Shingo Gokan announces new GOKAN concept in Hong Kong

Shingo Gokan has just announced a new concept for Hong Kong.

Opening in July, the new concept will take Shingo Gokan’s name GOKAN as a play on the Japanese meaning for “five senses.” Essentially, this concept will explore the five senses as below:

GOKAN – The five senses are sight, taste, smell, touch, and hearing.
GOMI –  The five tastes are sweet, sour, spicy, bitter, and umami.
GOSHIKI – The five colors are blue, red, yellow, white, and black.
GOHO – The five methods are raw, simmered, grilled, fried, and steamed.
GOTEKI –  The five appropriations are appropriate temperature, ingredients, amount, technique, and timing.

This theme of sense will carry through from food to drink with Kaito Ohba and Morris Chang from his team heading the bar, while DEN’s Chef Zaiyu Hasegawa and Chef Tsukasa Uraguchi, formerly of Arbor, will be behind the original dishes based on the five methods.

Design-wise, the GOKAN has enlisted Tsuhiko Sugiyama of WHOLEDESIGN to extend the five senses ethos into a space that blends East and West with a Japanese and American vintage atmosphere. This is fitting as GOKAN will be located at 30 Ice House Street in Central, a spot that traces back to the mid-1800s and was made famous for its history in the ice trade of Hong Kong.

With a proven track record for creating some of the greatest concepts in Asia, along with a star team and concept, we can’t wait to try GOKAN when it opens next month.