zen satori

zen satori is a restaurant with an integrated chef school. star chefs such as terry tan offer far eastern cookery courses for beginners and advanced cooks, in the kitchen  above the restaurant. on each two hour course you get to make four dishes. teachers demonstrate delicacies from thailand, malaysia, india, indonesia, china and vietnam. the students are encouraged to ask questions and taste courses. apart from regular stir fry's you also get an insight into historical asian lifestyle. in asia knives are regarded as barbaric, which is why people there use chopsticks as the table. the secret  of far east cuisine is the balance of yin and yang. every dish consists of a mixture of either sweet, sour, bitter, salty, spicy or mild. the restaurant on the ground floor serves asian food which is prepared by young student chefs from all over the world. lunch is reasonably priced and tastes good. zen satori courses run monday to thursday 18.00-20.00. the zen satori restaurant opens tuesday to friday from 11.00-23.00, saturdays from 18.00-24.00.

zen satori
40 hoxton street
london n1
tube station old street

                                       

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