With outdoor tables and modern environment that won beautiful paintings on the walls, the noma sushi left the Gardens and chose the imposing Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Lima to reopen its doors in the capital of São Paulo.
In a three-story house, with outdoor tables on a pleasant veranda, walls with beautiful modern paintings, a rooftop with a glass dome that can be closed for private events and a service that does not stop between lunch and dinner the house quickly conquered the public in the region and, at lunchtime, the tables are already full.
The menu was created with four hands by the executive chef Rafael Portes responsible for all operations at the Noma Group, and chef Fernando Nagao, with stints at Osaka Nikkei and Tatá Sushi, among other renowned establishments.
An extensive and well-executed menu, with items to really please everyone, is available in this house that has classics and good reinterpretations and inventions of the Japanese food .
At lunch, during the week, it offers a hearty executive menu (R$92) with a starter (salmon/tuna tartar; salmon/white fish carpaccio; batter; temaki; kinomo; or nasu in miso), a main course (mixed sashimi with 8 pieces; sashimi and sushi combo with 14 units); meat or mixed yakisoba; beef shogayaki; or Bimbibap; and dessert that can be ice cream or fruit of the day.
There are also two other bento options for R$95 with a starter and main course, which can be hot or a selection of sushi or R$135 with a starter, main course and dessert.
In the à la carte options, the starters are already a temptation, such as the tasty corn tempura (R$ 34); confit duck gyoza with caramelized onion and aji amarillo cream (R$48 – with four units); eggplant in miso (R$38); the wagyu taco (R$56); or the classic tuna tataki with beautiful slices of tuna seared with ponzudashi sauce, neguishoga and ground sesame seeds (R$46).
The pairs of salmon belly niguiris with crispy scallops created on the island of Florianópolis (R$ 52), sealed in truffled butter with fleur de sel, compete with orders such as tuna in different textures served with shari, nori seaweed, massago roe , crispy tempura and kewpie sauce and the Wagyu Gold (R$54); eel sushi marinated in lychee tarê (R$88); prawn shrimp marinated in lemon with massago roe and fleur de sel (R$92); or even the always comforting joy of salmon with quail egg that may or may not have truffled parsley (R$29).
Among the rolls, there are the simple and always welcome salmon, tuna or cucumber hossomaki (R$ 35 with 8 units); salmon hot roll with cream cheese, tarê, chives and sesame seeds (R$36); and tuna batter (R$46) to the special lobster uramaki with spicy sauce, salmon, iceberg lettuce, tempura crispy, massago roe and chives (R$66); volcano roll with salmon, avocado and shrimp cream, scallop, kani, kewpie and massago roe (R$48); and eel uramaki with avocado, shrimp in tempura and lychee sauce (R$88).
There are even house combos, such as sashimi and sushi with 12 pieces of salmon, tuna and white fish of the day (R$ 124); a special combination of vegan sushi with 12 pieces (R$ 72); and the kids selection with 18 mini pieces (R$ 62).
Bluefin tuna lovers get a section of the menu just for him, as every delicacy has its highest price, such as a unit of Chutoro (R$ 52), Kama Toro (R$ 68) and Otoro (R$ 58). Worth every bite!
Noma Sushi is part of the Noma Group, headquartered in Florianópolis (SC) and headed by the young Ivo Pires. The group already brings together 16 brands (Amalfi Cozinha do Mar, Beleza Bar, Bem Brazza, Café Quintal, Più Bello Galeteria, Fazendinha, James Pizza, Kiki Saudável, Let’s Burger, Lulu Marché, Noma Sushi, Noma Brava, Noma São Paulo, Olivia Cucina, Pargus Floripa and Tropikkal), in 22 operations, which are divided between the capital of Santa Catarina, Praia Brava, in Itajaí, and São Paulo.
Noma Sushi Sao Paulo : Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 3400, Itaim, São Paulo – SP / Soft opening hours: Monday to Saturday, from 12:00 to 23:30 / Reservations via website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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