Menu to Taste

Kenya

Japanese/Kaiseki · Kyoto · Michelin One Star · Chef Kenno Sakai

Awarded one Michelin star, Kenya in Kyoto is led by chef Kenya Sakai, who crafts modern Japanese cuisine with Chinese and Western influences. The menu features creative dishes such as a playful take on penne pasta made from hollowed-out burdock root served with tomato sauce.

28-22 Okazaki Tokusei-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8351 (near Heian Shrine, Okazaki area), Kyoto

  • Michelin 2025

Menu

Dishes

  • Clay pot rice (Kamado-gohan)
  • shoulder loin char siu grilled over charcoal
  • Hassun platter (abalone, sweetfish, seasonal vegetables)
  • Pre-meal freshly cooked rice & pickles
  • sashimi of Akashi sea bream
  • Sweet sea bream with matsutake mushroom soup
  • Fried Spanish mackerel
  • chilled udon
  • Oyakodon variations (salmon roe, char siu)
  • Heshiko chazuke

Tasting Menu

  • Omakase Course (22000)
  • Omakase Kaiseki Course — Contemporary kaiseki with seasonal ingredients and modern interpretation. Blends Japanese, Chinese, and international influences. Music curated to match each dish. Menu changes daily per chef's selection.

Wines

  • Aomori Sake Selection — Regional sake from chef's hometown of Aomori.

The Experience

An intimate room built around the chef's counter. The meal is structured around a tasting menu.

Phone: +81-75-468-9944

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