A premium YAKIZAKANA-style seafood grill experience worth checking in for 😮💨✨🔥 KAYAKI's newest branch just opened in the heart of the city at EmQuartier, with an exclusive "Toyosu" set — 6 bites for 1,390 baht, inspired by Tokyo's Toyosu fish market 🐟🇯🇵, Japan's top-tier ingredient market. Every bite is premium-selected by the chef and barely cooked, so the freshness of the ingredients does all the talking. Here's how good each bite really is 👇💕
🐚✨ Live Hokkigai (surf clam) — a fancy opener, flown straight in fresh from Japan ✈️. Grilled quickly over low heat, it's naturally sweet and bouncy, served with scallions sautéed in sesame oil for a fragrant finish. Love at first bite 💗 (the set usually opens with oyster — upgrading to hokkigai is just 90 baht extra, though today we got to try both).
🦪💛 Oyster — a huge Japanese oyster, so creamy it needs a moment of appreciation 😮💨. Aburi-grilled to char the outside for a smoky aroma that fills the table 🔥, while the inside stays juicy and sweet. Dipped in the house ponzu made just for the oyster — the gentle acidity cuts through perfectly.
🍣🧡 Chutoro Leek — a step up in richness done tastefully; the chutoro's marbled fat melts on the tongue 🤤, with fresh sliced scallion tucked into the bite for a light vegetal lift 🌿 that keeps it from feeling too heavy.
🐟🤍 Sawara (Japanese Spanish mackerel) — a clean break from the richness. This white fish is silky and clean-tasting, served with grated daikon, ginger and soy — a refreshing palate reset 💦 that gets you ready for the next bite.
🤍✨ Abura Bouzu ("White Otoro") — this one deserves to make EmQuartier gasp 😭✨. A rare deep-sea fish flown in from the North Pacific 🌊, related to gindara (sablefish), with white flesh so marbled it rivals otoro but without any fishiness — hence the nickname "White Otoro" 👑 among foodies. The highlight: the chef grills the skin until crisp 🔥, so the first bite is crunchy before the inside melts in your mouth. Served with wasabi and lime 🍋.
🦐❤️ Aka Ebi — a change of pace with Argentine red shrimp, sweet, juicy and springy, served with wasabi and lime 🍋. The sweetness really pops here — a fresh, easygoing interlude in the meal 😎.
🥚💛 Otoro Suki — the grand finale, and the richest bite of them all! Otoro from the fattiest belly cut of the tuna, served with raw egg and sukiyaki sauce 🍳 — well-rounded, intense and silky, a fitting way to close out a meal this good.
🍚✨ Toro Bomb (the must-add-on) — worth ordering as an extra! Topped with sweet, creamy uni 🧡, followed by popping fish roe, and the star of the show — toro (tuna belly) grilled almost to a char to lock in the aroma 🔥. Served over the restaurant's special rice; mix it all together and it's pure umami overload 😋. Do not skip this add-on.
🍧 Finish with a yuzu or green tea granita. Easy to reach right by the BTS 🚝, with Family Table and Couple Table seating in a chic Japanese contemporary setting 🕯️. Don't feel like going out? KAYAKI Delivery brings the fine-dining experience straight to your door 🚗✨.
