As far as restaurant names go, Mimi Kakushi is a good one. Not only is it fun to say, and sticks in your mind, but it also is named for a modern bob hairstyle adopted by cutting edge stylistas in Osaka, Japan, in 1922.
Now flash-forward a century and Mimi Kakushi has turned from a cutting-edge haircut into a cutting-edge restaurant – albeit one filled with cutting-edge haircuts.
Conceived by the team behind a trio of achingly-cool Dubai restaurants, La Cantine du Faubourg, Ninive, and Twiggy by La Cantine, follows suit by serving up a stylish homage to sleek-Japan cool. Dining at the Restaurant Village Four Seasons Resort hotspot is akin to jumping into a time-machine and swinging into 1920s Osaka, with butter-smooth jazz and the merging of modern art and western fashion creating a corner of time you won’t want to eject from.
The culture clash that challenged the traditional status quo in Japan all those decades ago epitomised the golden era of oriental art deco, and its influence is rampant at Mimi Kakushi.
With a playful ethos – and the distinctive sounds of Japanese trumpeter Fumio Nanri – create the perfect jazzy vibe for each dining experience, which is built around the concept of tastes from the East and rhythm from the West, and fun twists on well-known Japanese favourites.
After all, isn’t having fun and telling amusing anecdotes an essential part of why we go to restaurants in the first place?
