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KISSO JAPANESE RESTAURANT ROTATES SPECIAL MENUS TO REFLECT EACH SEASON EXQUISITELY
Kisso invites those who love fine, authentic Japanese cuisine to enjoy a balanced selection of exceptionally appetizing modern and traditional dishes that reflect the prime ingredients and most vibrant traditions in each season.
With its passionate mission to bring Bangkok the most authentic and creative Japanese dining experiences in keeping with the freshest and finest ingredients available throughout the year, Kisso presents new a la carte Seasonal Menu every two months.
The multi-award-wining restaurant is a favorite among Bangkok's Japanese expatriate community and all who appreciate the work of skilled chefs preparing a well-considered menu.
Strictly selected in-season imported ingredients are reverently treated according to tradition. Contemporary inspirations extend the options into mouth-watering new territories. Focused chefs create colorful dishes carefully set center stage in a clean, modern Japanese setting.
Kisso's intriguing interior offers a contemporary play on the classic Japanese "wabi-sabi" style, an aesthetic design school with Buddhist roots centered on a world view that embraces transience and imperfection. Noticeable characteristics exemplified at Kisso include asymmetry, roughness, simplicity, economy, austerity, modesty, intimacy, and appreciation of the ingenuous integrity of natural objects and processes.
Decorative elements make for a delightfully congenial setting: rustic wood doors suggest Japanese temple entrances, rows of earthenware pots rise high above wood flooring, and colorful sliding panels create separate spaces without cutting diners off from the larger mood of the room. Subdued colors for furnishings and fabrics provide counterpoint to bold wall patterns, vivid floor coverings and gleaming metal accents.
Two traditional Tatami rooms feature an ornate bronze ceiling, tatami mat flooring, and floor seating. Two Western-style private dining rooms present windows with memorable Sukhumvit views. Japanese floral arrangements in all private rooms add to the authentic ambiance. The private rooms can accommodate 10 guests each, and the two Tatami rooms can be connected to accommodate up to 22 guests, upon request.
The cuisine and décor become one at the sushi bar and charcoal grills... and in the live kitchen, where chefs prepare epicurean creations.
Guests return expecting outstanding dishes that keep to Japan's refined culinary traditions. To that assurance, Kisso adds distinctive twists.
Indeed having Kisso in Bangkok means those who know fine Japanese cuisine need not actually travel to the Land of the Rising Sun - the country's sophisticated food culture is found right here in all its intricate flavors and precise preparations.
With its passionate mission to bring Bangkok the most authentic and creative Japanese dining experiences in keeping with the freshest and finest ingredients available throughout the year, Kisso presents new a la carte Seasonal Menu every two months.
The multi-award-wining restaurant is a favorite among Bangkok's Japanese expatriate community and all who appreciate the work of skilled chefs preparing a well-considered menu.
Strictly selected in-season imported ingredients are reverently treated according to tradition. Contemporary inspirations extend the options into mouth-watering new territories. Focused chefs create colorful dishes carefully set center stage in a clean, modern Japanese setting.
Kisso's intriguing interior offers a contemporary play on the classic Japanese "wabi-sabi" style, an aesthetic design school with Buddhist roots centered on a world view that embraces transience and imperfection. Noticeable characteristics exemplified at Kisso include asymmetry, roughness, simplicity, economy, austerity, modesty, intimacy, and appreciation of the ingenuous integrity of natural objects and processes.
Decorative elements make for a delightfully congenial setting: rustic wood doors suggest Japanese temple entrances, rows of earthenware pots rise high above wood flooring, and colorful sliding panels create separate spaces without cutting diners off from the larger mood of the room. Subdued colors for furnishings and fabrics provide counterpoint to bold wall patterns, vivid floor coverings and gleaming metal accents.
Two traditional Tatami rooms feature an ornate bronze ceiling, tatami mat flooring, and floor seating. Two Western-style private dining rooms present windows with memorable Sukhumvit views. Japanese floral arrangements in all private rooms add to the authentic ambiance. The private rooms can accommodate 10 guests each, and the two Tatami rooms can be connected to accommodate up to 22 guests, upon request.
The cuisine and décor become one at the sushi bar and charcoal grills... and in the live kitchen, where chefs prepare epicurean creations.
Guests return expecting outstanding dishes that keep to Japan's refined culinary traditions. To that assurance, Kisso adds distinctive twists.
Indeed having Kisso in Bangkok means those who know fine Japanese cuisine need not actually travel to the Land of the Rising Sun - the country's sophisticated food culture is found right here in all its intricate flavors and precise preparations.
