/09\/IMG_1340.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/09\/IMG_1340.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/09\/IMG_1340-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/09\/IMG_1340-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/09\/IMG_1340-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Grilled Ebi (Php 295, 5 pcs; Php 545, 10 pcs)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Nikkei first conquered Legaspi Village in Makati in 2015. They recently opened a new branch at One Rockwell in Makati and will soon\u00a0open\u00a0another one at The Podium in Mandaluyong, bringing a scrumptious feast of Japanese and Peruvian flavors to different parts of the metro.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/location\/makati\/legazpi\/nikkei-the-love-child-of-peru-and-japan\/\">Nikkei The Love Child of Peru and Japan<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>How to get here<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Nikkei Rockwell is located on the ground floor of One Rockwell in Rockwell Center near Power Plant Mall.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">If you are from Ayala Avenue, you may take Paseo de Roxas going to Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue. Merge from Buendia Avenue to Kalayaan Flyover bound to\u00a0Rockwell Drive.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">You may park your private cars in Power Plant Mall, Rockwell Center for Php 50.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Written by Rizelle\u00a0&#8220;Rei&#8221; Lea\u00f1o<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikkei restaurant in Rockwell offers a taste of an extraordinary marriage of Western and Oriental cuisines with its Japanese Peruvian delicacies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,78,112,1946],"tags":[687,1095,4635,2621,1094,4634,4627,4637,4636,4628,1096],"class_list":["post-18895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-japanese","category-rockwell","category-makati","category-japanese-2018","tag-fusion","tag-japanese-peruvian","tag-japanese-peruvian-fusion","tag-japanese-peruvian-cuisine","tag-nikkei","tag-nikkei-cuisine","tag-nikkei-japanese-peruvian","tag-nikkei-menu","tag-nikkei-philippines","tag-nikkei-rockwell","tag-peruvian"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18895"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36058,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18895\/revisions\/36058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}