Tale of the Tape: Zama
Posted by Foobooz on December 21st, 2009
Chef Hiroyuki “Zama” Tanaka has opened Zama, an authentic Japanese restaurant just steps from Rittenhouse Square.
The Chef
- Hiroyuk Tanaka
- Experience at:
- POD
- Morimoto
- Genji
- Ritz Carlton
- Experience at:
The Space
- Design by Jun Aizaki of Creme Design Collective
- Creme Design Collective has also designed Amada and Distrito
- 80 seats
- Slats! Lots and lots of light-colored maple wooden slats frame the walls
- 8-person sushi bar
- paper mâché fish shaped light fixture
The Food
- Minimalistic menu with rotating seasonal ingredients
- Seasonal seafood entrees
- More than 30 a la carte sashimi
- Maki rolls
- Vegetable offerings
- Sushi offerings will range form $2 to $45 for the Toro sampler
- Specialty Roll Highlights:
- Lob-Temp, tempura lobster with uni sauce and teriyaki-truffle
- Hama-peno Mango, yellowtail with jalapeno and chili-mango
- Bullish!!!, seared Kobe beef on top of sesame-soy wrapped sushi rice with spicy ponzu
- Sizzled White Fish, striped bass with citrus-soy and finished with hot sesame oil
- Menu Highlights
- Akadashi Soup with tofu and scallion
- Salmon Skin Salad with mixed greens, kawarie sprouts and sesame onion dressing
- Genmai Vegetable Spring rolls with spinach, wood ear mushroom and pickled vegetable wrapped with brown rice paper
- Zama House Tofu, cooked tableside with choice of two sauces
- Kirin Ichiban Braised Short Ribs served with sautéed udon noodles
- Yuzu Pepper Chicken, oven roasted free-range chicken with grilled maitake and Tokyo scallions
- Black Cod Misoyaki with pickled root vegetables
- Menu items range in price from $5 to $28
The Drink
- Extensive sake selection
- Exclusive Coedo beer:
- Dark
- Wheat
- Sweet Potato
- Calpis, a Japanese soft drink described by Meal Ticket as “sweet, mineralistic milk.”
- Sake Punch, Nigori, black cherry vodka, raspberry puree, mango juice, lime juice and garnished with dragon fruit
Zama
128 S 19th St, Philadelphia, PA
215-568-1027
Read More On Zama
Veg Out: Zama [Living on the Vedge]
Blasted from the Past [Daily Candy]
What to Eat at Zama [Grub Street]
Zama in Pictures [Meal Ticket]
128 S 19th St, Philadelphia, PA
Related Tags: Center-City-West, Japanese, Rittenhouse-Square, Sushi, Zama