DISCOVER KISSO JAPANESE RESTAURANT - THE PERFECT PLACE TO ROMANCE YOUR LOVED ONE ON VALENTINE'S OR CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES IN THE BEATING HEART OF BANGKOK
Looking for a romantic venue for a Valentine's date, birthday or anniversary dinner? The season of love at Westin Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok is the time and place to delight that special someone in your life with an evening of intimacy and sensual dining.
On February 14, choose from different ways to say ‘I love you', vividly created to ensure an intimate evening for two.
Share a Gourmet Valentine's Buffet with moments to treasure at sleek and sensuous Seasonal Tastes. Or indulge in a ravishing Japanese Valentine Kaiseki Menu in the rarefied modern Zen-style ambiance of Kisso Japanese Restaurant. Or 24 stories high in the sky, nothing beats a romantic evening of wining & dining at an intimate elevation in the heart of Bangkok at Altitude Roof Top.
When Valentine's comes around the paths of lovers' hearts cross over aphrodisiacal dishes at Seasonal Tastes. Guests are enticed to romance the spirit of Saint Valentine over a flirtatious multi-cultural culinary display just steps from the Asok BTS skytrain and Sukhumvit MRT underground interchange.
Love reigns supreme across Seasonal Tastes' bountiful buffet counters and vibrant live cooking stations, as perfectionist chefs prepare taste bud-tantalizing menus from East and West.
With its lively open kitchens, smoothly-sculpted surfaces, soaring windows, and peaceful shades of cream and green, the modern home-style Seasonal Tastes strikes a revitalizing Valentine's tone.
Make Valentine's Evening the beginning of the next chapter in your amorous adventure. Dare to reveal your feelings over the extravagant international array. Love at first bite awaits!
Simply irresistible Japanese Valentine's Dining is also the order of the evening at Kisso Japanese Restaurant. Bid your better half "Shiawasena Barentain Watashi No Ai" - "Happy Valentine's, My Love" - in the colluding modern Zen ambiance of Kisso Japanese Restaurant, level 8. February 14 every year is prime time in the season of love to delight that special someone with an evening of romantic Japanese dining. So share the sensual sensations of a Japanese Valentine Kaiseki Menu with your significant squeeze.
The multi-award-wining Kisso is a favorite among Bangkok's Japanese expatriate community and all who appreciate the work of skilled chefs preparing a well-considered Japanese Valentine menu. As ever, your date dinner menu highlights the seasonal flavors of Japanese cookery and features ingredients imported fresh from Japan.
And what more fitting setting for whispering sweet nothings? Kisso's striking contemporary interior is balanced with warm and cozy elements such as rows of earthenware pots rising high above wood flooring. An open kitchen design contributes to a lively yet discreet atmosphere perfect for romance. There's a buzz, but an always finely calibrated one that resonates in the main dining area, around Kisso's sushi bar and in its traditional and Western-style Tatami rooms featuring Japanese floral arrangements.
On February 14, choose from different ways to say ‘I love you', vividly created to ensure an intimate evening for two.
Share a Gourmet Valentine's Buffet with moments to treasure at sleek and sensuous Seasonal Tastes. Or indulge in a ravishing Japanese Valentine Kaiseki Menu in the rarefied modern Zen-style ambiance of Kisso Japanese Restaurant. Or 24 stories high in the sky, nothing beats a romantic evening of wining & dining at an intimate elevation in the heart of Bangkok at Altitude Roof Top.
When Valentine's comes around the paths of lovers' hearts cross over aphrodisiacal dishes at Seasonal Tastes. Guests are enticed to romance the spirit of Saint Valentine over a flirtatious multi-cultural culinary display just steps from the Asok BTS skytrain and Sukhumvit MRT underground interchange.
Love reigns supreme across Seasonal Tastes' bountiful buffet counters and vibrant live cooking stations, as perfectionist chefs prepare taste bud-tantalizing menus from East and West.
With its lively open kitchens, smoothly-sculpted surfaces, soaring windows, and peaceful shades of cream and green, the modern home-style Seasonal Tastes strikes a revitalizing Valentine's tone.
Make Valentine's Evening the beginning of the next chapter in your amorous adventure. Dare to reveal your feelings over the extravagant international array. Love at first bite awaits!
