Luke Mangan to follow cross-cultural restaurant trend with new Japanese-French venue
Luke Mangan is set to open a Japanese-French inspired venue in September this year.
The new food-led bar will open at Potts Point and will mix Japanese whisky and sake with French wines.
Known as Luc-San, the draft menu includes potato boulangere cooked in dashi, beef with sansho pepper and a mirin hollandaise and nori-wrapped asparagus.
“Two of my favourite food spots in the world, France and Japan. I’ve called it Luc-San. Luc for Luke, San for the Japanese part,” Mangan told Good Food.
The move is a part of a growing trend with restaurants merging Japanese cuisines with other cultures.
Bistro Nido is a French bistro with a Japanese twist that can now be found in the Sydney CBD, while Ibby Moubadder plans to open Ito, a Japanese restaurant with Italian touches after closing down Cuckoo Callay in Crown Street opposite his Nour restaurant.
“It’ll be a Japanese restaurant, but with a sprinkle of head chef Erik Ortolani’s Italian background,” Moubadder said.
For instance, the pasta dish will come with Japanese ingredients and the focaccia can be eaten with miso butter.
Ito opens in September.
Jonathan Jackson, 20th June 2023
