{"id":83637,"date":"2025-12-11T02:26:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T01:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/?p=83637"},"modified":"2025-12-11T02:26:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T01:26:53","slug":"caiman-un-menu-fusion-nippo-caribeen-devoile-au-taikun-renove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/caiman-un-menu-fusion-nippo-caribeen-devoile-au-taikun-renove\/","title":{"rendered":"Caiman \u2013 A Japanese-Caribbean fusion menu unveiled at the renovated Taikun"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Taikun Restaurant has reopened at the Ritz-Carlton in Grand Cayman after a brief closure and boasts a brand-new look, along with a new menu.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Both were on display at Taikun\u2019s recent \u00abnomikai\u00bb\u2014which means party or social gathering\u2014to celebrate the restaurant\u2019s reopening, where guests were treated to Moon Orchid cocktails made with vodka, sake, lychee, yuzu, aloe vera, pineapple, and hibiscus\u2014as well as an abundance of plates piled high with delicious soft-shell crabs, sashimi, nigiri, and unagi.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although Japanese cuisine and drinks were the highlights of the evening, Taikun's head chef, Ramesh Murugesan, says his restaurant isn't limited to sushi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Guests enjoyed wine, cocktails, and Japanese cuisine at the reopening of Taikun restaurant. \u2013 Photo: Sarah Bridge<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00abTaikun is a Japanese fusion restaurant, and we know that many people think Japanese cuisine is all about raw fish,\u00bb he said. \u00abBut we\u2019ve also designed our menu to feature Caribbean ingredients and dishes prepared in a Caribbean style. For example, we offer dishes made with callaloo, eggplant, and avocado. And since people in the Caribbean prefer cooked foods to raw ones, we\u2019ve created dishes like shrimp tempura and used fried chicken in our sushi\u2014dishes that people love to enjoy every day.\u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00abWe also use duck,\u00bb he added, \u00abwhich isn\u2019t really a staple of Japanese cuisine, and we incorporate Asian flavors with bao buns and oysters, enhancing them with local touches like green apples, so we\u2019ve truly fused the flavors of the Cayman Islands and Japan.\u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n

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The new menu also puts pure indulgence front and center, featuring signature dishes such as salmon foie gras, truffle-infused nasu nigiri, and Wagyu beef nigiri\u2014all carefully selected by Murugesan to highlight his personal favorites.<\/span><\/p>\n

The restaurant's interior has also been redesigned, transforming the angular seating into softer, half-moon shapes and incorporating more subdued lighting with a floral theme.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Plates of sashimi and nigiri were offered for tasting, including pink shrimp, bluefin tuna, snapper, and salmon. \u2013 Photo: Sarah Bridge<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Born in Chennai, India, Murugesan, 33, fell in love with Japanese cuisine from the very beginning of his training, working first at the Taj hotel chain and then at the Shangri-La in Bengaluru.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00abWhen I started my career, I was lucky enough to choose the type of cuisine I wanted to work with, and Japanese cuisine has always been my favorite,\u00bb he said. \u00abI simply fell in love with it.\u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n

Murugesan moved to Grand Cayman nine years ago, and after working for a few years at Mizu Asian Bistro+ Bar in Camana Bay, he joined the team at Taikun at the Ritz-Carlton seven years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to enjoying serving up to 120 guests a day at Taikun, Murugesan is now fully focused on the <\/span>Next Month's Cayman Cookout<\/span><\/a> , a highlight of the Cayman Islands\u2019 culinary calendar, where an evening of French-Japanese fusion cuisine promises to delight the taste buds.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cayman compass Par Pont de Sarah – Le restaurant Taikun a rouvert ses portes au Ritz-Carlton de Grand Cayman apr\u00e8s une courte fermeture et arbore un tout nouveau look, accompagn\u00e9 d’une nouvelle carte. Les deux \u00e9taient expos\u00e9s lors du r\u00e9cent \u00ab nomikai \u00bb de Taikun \u2013 qui signifie f\u00eate ou r\u00e9union sociale \u2013 pour marquer<\/p>","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":83638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_robots":null,"rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":""},"categories":[1373],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-caraibe"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}