Simply irresistible Japanese Valentine's Dining is also the order of the evening at Kisso Japanese Restaurant. Bid your better half "Shiawasena Barentain Watashi No Ai" - "Happy Valentine's, My Love" - in the colluding modern Zen ambiance of Kisso Japanese Restaurant, level 8. February 14 every year is prime time in the season of love to delight that special someone with an evening of romantic Japanese dining. So share the sensual sensations of a Japanese Valentine Kaiseki Menu with your significant squeeze.
The multi-award-wining Kisso is a favorite among Bangkok's Japanese expatriate community and all who appreciate the work of skilled chefs preparing a well-considered Japanese Valentine menu. As ever, your date dinner menu highlights the seasonal flavors of Japanese cookery and features ingredients imported fresh from Japan.
And what more fitting setting for whispering sweet nothings? Kisso's striking contemporary interior is balanced with warm and cozy elements such as rows of earthenware pots rising high above wood flooring. An open kitchen design contributes to a lively yet discreet atmosphere perfect for romance. There's a buzz, but an always finely calibrated one that resonates in the main dining area, around Kisso's sushi bar and in its traditional and Western-style Tatami rooms featuring Japanese floral arrangements.
Let's celebrate the festive season at Kisso Japanese Restaurant.
With festive spirit racing through the heart of Bangkok, Kisso season-centric Japanese restaurant answers the call of those who like to ride the uplifting emotions with friends, family and colleagues over vibrant Japanese style menus with its trademark passion and perfectionism. All at the center of the Sukhumvit action just steps Asok BTS skytrain and Sukhumvit MRT underground stations. Kisso is serving a variety of thoughtful Japanese menus that resonate with all the key Christmas and New Year occasions and the elation of the Holiday Season. The possibilities include Japanese Christmas Dinner and NYE Dinner as well as original menus to enjoy all the way through to the early days of this New Year. For ten days or so from around the 20th of December onwards, Kisso Japanese Restaurant serves a variety of thoughtful Japanese menus that resonate with all the elation of the Holiday Season. True to its season-centric DNA, Kisso embraces the festival spirit with a typical special Japanese Christmas menu transcendent and succulent flavors. New Year's is another time for guilt-free indulgence shared with close ones in the beating heart of Bangkok. Kisso Japanese Restaurant observes tradition on New Year's Eve. Another Japanese New Year lunchtime treat is New Year Special Lunch Bento. And there's more New Year Japanese dining pleasure to be had with New Year Lunch Set. Last not least, no Japanese New Year's celebration will be complete without a New Year Kaiseki featuring the finest products and exquisite recipes.
‘SUSHI NEAR ME IN BANGKOK'
With so many choices, the question naturally arises of where to find the best sushi in Bangkok 2020.
All this narrows the selection down to a more manageable number of restaurants, among them Kisso Japanese Restaurant, 8th floor, The Westin Grande Sukhumvit Bangkok. The main reason Kisso is front and center is its 25-year award-winning track record of serving the best sushi, sushi bentos and assorted sushis in Bangkok.
Another compelling factor is the sushi restaurant's location steps from an interchange linking the underground MRT Sukhumvit station with the skytrain BTS Asok station, making it very convenient for everyone.
Simple yet elegant, it looks so appetizing too. And it comes in tremendous varieties which Kisso covers according to when each ingredient is in its prime for catching and preparing. Moreover, with a little fresh ginger and wasabi it complements other Japanese dishes perfectly.
And it keeps getting better: sushi has been around since the 8th century, constantly evolving due to the discovery of new flavors and its creative potential. And nowhere more so than at Kisso over the last quarter century.
Since it opened to popular and critical acclaim in 1994, Kisso has adopted the traditional style of sushi-making but added its own innovative twists, making it enjoyable in new ways.
In principle, Kisso invites those who love fine, authentic Japanese cuisine to enjoy a balanced selection of exquisite modern and traditional dishes starring sushi that reflect the prime ingredients and most vibrant traditions in each season.
With its current team, it has won this year's "Bangkok's Best Japanese Restaurant" and five consecutive "Thailand Tatler Best Restaurant" awards.
Kisso's strikingly contemporary interior is balanced with warm and cozy elements such as rows of earthenware pots rising high above wood flooring. An open kitchen design contributes to a lively yet discreet atmosphere. There's a buzz, but an always finely calibrated one that resonates in the main dining area, around Kisso's sushi bar and in its private tatami rooms.
So the search for the best sushi is over: the solution is always Kisso Japanese Restaurant.
Kisso is Sukhumvit's premier Japanese dining experience !
