Introducing umeboshi 梅干し

Introducing the sour-salty flavour of umeboshi, pickled "ume", a fruit usually translated as "Japanese plum", though it's actually more related to an apricot.
We will present it in the form of umeboshi paste paired with udon noodles served with an umami-rich dashi broth, kamaboko and spring onion.

About the event

A secret multi-course Japanese dinner with the feeling of a trip to Tokyo and where sounds and images blur the line between real and unreal.

Reach our secret location, sit at the same table with some perfect strangers and be ready for new flavours, emotions and conversations in an informal and relaxed environment.

Feel free to bring your own drinks and talk with anyone, after all, it's not a restaurant.

About the menu

The dinner will start with a watercress salad with homemade sesame dressing. The creamy, sweet and nutty dressing is made by blending sesame seeds, rapeseed oil, rice vinegar, soy sauce and sugar.
The smokiness and umami of katsuobushi (bonito flakes) adds complexity to the dish.

The next course will be the square-shaped, incredibly silky and firm Sanuki udon served with an umami-rich dashi broth, kamaboko, spring onion and umeboshi & shiso paste.

The dinner will then continue with what is probably the most appreciated of our dishes: Scottish salmon marinated 24 hours in our homemade saikyo-miso, a marinade made of white miso, mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine) and sugar and then slow baked at low temperature for an incredibly tender and creamy texture.

The salmon will be served with our new Japanese short-grain rice, imported from Japan.
We cook it using imported rice cookers and use a low water-to-rice ratio to archive a firm texture.
We wash the rice 4 times to remove excess starch and let it stand in cold water for 60 minutes before cooking to let it absorb water while still raw, obtaining a more even firmness throughout the rice as result.

The last course will be a selection of Japanese sweets: matcha dorayaki (the Japanese interpretation of the pancake, filled with green tea powder custard), chocolate mochi (a thin layer of glutinous rice enclosing a chocolate ganache) and aka daifuku (a glutinous rice cake filled with anko, a sweet azuki bean paste)

Menu

Watercress salad with homemade sesame dressing

Udon noodles with kamaboko, spring onion and umeboshi

24H marinated saikyo-miso salmon

Japanese short-grain rice

Matcha dorayaki, chocolate mochi, aka daifuku

Dietary requirements
We cater for most allergies and dietary requirements,
please let us know your requirements on the booking form.

Drinks
The event is BYO, feel free to bring your favourite drink.

Location
Our current space is an art gallery in a newly refurbished Victorian warehouse in Hackney.

Time
The event starts at 7:00pm, with the dinner starting at 7:30pm.
We recommend arriving by 7:00pm to fully experience the event.

Tickets £29

www.monographlondon.com

What they say about us:

“This well-respected supperclub is back” - Time Out Magazine London

- Listed among London's best Pop Up restaurants for June-May-Apr-Feb 2015 and July-May 2014 by Thenudge.com

“A killer menu of unique and contemporary Japanese tasting dishes”
- Thenudge.com

- Listed among London's best Pop Up restaurants by House & Garden, June 2015

“Having opened in April 2014, the small Japanese pop-up has grown in popularity, not surprising as it serves some of the most authentic Japanese food in London”
- House & Garden

“The best salmon we have ever tasted - we definitely recommend to try this new Japanese dining experience in Shoreditch”

- Made in Shoreditch

“When Wagamamas landed on our restaurant landscape we finally thought that we knew what noodles were all about. But with the arrival of top-notch educators like Tonkotsu and Koya, a chilli chicken ramen in the Westfield Stratford feels less and less like the real deal. Shoreditch’s Monograph crew are now here to take our learnings up a notch”
- LeCool London

“Monograph is a boutique caterer in London, and one that knows how to entice with food concoctions. under the moniker of Japanese supper club”
- Superfuture.com

“@monographlondon Absolutely loved every moment of your grub club last Friday. It was great!”
- Olivia, Grubclub.com founder

“Each dish is accompanied by a short explanation about the food, and presented with immaculate care and attention to detail. We particularly liked the soy sauce served in individual little spray bottles, a simple way to ensure that the delicate flavours never became saturated by a spillage.
Though Monograph’s food is almost too lovely to eat, each dish will delight and inform. You will come away both thoroughly content and that little bit more knowledgeable to boot.”
- Culturewhisper.com