Shiro i Shiro
is a Japanese-Mediterranean fusion restaurant with French undertones.
It is located at Rosa Luxembourgstrasse 11, on the ground floor of the
chic Lux 11 apartment hotel
in Berlin’s trendy Mitte district. Shiro i Shiro (Japanese for White
Castle) is the second concept of Vietnamese-born owner and sous-chef
Duc Ngo (aka Mr. Duc) whose three Kuchi restaurants are Berlin’s best-known hip sushi bars.
Korean-born Huyn Jung Kim designed Shiro i Shiro’s fantastic interior
- a huge, open-concept white space with prim Neobaroque luxury and
richness of color combined with stark and edgy Asian minimalism. French-trained chef de cuisine Eduard Dimant is in charge of the
kitchen offering an exciting array of unexpected culinary
combinations. In its German version, the prestigious Gault Millau guide,
considered even more purist than Michelin, praises not only Shiro i
Shiro’s cuisine and wine but even the prices. No wonder the restaurant
is packed every night and Dimant is celebrated as one of the city’s
culinary shooting stars. By Tuija Seipell