Important Promotions within the Yamazato Restaurant's Management

Monday, 01 March 2010

Akira Oshima will become Advisor & Honorary Executive Chef
Masanori Tomikawa, Chef de Cuisine of the Yamazato Restaurant, will become Executive Chef & Manager of the Japanese Restaurants
Mr Nagai and Mr Yamaga will be made Chef de Cuisine and Sous-Chef, respectively

 

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Hotel Okura Amsterdam Renovates Smaller Meeting Rooms

Wednesday, 28 October 2009

Rooms are decorated with artistic Japanese pottery
Amsterdam, October 2009 - Hotel Okura Amsterdam has just finished renovating its Meerman, Sperwer and Otter/Esperance meeting rooms. The Sperwer Room has been converted into a board room. The Meerman Rooms and the Otter/Esperance Rooms were also made over completely. To celebrate the completion of the renovations, the hotel will be offering a free round of aperitifs with every booking of the Otter/Esperance Room for a party until January 31, 2010.

 

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Traditional Japanese 3-star Chef from Tokyo Visits Yamazato

Tuesday, 13 October 2009

For two weeks only the specialties of another Michelin-star-awarded traditional Japanese restaurant can be savoured in The Netherlands.

From November 2 through November 15, Hotel Okura Amsterdam's one-star traditional Japanese restaurant Yamazato will be organising the culinary event ‘Tokyo Fair 2009'. During this period Hiroyuki Kanda, Executive Chef & Owner of Tokyo's famous Kanda Restaurant, will be our guest for a few days. Hiroyuki Kanda's restaurant ‘Kanda' has been awarded three Michelin stars in recognition of his exceptional cuisine. Like the Okura's Yamazato Restaurant, the Kanda Restaurant also presents traditional Japanese kaiseki cuisine - the authentic haute cuisine of Japan. This is the first time that a three-star Japanese Chef visits the Netherlands.

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