While many restaurants across the country are struggling to keep their heads above water during the war, there are also restaurateurs who put their best money and effort into opening a new place, but have had to postpone the plans or implement them in the harsh reality.
In the shadow of an iron sword war, a new Japanese restaurant is currently opening in Tel Aviv's Electric Garden neighborhood called Wat Sang Sushi & Moore. "It might as well have been located in one of Tokyo's most up-to-date neighborhoods," its founders promise. The place is opened by Wat Sang and Zohar Strakh. Strach ran a restaurant of the sushi bar chain Moon for over twenty years, and Sang served as the chef of the place for about the same period of time. The long years together working side by side led them to decide to open their own place.
Fresh and meticulous sushi, photo: Zohar Strach
"We thought a lot about what our independent path would look like, and we realized that we wanted a place that wouldn't give up its Japanese identity, and at the same time wouldn't forget its Israeli identity," says Strach. "A meticulous and invested place, but one where entering and spending time will not be a special project, with a menu that attracts the authentic, and constantly provides surprises."
According to them, they formulated the concept for the new restaurant after many thoughts about what the city of Tel Aviv really needs now, what exactly it lacks, and how best to implement it all. "Wat Sang Sushi is influenced by both East and West, rice from there and hospitality from here, a dominant and happy bar, but also intimate corners for dating, and large tables for a bunch who want to taste a little bit of everything," they explain.
Ramen bubbly 9 hours, photo: Zohar Strach
The atmosphere of the place will be meticulous but also accessible - fine dining that allows everyone to find themselves. The kitchen relies on sushi experts and meticulous kitchen work, fresh raw fish and also on "rubata" - the famous Japanese grill oven.
The menu opens with dishes such as miso soup (NIS 22), cucumber salad (NIS 29), seared asparagus in yuzu sauce (NIS 41) or ramen that bubbled for nine hours on the fire (NIS 72-76). From there, he moves on to various sushi dishes that also include cones, nigiri and special rolls.
The bar accompanies the food with soft drinks, natural juices and kambucha, but mainly with Japanese beer from the bottle or on tap, wines from Europe and South America, cocktails using matcha and Sakura tea, yuzu and sesame oil, and a huge supply of sake.
Wat Sang Sushi &
More HaRakevet 12 corner of Levontin (behind the old customs house), Tel Aviv
Opening hours (in light of the situation): 12:00-20:00
Later, hours of operation and deliveries will be expanded
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