Lanshan is one of the more orthodox high-end Japanese restaurants in Guangzhou, which opened at the end of 2016. Arashiyama is careful enough to popularize Japanese food, and if you want to experience traditional Japanese food in Guangzhou, you might as well start with Arashiyama.
Arashiyama is willing to popularize the knowledge of Japanese food, and if you want to refresh your understanding of Japanese food, Arashiyama is worth recommending. There are many misconceptions about Japanese food, such as sashimi is salmon, soy sauce is only soy sauce, and wasabi is dissolved in soy sauce and dipped in sashimi. These misconceptions will be answered one by one when you come to Arashiyama: salmon is only a very small type of sashimi, and salmon is relatively inexpensive, so it is not a high-end ingredient; Different sauces are used with different foods, not only soy sauce, but also salt can be a great seasoning for sashimi. Wasabi is eaten in a more orthodox way to spread it on the sashimi and then dip it in soy sauce.
Arashiyama's Omakase course is highly regarded. The best thing about Omakase is that diners don't know what they're going to eat until the dish is served. Omakase demands a chef based on the freshness of the ingredients, culinary creativity, and plating design, and the Japanese chef at Arashiyama is from Hong Kong and has a wealth of experience in Japanese cooking, so you can rest assured that your taste buds will be in his hands. Of course, if you have a special preference or aversion to certain foods, it's best to bring them up at the time of booking. Arashiyama also offers set meals for lunch, and although the selection and freshness of ingredients are not as high-end and hearty as dinner, the prices are relatively affordable and quite popular.
Lanshan's drinks are relatively complete in Guangzhou. Among them, sake contains different brewing grades, and the choice is diverse, and it is rich and frugal. Sweeter fruit wines are in line with the preferences of female customers, with plum and yuzu being the most popular. Good sake goes well with a glass, so the Arashiyama store offers a variety of Japanese sake glasses, such as Tsugaru Glass, Ishizuka Glass, and more.
The Lanshan store is located in the Xinghui Yunjin Community of Zhujiang New Town, and the store location is relatively hidden, which is in line with the "low-key" characteristics of high-end Japanese food. The restaurant environment is Japanese, with a large number of log elements, and the sushi bar is made of teak and all solid wood, which is very conspicuous in the restaurant; Japanese tableware such as Kiyomizu-yaki and Arita ware purchased from Japan are enough to show the care of the details.