Looking for an exclusive Japanese restaurant in Sukhumvit? Japanese dining in Bangkok features Kisso as the best all-round option for both exemplary classic and creative Japanese cuisine using the finest imported and locally sourced ingredients and quick and easy access, whether by road or metro railway. Steps from MRT Sukhumvit and BTS Asok, the renowned restaurant is also near Terminal 21 shopping center and the expressway in case you're arriving from out of town. And in the event that you're hungry as soon as you arrive at either Suvarnabhumi or Don Meaung airports, the MRT and BTS will help you get to where you need to be as well as the expressway system. With over 25 years of establishment, the multi-award winning Kisso Japanese Restaurant specializes in exceptional dishes focusing on seasonal variations. Located on the 8th floor of The Westin Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok, steps from BTS Asok and MRT Sukhumvit stations, each dish is created with passion and perfectionism, and delivered to the table with excellent service. All in a modern atmosphere that channels the elements and the "wabi-sabi" embrace of the beauty of imperfection. In other words, Kisso Japanese Restaurant is perfect for award-winning season-centric Japanese dining in Sukhumvit with an authentic aesthetics and flavors that are sure to wow any connoisseur.
PRIVATE DINING ROOM, BIRTHDAY PARTIES AND ALL SPECIAL OCCASIONS AT KISSO JAPANESE RESTAURANT.
Kisso Japanese Restaurant is the perfect place to celebrate a birthday in a private tatami room setting over exceptional Japanese dining in the heart of Bangkok.
The multi-award-winning restaurant is a favorite among Bangkok's Japanese expatriate community and all who appreciate the work of skilled chefs preparing well-considered menus. On the 8th floor of The Westin Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok, steps from the Asok skytrain and Sukhumvit underground, Kisso's strikingly contemporary décor enhances every element.
Meanwhile, the menus highlight the seasonal flavors of Japanese cookery and feature ingredients imported fresh from Japan.
Authentic yet inventive, Kisso Japanese Restaurant offers the true taste of Japan according to seasonal variation. With its passionate mission to bring Bangkok the most authentic and creative Japanese dining experiences in keeping with the prime ingredients, Kisso invites those who love fine, authentic Japanese cuisine to enjoy a balanced selection of exquisite modern and traditional dishes in keeping with vibrant traditions and festivals.
Fulfil your dreams of Japanese cuisine with in-season imported ingredients prepared with flair. Contemporary inspirations extend the options into mouth-watering new territories. Focused chefs create colorful dishes carefully set center stage in a clean, modern Japanese scene.
Renowned for its complex Japanese flavors and captivating décor, Kisso's strikingly contemporary interior is balanced with warm and cozy elements such as rows of earthenware pots rising high above wood flooring. An open kitchen design contributes to a lively yet discreet atmosphere. There's a buzz, but an always finely calibrated one that resonates in the main dining area, around Kisso's sushi bar and especially in its private tatami rooms, featuring Japanese floral arrangements.
Guests are welcomed with a decorative wall of sake pots and warm golden lighting. This serene setting, infused with authentic Japanese accents, continues in the main dining room, where tactile wood lines the walls and decorative metal screens create intimate enclaves populated by leather-backed chairs. Brushed bronze lighting fixtures and aged bronze ceiling enhance the inviting ambiance.
Two traditional Tatami rooms feature an ornate bronze ceiling, tatami mat flooring, and floor seating. Two Western-style private dining rooms present windows with memorable Sukhumvit views. Japanese floral arrangements in all private rooms complement the authentic ambiance. The private rooms can accommodate 10 guests each, and the two Tatami rooms can be connected to accommodate up to 22 guests, upon request. Please note that reservations are recommended.
SEAL THE DEAL IN CENTRAL BANGKOK WITH A SPECIAL BUSINESS LUNCH OR DINNER AT KISSO JAPANESE RESTAURANT
Kisso Japanese Restaurant, located on the 8th floor of The Westin Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok is the perfect place to host group events, whether lunch or dinner.
Corporate gatherings in Bangkok involving up to 110 colleagues, customers and associates can be accommodated in private dining rooms that ideally anchor any meeting, corporate entertainment, or networking event.
Making the most of authentically modern Japanese dining rooms backed by full equipment and amenities, business meetings and parties all go smoothly and memorably.
Meanwhile, the main dining area has seating for 58 guests who can choose to sit at western style tables or at the sushi bar (12 seats) where they can watch the chef making sushi and cooking on the charcoal grill.
