This dining experience is both educational and delicious. It not only talks about improving the world but actually does so. As sushi – especially outside of Japan – tend to be highly damaging to the environemnt (and sometimes even health of the diners), the famous Japanese fare had to be re-invented. POST THEATER teamed up with chef Uli Krauss who is an expert in experimental cuisine and curator for art that relates to culinary experiences.
nekkko is a mobile restaurant for sushi made from regionally and seasonally sourced ingredients. 12 new recipes – from carrot saffron maki to deer nigiri with cranberries – all combine the best of a far-Eastern idea and ingredients from as close as possible, mainly Brandenburg. Food, sophisticated design and improving the world can actually fit together. nekkko not only pleases the taste buds, it inspires all senses and the mind. All takes places in a fun environment: a Kaiten-style setting (“kaiten” is Japanese for conveyer belt sushi): Up to 32 persons sit around a table installation. The sushi swim on rafts in no particular order, and always mixed. Diners have to choose what they would like to “hunt” off the water way or engage in conversation with the thematically and culinarily skilled staff. Dining time and number of guests can be adjusted to context or occasion.
nekkko at Zagreus Projekt
Tomato Nigiri with tomatoes marinated in Maldon sea salt, peffer, olive oil, soy sauce and rucolla pesto
Deer Nigiri with pink medium rare deer with cranberries, Mirin and Horseradish
Beef Tar Tar Gunkan Maki with beef tartar with caper, anchovy, chive, mustard
Carrot Mouse Gunkan Maki with arrot, creme fraische, safran, ginger, lime and honey
Pike-Perch Nibiri with pike-perch, lemon juice, rapeseed oil and Maldon salt
Home-smoked Trout Nigiri with Dashi, browned butter and Horseradish
Cucumber Maki with think cucumber marinated in salt in dashi, rice vinega, chilli and coriander
Kohlrabi Maki with shio combu, and dashi
Eel maki with smoked eel, soy sauce, honey and punmpik seed oil
nekkko at Zagreus Projekt
Nekkko
nekkko at Zagreus Projekt
nekkko at Zagreus Projekt
nekkko at Zagreus Projekt
nekkko at Zagreus Projekt
Nekkko at HKV
Nekkko at HKV
Nekkko Workshop for children at Radial System
Nekkko Workshop for children at Radial System
Nekkko at Radial System
Nekkko at Radial System
Nekkko at Radial System
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nekkko at Zagreus Projekt
nekkko at Zagreus Projekt
nekkko at Zagreus Projekt
nekkko at Zagreus Projekt
nekkko at Zagreus Projekt
nekkko at Zagreus Projekt
Tomato Nigiri with tomatoes marinated in Maldon sea salt, peffer, olive oil, soy sauce and rucolla pesto
Nekko Menu
Serving dish image for Deer Nigiri
Serving dish image for Herring Nigiri
Serving dish image for Trout Nigiri
Serving dish image for cucumber roll
Serving dish image for Red beet nigiri
Serving dish image for Pike Perch Nigiri
Premiere and Touring
Premiere: Haus der Kulturen der Welt September 2012
Touring: Berlin: Markthalle IX Radialsystem V within Asia Pacific Weeks, Zagreus Projekt
Hamburg: Körber Foundation
Can the guests learn how to make sustainable sushi?
Yes, as nekkko is also a mobile cooking school. One can book a workshop for 10 to 20 persons (adults or alternatively children from 8 years old). The workshop can be designed to be 1, 2 or 3 hours long. At the end of the workshop the sushi made in the workshop can be shared with family members or friends.
Credits
Artistic directors: Hiroko Tanahashi, Max Schumacher Architecture of the installation: Christian Fuchs / ONarchitektur Culinary advisor: Ulrich Krauss Production manager: Mario Stumpfe
Funded by the Bundeskulturstiftung’s “ÜberLEBENskunst Festival”. Supported by Zagreus Projekt Berlin.