Chef Hidemaro Hodaka joins InterContinental Jakarta Pondok Indah as Japanese Chef of Shio Teppanyaki, the hotel’s signature Japanese restaurant. Hodaka-san’s half a century of experience cooking at authentic Japanese kitchens, the master, is more focused on staying faithful to the traditional teppanyaki cooking techniques that began to develop in rural Japan more than 200 years ago. “My teppanyaki style will have no performance. It’s the Japanese-style teppanyaki which focuses more on the authenticity of taste,” explained the seasoned chef.
Hodaka-san began his restaurant apprenticeship in 1971, when he joined a popular restaurant at the time. In 1974, he joined Itsuki Restaurant in Tokyo where he first began his apprenticeship and got to learn more about the world of teppanyaki. Hodaka-san came to Jakarta in 1979 and began a long and fruitful career at various Japanese restaurants focusing on his love for teppanyaki.
Hodaka-san is adamant that he will only let the freshest produce and ingredients touch his teppan grill. Hodaka-san and the Hotel’s culinary team will endeavour to give an outstanding teppanyaki experience for their guests. Hodaka-san’s repertoire of signature teppanyaki dishes include a bespoke teppanyaki omakase, a multi-course meal featuring the freshest ingredients of the day. The omakase will be accompanied by Chef Hodaka’s special homemade teppanyaki sauce which is carefully formulated by the chef himself. Hodaka-san is also a master of another Nagano prefecture culinary specialty, soba. Hodaka-san presents Zaru Soba with Mushroom Tempura and Gyu Niku Soba made with Australian beef, all of which are not to be missed when visiting Shio Restaurant.
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