WA'S Kitchen

Kaiseki” is a multi-course Japanese haute cuisine featuring seasonal ingredients cooked in a variety of cooking methods. Several dishes are served in order and each individual dish is usually small and carefully balanced.

“Kaiseki” was originally a light course meal before tea ceremony in order to enjoy tea the best back in about 400 years ago. Then it was fused with a fancy meal served at restaurants to enjoy drinking alcohol and became a current “Kaiseki” course meal. After Edo era (about 200 years ago), all the Japanese cuisine technique, the sprit of tea ceremony, such as the hospitality to pay attention to all the details of bowls and plates to serve tea and sweets, and seasonal flowers to display in the room just for guests to enjoy the moment of tea ceremony and beautiful presentation on each plate representing season and cultural events were all combined and became a current style of “Kaiseki”.

“Kaiseki” is often introduced as a traditional or authentic Japanese cuisine and it is true because “Kaiseki” was established back in about 400 years ago. However, “Kaiseki” has been changing in many ways and is still changing, which means that “Kaiseki” is a very modern cuisine as well.
What I am trying to create here in Seattle is also a very modern “Kaiseki” which is for people in North West and made from North West ingredients, so to speak “North West Kaiseki” which you can eat only here in Seattle or North West.

In order to pursue my mission, I started up my own business, “WA’S Kitchen” in 2015 doing some private dinners, “Kaiseki” events, and caterings.