Kisso's four private dining rooms ideal for business lunch/dinner, are namely:
- Sakura with western style for 10 diners
- Momo with western style for 10 diners
- Ume with tatami style seating for 10 diners
- Hagi with tatami style seating for 10 diners
Better yet, Ume and Hagi can be connected for a total of 22 diners. For scaled business meetings, four Botan meeting rooms (Botan 1-4) provide seating for a maximum of 60 guests.
Indeed, renowned for its complex Japanese flavors and captivating décor, the multi-award-wining Kisso is a favorite among Bangkok's Japanese expatriate community and all who appreciate the work of skilled chefs preparing well-considered menus.
Guests return year after year expecting outstanding dishes that keep to Japan's refined culinary traditions. To that assurance, Kisso adds distinctive twists such as menus focusing on seasonal variations in accord with the Japanese culinary calendar, with every dish based on availability of ingredients imported fresh from Japan.
Authentic yet inventive, Kisso Japanese Restaurant invites diners to relish the complex flavors of Japan and explore its true taste.
Meanwhile, the restaurant's modern Zen-like interior offers a contemporary play on the classic Japanese "wabi-sabi" style, an aesthetic design school with Buddhist roots centered on a world view that embraces transience and imperfection.
Noticeable characteristics exemplified at Kisso include asymmetry, roughness, simplicity, economy, austerity, modesty, intimacy, and appreciation of the ingenuous integrity of natural objects and processes. Decorative elements make for a delightfully congenial setting: rustic wood doors suggest Japanese temple entrances, rows of earthenware pots rise high above wood flooring, and colorful sliding panels create separate spaces without cutting diners off from the larger mood of the room.
Subdued colors for furnishings and fabrics provide counterpoint to bold wall patterns, vivid floor coverings and gleaming metal accents. A lively open-kitchen layout featuring a sushi bar and Japanese charcoal grill adds a final touch.
Fortunately, having Kisso in Bangkok means those who know fine Japanese cuisine need not actually travel to the Land of the Rising Sun - the country's sophisticated food culture is found right here in all its intricate flavors and precise preparations.
SAKE, WINE OR SCOTCH? WHEN IN BANGKOK DINE AT KISSO JAPANESE RESTAURANT AND LET YOUR DISHES DECIDE
Kisso Japanese Restaurant welcomes guests with a decorative wall of sake pots beneath warm golden lighting. It goes without saying therefore that it is something of a specialist in the Japanese art of sake.
However, Kisso also recognizes that its fine Japanese cuisine lends itself to the pleasures of a miscellany of beverages, from wines to teas and whiskeys.
In fact, its extensive wine & spirits menu covers most bases. Such a large selection is necessary to compliment the complex flavors and textures of the food. The menu is also clearly worded to help you find the best sake or wine to pair with each dish.
There are five classic cocktails and five mocktails. Sake comes by the carafe and bottle. Not counting Sake Liqueur, there are fourteen of them. Tasting notes will direct you to your preference as surely as the prices which range from modest to moderately extravagant. Will you go for the clear, smooth and light sharpness of Masumi Junmai Daiginjo Karakuchi (Nagano) or soft complexity etched with cherries and red grapes of Born Nihon No Tsubasa Wing of Japan Junmai Daiginjo (Fukui)? Consultation with the knowledgeable staff should help you identify the right choice for you.
Or do you prefer Schochu, whether sweet potato or barley variety? The wine lists is just as extensive, divided into sparkling, white and red selections. Good wines come at reasonable prices, a William Fevre Petit Chablis with a complex bouquet, blending fruity, floral and spicy notes with a substantial mineral touch, for a white wine or say Sunrise Merlot, Concha Y Torro red from Chile?
Whisky comes in many varieties also, starting at the top with Japanese Taketsuru Pure Malt. Outstanding Scotch and Irish whiskeys figure and there are no fewer than eight single malts, from Glenlivet 21 years to Rock Oyster Blended Malt.
Bourbon and Rye, too, and all the usual, gin, rum, vodka, tequila, aperitifs, cognac. Even Pisco, eaux de vie, and liqueurs.
Beers range draught Asahi to Sapporo Corona among others.
Prefer something softer? Not an issue. There are freshly squeezed juices and soft drinks, mineral water and coffee and tea.
It is worth referring to the 2-hour beverage packages with optional additional hours. The range-topping Package offers Asahi draught, Shochu sweet potato, akakirishima, Chivas regal, signature white wine and red wine, soft drinks and fruit juice altogether.
