From 16 to 21 April 2013, Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong's Nadaman Japanese restaurant will welcome Corporate Executive Chef Takayuki Oshima for a limited time only, from the Nadaman restaurant group in Japan - the origin of the fine culinary tradition, which has been inherited for more than 180 years.

During his visit to Hong Kong this time, Chef Oshima will present an exclusive dinner featuring a kaiseki menu to showcase his best creations, including Charbroiled wagyu beef, truffle and gold foil sushi, Kyoto bamboo shoot wrapped by Japanese beef, Vinegrette herring with wasabi leaf, Dried mullet roe in Saikyo miso as well as Lobster and flower of Japanese pepper cooked in hot pot.  The menu is priced at HK$1,280 per person and is subject to 10 per cent service charge.

With 35 years of Japanese culinary experience, Chef Oshima's creations have delighted prestige guests at official dinners hosted by a number of prime ministers of Japan, such as Junichiro Koizumi, Yasuo Fukuda and Shinzō Abe.  He was also in charge of the formal dinner reception for the then U.S. president, George Bush, during his official visit to Japan.

Chef Oshima joined Nadaman in 1989 as Assistant Head Chef at the Nagoya branch, which is the flagship restaurant in the Kansai area.  With the opening of Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong in 1991, he transferred to Hong Kong as the Head Chef of the hotel's Nadaman restaurant until 1998, when he returned to Japan and held the same position at the flagship Nadaman branch at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo.  In 2012, Chef Oshima was promoted to Corporate Executive Chef in charge of Tokyo's Nadaman restaurants as well as Zipangu, a new restaurant concept blending Japanese cuisine with Western elements.

Nadaman, on level seven of Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong, seats 128 people.  The restaurant comprises a teppanyaki area, a sushi counter, as well as two private rooms and one tatami room.  The restaurant opens from noon to 3 p.m. and from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. daily.  For reservations, please call (852) 2820 8570 or e-mail nadaman.isl@shangri‑la.com.

Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts currently owns and/or manages 78 hotels under the Shangri-La, Kerry and Traders brands with a room inventory of over 32,000.  Shangri-La hotels are five-star deluxe properties featuring extensive luxury facilities and services.  Shangri-La hotels are located in Australia, Canada, mainland China, Fiji, France, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Maldives, the Philippines, Singapore, the Sultanate of Oman, Taiwan, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates.  The group has a substantial development pipeline with upcoming projects in mainland China, India, Malaysia, Mongolia, the Philippines, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Turkey and the United Kingdom.  For more information and reservations, please contact a travel professional or access the website at www.shangri-la.com.

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