Bati Bleki

Chef Toshiro will be preparing an 8-course tasting menu at Sushi-Ya restaurant, Seaport Marketplace, on Thursday, December 17th and Friday December 18th from 6 to 11:30 p.m. The special menu features mussels in Peruvian lemon sauce, preserved Tuna in olive oil with Creole sauce, Ceviche Nikkei, fish baked in soy and ginger sauce, assorted maki rolls, and much more.

The Chef was invited by restaurateurs Sven & Daisy Ellerkamp on the occasion of Sushi-Ya’s tenth anniversary in Oranjestad. By creating an exciting special event Sven & Daisy would like to thank all their loyal customers for their patronage over the last decade.

“We are inviting sushi lovers to sample the chef’s exotic flavors,” says Sven, “we met Celebrity Chef Toshiro in Bogotá at a Gastronomic Fair where he was invited to prepare sushi exhibition style, and fell in love with his food.”

Chef Toshira will be presenting the special menu for two days, while also sharing all of his trade secrets with the local Sushi-Ya kitchen crew.

On Saturday Sushi-Ya will be hosting a Client Appreciation party. “The regulars,” says Sven, “are invited for a toast and a taste of the chef’s creations on the occasion of the restaurant’s 10th anniversary. We will also be introducing a number of different Sakes, imported in addition to the ten kinds already posted on the menu.”

Chef Toshiro recounts that he arrived in Peru in ’74 to help a colleague, the now-famous Nobu, with Matsuei, a Japanese restaurant project.  Initially, he planned to stay in that country for three years, but the great variety and quality of ingredients found in Peru, and the staff he already trained, made him wish to stay longer.

Chef Toshiro was raised on traditional Japanese culinary principles, as fourth generation chef in a dynasty dedicated to Kaiseki, the Japanese equivalent of French Haute Cuisine. However, in his contemporary style, he now blends the best of both worlds – extraordinary Peruvian ingredients, and complex Japanese preparations.

Chef Toshiro is a frequent guest at international gastronomical conferences in Spain, Italy, Venezuela, and other countries, and he regularly consults on exclusive restaurants, offering Japanese-Peruvian cuisine. Toshiro was a professor at the St. Ignatius of Loyola University, he is the author of several books, and has been a frequent guest on international television shows.

Catch him cooking at Sushi-Ya this weekend.