Bentoteca Milano

Milano, a young, multicultural and dynamic city in the north of Italy, where culture, business, art and fashion fuse to create a different vibes and way of living in the Italian panorama. This is where Bentoteca, the project of chef Yoji Tokujoshi has come to live. Japanese born chef Tokujoshi has then moved to Italy, where he learned the traditions and techniques of high Italian gastronomy. Entering the restaurant warm feelings and a dynamic ambience together gives the possibilities to live the experience in different ways…chef table, where you can see the kitchen and chef working, a big sharing table, an ordinary sitting table and a saloon where, different ways but the same cuisine to live a kitchen that propose the real and pure Japanese flavors that takes also some influences and shades of Italian cuisine all realized with high quality product. 

“Bentoteca, the reflection of the soul of chef Yoji Tokujoshi. A place where Japan meets Italy with his own vision.”

Playing around with spicyness, agrumes, different traditional sauces it comes out a travel inside Japan and the life experiences of the chef, a cuisine of joy, tradition, taste and personality, all relied by simplicity. Take your seat and leave you take part at a joyful and tasteful moment around the chef world; at the chef table, to see him mastering and preparing dishes, or at the tables live the experience and let you guide by the simple relaxed service team on choosing the dishes from the menu or the daily creations of the chef. 

Dishes:

• Otoro Nigiri
• Eggplant, daikon, tsukemono fennel, sesame sauce
• Butaman
• Nambazuke
• Gyoza cake
• The drunk pigeon
• Sukiyaki udon
• Kama barbecue
• Basque cheesecake with anko and red fruits jam
• Taiyaki