fusion dining Kiribar — Restaurant in Naha

I came here for lunch after seeing the high star ratings (4.4) and left rather disappointed. My "fusion" meal consisted of a single strip of thick smoked pork (bacon) over a thin bed of salad greens over rice topped with salsa from a jar or can, plus a poached egg. The bacon strip was tender and delicious, but I ran out halfway through the rice, so half of my meal was plain rice with a smattering of salad greens and canned salsa.

The pineapple beer from Taiwan was pretty good. Just a few days earlier, I happened to have tried the mango beer at a delicious Taiwanese noodle restaurant in Busan (Michelin Bib Gourmand), so I knew what to expect.

The dessert was a type of flan (maybe hazelnut) with crispy caramelized sugar on top. That was pretty tasty, though not particularly special.

The meal would have been worth it had there been two or three strips of bacon, but given the amount served I don't think I will be...

Everything about this restaurant screams sincerity. The chef prepared all our dishes individually and while that resulted in the meal being longer than expected, I could feel the thought put into every dish. It was a perfect, harmonious blend of Okinawan flavours and ingredients, but with Western cooking techniques. I thoroughly enjoyed my dinner :-) (There was a bit of a language barrier since I don’t speak Japanese, but I’m sure a combination of menu-pointing and charades will...

Creative ideas of a fusion cuisine using local food, delicately prepared. Chinese leek genovese, as well as tomato and avocado topped with a sauce using local salt-seasoned fish, locally caught tuna eye ball and surrounding meat cooked with red wine...