Gourmet #14: Ryotei 893 (a.k.a Japanese Mafia restaurant!) [Berlin, Germany]

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Ryotei 893 (a.k.a Japanese Mafia restaurant!) [Berlin, Germany]

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This place called 'Ryotei 893' is the Japanese restaurant, which I mentioned in my previous post. Now if you are a Japanese person, when you see the number, 893, it should instantly link in your head to a word.

Ya(8), ku(9), za(3)..... Yakuza!!!


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Basically, 893 means Yakuza (Japanese Mafia) in Japanese - what an interesting way of naming a restaurant... As predicted, this place is not run by Japanese people, but instead by a rather famous guy in the Berlin restaurant scene called Duc Ngo. He is a Vietnamese-born chef who successfuly runs multiple restaurants in Berlin. Berliners love his restaurants.

It was my first time to visit his 893 restaurant. When my friends and I got to the address, we were standing in front of this very dodgy-looking building totally covered in graffiti... yeah ... full of Berlin vibes... this can't be the cool restaurant everyone is talking about?

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By the way, if you zoom in this above picture, you see a guy looking at me taking a pic of this bizzare building, oh my gosh, he must be the famous chef Mr. Duc Ngo! lol

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Anyway, we walked into a lowly-lit room, and voila, inside there is lavish marble counter tops, an open kitchen and a bar! The chic interiors and the stylish atmosphere are completely opposite of that horrendous exterior.

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The food was absolutely impressive.

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You can get full of Berlin vibes in this restaurant. I would definitely recommend if you fancy Japanese food in a stereotypical Berlin setting. It should be a great idea for a first date also.

What do you think of the graffiti exterior? : )

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Oh! I can not believe it's not a Japanese owner.
Very naturally modern Japanese-style atmosphere dishes.

I heard that there are many enthusiastic fans of Takeshi Kitano in Europe,
So people knows about the 893?
Mr Duc Ngo is phenomenally a genius! I got it by this post.

You're right, it is very much like one of these modern Japanese stylish Izakaya style restaurants, which you can find thousands of them anywhere in Tokyo! But here in Europe, Japanese restaurants tend to be an old-school 'sushi bar' type, so this is an interesting one. Their Mentaiko Spagetti is so good!! ps. I should ask if German people know what 893 means : )

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