在KUROGI尚未登陆Shanghai前，Sora cicada kaiseki cuisine一直是享誉Shanghai滩的高级日料场所，来客非富即贵。各类生活美食类媒体都纷纷将奖杯颁给它，尤其在2013-2015年间，Sora cicada kaiseki cuisine曾获得过“尚流TATLER”北京Shanghai50佳餐厅之“最奢华餐厅”；“TARGET”目标之选最佳餐厅；“周末画报”最佳餐厅Shanghai站之“最佳亚洲菜”；“高峰傲·极品荟萃”“最佳餐厅”；“漫旅生活”&“橄榄餐厅评论”年度“最佳亚洲料理餐厅”等等奖项。
The main dish of the cicada is kaiseki, which roughly includes eight to ten dishes, such as xiangfu, boiled, roasted, pre-bowl, suction, eight inches, soup buckets, and confectionery. The focus of traditional kaiseki cuisine is on drinking tea, so the dishes are presented to compliment the flavor of the last cup of matcha. The process of empty cicada kaiseki is relatively traditional, and a cup of freshly made matcha is served at the end of the meal, this pure matcha has no sweetness, and can even be a little bitter, and it tastes great with dessert. In Japanese, "kaiseki" is pronounced the same as "kaiseki cuisine", and even the Japanese themselves are often confused. Unlike kaiseki cuisine, which focuses on drinking tea, kaiseki focuses on sake, and the dishes are more hearty than kaiseki. Eating kaiseki is more about the state of mind, and it's no wonder that some diners complain that the kaiseki dishes of the empty cicada are difficult to fill. In addition, the evaluation of the empty cicada is not as good as before, which also makes Japanese food lovers sigh.
Kaiseki itself is a high-priced Japanese food, and the cost of a kaiseki meal at Sora Cicada is naturally not low. The ingredients are delivered directly from Japan on the same day, and the ingredients are top-notch, and the water used in the store is also natural water from Mt. Suzuka, Japan. Therefore, if you want to experience a kaiseki meal at Sora Cicada, you need to make a reservation two days in advance and pay a deposit. The empty cicada's dinner is currently 1888 yuan, 2888 yuan and 3888 yuan.
In terms of the dining environment, the empty cicada has also done a lot of work. The restaurant is designed by the well-known Japanese designer Hiro Ogawa, who concentrates traditional Japanese elements in it, making the restaurant feel like Kyoto. The dining table used in the store is a handmade solid wood table, which is not fixed with a single screw; The Tang paper on the wall is also handmade. In addition, the utensils used by the empty cicada were custom-made by the artist Zhao Chun, and the value of 20 sets of out-of-print utensils is as high as 1 million yuan.
Located on the third floor of Yifeng Plaza on the Bund, Empty Cicada Kaiseki is located in a prime location on the Bund in Shanghai, across the road from the famous Peninsula Hotel. Yifeng Plaza on the Bund, where the cicada is located, is invested and constructed by Shanghai Bund Investment Group, integrating boutique department stores, catering, leisure and entertainment, and is a high-end shopping center in Bundyuan.
