What Is Nikkei Cuisine?

Nikkei cuisine is the cooking that grew out of Japanese immigration to Peru. Japanese families began arriving in Peru at the end of the 1800s, and over generations their cooks did what cooks always do: they worked with what was around them. Japanese knife work and respect for raw fish met Peruvian limes, chiles, corn and potatoes.

What makes a dish Nikkei

There is no single recipe. You know it by the combination: fish cut with a sushi chef's precision, then dressed with the bright citrus and aji peppers of the Peruvian coast. Soy and ginger sit next to cilantro and lime. Nothing is heavy, and the fish is always the point.

Where you can taste it at The Catch

Our Tuna Tiradito is the clearest example: tuna marinated with lime juice and aji amarillo, served with sweet potato and choclo corn. The Sashimi Pizza piles tuna, salmon and white fish on a crispy corn tortilla with passionfruit Thai and kimchee. And our Chaufa, Peruvian fried rice, comes from the same meeting of Asian technique and Peruvian appetite.

Why it fits South Florida

Fresh fish, citrus, heat and a warm night outside. Nikkei food was made for a place like West Palm Beach. Come sit at the sushi counter and ask what is freshest today.