Chef's Journey | An Evening with Chef Koyi at Salvaje

There's a word for what happens when Japanese heritage settles into Peruvian soil: Nikkei. It's not a technique, it's a lineage, born generations ago when Japanese families made Peru home and their cooking followed. Chef Koyi didn't have to invent that story. He was born into it, in Peru, to Japanese parents, at his grandmother's stove, where discipline and instinct were never separate lessons.

That's where tonight opens too. Nikkei ceviche, catch of the day meeting ponzu and tobiko, the same lineage on a plate. From there, the courses keep tracing his path outward: gyoza built the Peruvian way with chupe sauce, Australian wagyu folded into tacos, cod finished in miso, dessert closing on matcha or a Latin-style flan with yuzu foam. Four courses, one throughline.

When: Tuesday to Saturday | 6PM to 12AM
Experience: Four courses, one cocktail, one glass of wine for AED 280 per person excl taxes Offer: Add a glass of champagne for AED 120.

This is where his journey has led. Come taste it.