You might say that Chef 'Vijay' Vijayakant Shanmugam was fortunate. Waiting for him at the end of a nearly 30-hour flight was some serious jet lag — but also a world of cuisine that was bold, lively and deeply satisfying, the perfect antidote to any oncoming fatigue.
Indeed, a Nikkei restaurant isn’t the kind of place you go to for languid conversations punctuated by half-hearted bites of food. The sharp, punchy and wholesome flavours make you sit up, take notice, and inadvertently polish off everything that’s on your plate.
