Hayuka
The counter at Hayuka, chef working behind the bar

Kuala Lumpur · Kaiseki counter, ten seats

Hayuka

Ten seats. One season.

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The current composition

Nine courses, one language.

Kyoto kaiseki technique meets the produce, aromatics and inherited flavours of Malaysia, in a sequence that changes with what the market gives us each week.

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  1. Sakizuke先付

    Petai, sea urchin, yuzu kosho

    The first taste. Bitter, briny, bright.

  2. Owan椀物

    Bunga kantan clear broth, kampachi

    A soup course, drunk before it is eaten.

  3. Mukouzuke向付

    Otak-otak spiced toro, shiso, calamansi

    Sashimi, cut to the grain of the fish.

  4. Yakimono焼物

    Charcoal Sarawak pepper wagyu, belacan butter

    Grilled over binchotan, brought straight to the counter.

Chef Hana Lim in the Hayuka kitchen

Chef Hana Lim

“Eleven years in Kyoto taught me restraint. Coming home taught me what to be restrained about.”

After more than a decade in Kyoto kaiseki kitchens, Chef Hana Lim returned to Kuala Lumpur to open a ten-seat counter built on a simple premise: the technique should be Japanese, and the produce should be home.

Meet the kitchen →
The counter at Hayuka, chef working behind the bar
A course of nigiri, closely plated
White ceramic bowl set on the counter

Nine courses that argue, quietly, that Kyoto technique and Malaysian produce were always meant to share a counter.

The City Table

Ten seats, one seating at a time, and a chef who plates like she is running out of things to prove.

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Kuala Lumpur's most disciplined new counter.

The Evening Journal

The dining room, pendant light over dark tables

Your seat awaits

Let the season come to the counter.

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