Swedish Michelin wizard Sayan is coming home
Thai-born Swedish chef Sayan Isaksson, whose restaurant Esperanto in Stockholm had a Michelin star next to its name, will be making a guest appearance at the St Regis Bangkok for “Scandinavian Week”.
He’ll be in charge of the Sunday brunch at the restaurant Viu on November 4 and 11. It costs Bt3,200.
He’ll also be presenting his “Simply Scandinavian” eight-course degustation menu (Bt3,900) at Viu and a three-course set lunch (Bt2,800) at the restaurant Jojo from November 5 to 10.
And throughout November, he’ll be contributing to the St Regis Afternoon Tea, daily from 2.30 to 5pmin the Lounge and at the St Regis Bar. It costs Bt1,800 for two.
Swedish musicians will be performing while diners enjoy the feasts at Viu and Jojo.
“I’m really honoured and moved by this chance to cook in the country of my birth,” Sayan says. “My wish is to infuse Scandinavian flavours with the very sophisticated and brilliant food culture of Thailand.”
On the dinner menu at Jojo will be lightly grilled prawns in nasturtium leaves; tartar of flash-grilled dry-aged beef, emulsified oysters and seaweed crisps; mushroom and grain porridge with aged butter and yuba; soft-shell crab cooked over glowing embers with organic waste-XO; and celeriac petals and white truffle.
The lunch at Jojo will feature garden salad, buttermilk fromage blanc and a poached pullet egg, followed by black garlic pigeon, Nordic “five spice” potato and herb bundles, and finishing with autumn leaves and frozen sunchokes (Jerusalem artichokes) and grilled apple tea.
Advance reservations are recommended at (02) 207 7777, [email protected] or www.StRegisBangkok.com.
A household name in Sweden, Sayan Isaksson was born in Thailand and adopted at age three months by Swedish parents. He opened Esperanto in Stockholm in 2005 and it earned a Michelin star two years later, retaining it annually until the restaurant closed earlier this year.