Throughout the year, Kisso celebrates its close affinity with occasional Sake Dinners pairing the finest and rarest examples with the cuisine they inspire in the restaurant's extraordinary chefs. Usually such occasions will be joined by a representative of the sake producer, whether a family member or other recognized expert. As guests settle in to eat and imbibe, the expert will layout the backstory, answer questions and explain how best to enjoy the remarkable affinity sake has with the country's cuisine.
Kisso is thus a firm favorite among Bangkok's Japanese expatriate community and all who appreciate the work of skilled chefs preparing well-considered menus accompanied with appropriate beverages.
With its accent on authenticity the pleasure is all the greater bringing together both the food and drink of Japan.
Kisso's strikingly contemporary interior is balanced with warm and cozy elements such as rows of earthenware pots rising high above wood flooring. An open kitchen design contributes to a lively yet discreet atmosphere. There's a buzz, but an always finely calibrated one that resonates in the main dining area, around Kisso's sushi bar and in its private tatami rooms featuring ikebana floral arrangements that accentuate the enjoyment of every dining opportunity.
Thus those who know and love fine Japanese cuisine and beverages need not actually travel to the Land of the Rising Sun - the country's sophisticated food and drink culture is found right here in all its intricate flavors and precise preparations.
However, Kisso also recognizes that its fine Japanese cuisine lends itself to the pleasures of a miscellany of beverages, from wines to teas and whiskeys.
In fact, its extensive wine & spirits menu covers most bases. Such a large selection is necessary to compliment the complex flavors and textures of the food. The menu is also clearly worded to help you find the best sake or wine to pair with each dish.
There are five classic cocktails and five mocktails. Sake comes by the carafe and bottle. Not counting Sake Liqueur, there are fourteen of them. Tasting notes will direct you to your preference as surely as the prices which range from modest to moderately extravagant. Will you go for the clear, smooth and light sharpness of Masumi Junmai Daiginjo Karakuchi (Nagano) or soft complexity etched with cherries and red grapes of Born Nihon No Tsubasa Wing of Japan Junmai Daiginjo (Fukui)? Consultation with the knowledgeable staff should help you identify the right choice for you.
Or do you prefer Schochu, whether sweet potato or barley variety? The wine lists is just as extensive, divided into sparkling, white and red selections. Good wines come at reasonable prices, a William Fevre Petit Chablis with a complex bouquet, blending fruity, floral and spicy notes with a substantial mineral touch, for a white wine or say Sunrise Merlot, Concha Y Torro red from Chile?
Whisky comes in many varieties also, starting at the top with Japanese Taketsuru Pure Malt. Outstanding Scotch and Irish whiskeys figure and there are no fewer than eight single malts, from Glenlivet 21 years to Rock Oyster Blended Malt.
Bourbon and Rye, too, and all the usual, gin, rum, vodka, tequila, aperitifs, cognac. Even Pisco, eaux de vie, and liqueurs.
Beers range draught Asahi to Sapporo Corona among others.
Prefer something softer? Not an issue. There are freshly squeezed juices and soft drinks, mineral water and coffee and tea.
It is worth referring to the 2-hour beverage packages with optional additional hours. The range-topping Package offers Asahi draught, Shochu sweet potato, akakirishima, Chivas regal, signature white wine and red wine, soft drinks and fruit juice altogether.
Throughout the year, Kisso celebrates its close affinity with occasional Sake Dinners pairing the finest and rarest examples with the cuisine they inspire in the restaurant's extraordinary chefs. Usually such occasions will be joined by a representative of the sake producer, whether a family member or other recognized expert. As guests settle in to eat and imbibe, the expert will layout the backstory, answer questions and explain how best to enjoy the remarkable affinity sake has with the country's cuisine.
Kisso is thus a firm favorite among Bangkok's Japanese expatriate community and all who appreciate the work of skilled chefs preparing well-considered menus accompanied with appropriate beverages.
With its accent on authenticity the pleasure is all the greater bringing together both the food and drink of Japan.
Kisso's strikingly contemporary interior is balanced with warm and cozy elements such as rows of earthenware pots rising high above wood flooring. An open kitchen design contributes to a lively yet discreet atmosphere. There's a buzz, but an always finely calibrated one that resonates in the main dining area, around Kisso's sushi bar and in its private tatami rooms featuring ikebana floral arrangements that accentuate the enjoyment of every dining opportunity.
Thus those who know and love fine Japanese cuisine and beverages need not actually travel to the Land of the Rising Sun - the country's sophisticated food and drink culture is found right here in all its intricate flavors and precise preparations.