Akira PH

AKIRA: THE ART OF SUSHI AND TEPPANYAKI

Akira is a teppanyaki restaurant, a few of its kind which concept has been introduced recently in the industry, particularly hotels, but now invading the malls in the metro. It opened last March 15, 2013 at the 5th Level of East Wing, Shangri-la Plaza.

The restaurant is inspired by the fictional story of Akira, the legendary Teppanyaki Chef of Japan who trained and fought the fire god Kagutsuchi to save Sayuri, his beloved. Here we feature the art of teppanyaki, a style of Japanese cuisine that uses an iron griddle to cook food. Likewise our chefs are trained to showcase their teppanyaki skills in front of their guests, not just to cook food but to entertain them as well.

The restaurant offers premium items such as U.S. Wagyu Rib-Eye and Japanese Wagyu, Kobe, and U.S. Tenderloin. Such items can be served a la carte, or better be included in the set completely served with chicken, shrimp, fried rice, miso soup, and vegetables. Guests also have an extensive variety to choose from, authentic dishes such as ramen, noodles, sushi, sashimi, tempura, tonkatsu, and bentos. Inventive maki/rolls are introduced, and so are Akira's very own selection of fruit shakes and beverages.

The post-modern classic design of the restaurant exhibits the neat unanimity of traditional and contemporary Japanese elements. These includes wooden tables and chairs with canvass prints of prominent Japanese icons, abstract tree branch design on the walls, bookshelves of hardbound classic novels and small figurines, and accents of mirrors, white pebbles, photos of sakura and Mt. Fuji projected in a frame, and the most attractive ones are the fixtures resembling as firework explosions. All the pieces forms the complete picture of the perfect teppanyaki restaurant an enthusiast would surely be comfortable and happy being at.