Michelin star chef Akira Back brings his most exclusive restaurant yet to Mayfair’s Mandarin Oriental. With only 14 seats and one sitting a night, Dosa is serving Korean food elevated to the highest degree. Aptly named after the Korean word for expert, Back’s eight course tasting menu promises to delight his diners in a culinary experience that stimulates the senses. The restaurant joins Back's other operations at the Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, namely the eponymous Akira Back at Mandarin Oriental Mayfair and cocktail bar ABar.
Each of the 14 diners is seated with a direct view of Chef Back’s kitchen, allowing for a front row seat to the theatrical preparation of each element of their meal. The dining room has been designed to create a totally immersive dining experience, with suspended sculptures decorating the space. The room was influenced by the mineral elements of the earth, reflected in the moody hues and marble surfaces.
This restaurant follows the blueprint of the original Dosa in Seoul, Korea, for which Akira Back was awarded the highly coveted Michelin star. The menu takes inspiration from Back’s Korean heritage, taking the ingredients and flavours from his upbringing and reimagining them in his distinctive, innovative style. Chef Back brings the cooking techniques from French culinary tradition and applies them to Korean ingredients, creating a cuisine that is uniquely his.
While the menu is ever changing, adapting to utilise the best produce on offer, diners can expect to find dishes like majangdong, a Korean dish of various beef cuts served with rice, and mulhoe, a chilled seafood soup from Pohang.