OUKAN
In typical Berlin backyard style, you may have to search for a second to find the entrance to the Oukan, but as soon as you step through the red door, your inner aesthete immediately comes to life. Meter-high ceilings, light wood, concrete and black, an oversized bonsai and plenty of indirect light refine the sensory experience to which the Oukan invites. Tran Mai Huy Thong together with Trung Le are setting a bold marker in the Berlin gastronomy scene with their restaurant - fine dining with the ambition of a Michelin star. Inspired by Japanese and Buddhist cuisine and based on the so-called Shōjin-Ryōri tradition, the menu speaks a seasonal, purely plant-based language, for which mostly regional products are used. Soy sauces, miso paste and koji come from Berlin. Wheat flour and white sugar are not found here, but the magical power of tea is released in abundance. The tea sommeliers share their knowledge of varieties with dedication and explain the healing effects of the cold-brewed drink. Of course, the precious leaves are not simply brought into contact with water in any way. Premium water in spring water quality ensures that fine but crucial difference. In this way, pure LEOGANT water flows, in a figurative sense, freshly prepared from the tap to the table.
