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| Chef Taku Sekine of Dersou, Paris, and his creations (Photo courtesy of Dersou) |
Maggie Joan's upcoming Kitchen Takeover will see chef Taku Sekine of Dersou, Paris, helming the kitchen of this hole-in-the-wall-restaurant on Gemmil Lane on 21st and 22nd April. An alum of Beige Alain Ducasse Tokyo, Alain Ducasse Au Palaza Athénée and Saturne, Sekine fields a daily-changing menu of French-Japanese cuisine using market fresh ingredients at Dersou, an eatery he created jointly with cocktail bartender, Amaury Guyot, in 2014 as a pioneer in cocktail and food pairing. The restaurant won Best New Opening of 2016 from Omnivore Food Festival and soon after, clinched the Best Restaurant of the Year from Le Fooding Guide. For his two-day Singapore kitchen takeover, Sekini will serve a four-course lunch and a six-course dinner featuring dishes like white asparagus tempura with aioli and lemon endive, smoked chicken tsukune, and brown butter broths using a mix of Western and Asian ingredients. The menu is available for pre-order on Chope at $65++ per person for a four-course lunch (21st April only) comprising of two starters, one main course followed by a dessert, and a six-course dinner (21st and 22nd April) at $100++ showcasing an appetiser, two starters, two mains and finishing off with a dessert.