Kitchen pass: gazpacho shots and crisps on a board; a hand-labelled oil bottle; hands plating behind.
Kitchen pass: gazpacho shots and crisps on a board; a hand-labelled oil bottle; hands plating behind.

Stop at the pass first

The pass is the host

You enter past the tables and stop at the steel pass first — hands plating gazpacho shots and small plates in the one brightly lit zone of the room.

The pass ledger

Steel tins, crispbread, a green-garnish dish on the counter, the chef working behind — the pass repeats as a working counter, not a backdrop.

Kitchen pass: steel tins, crispbread and a green-garnish dish on the steel counter; the chef working behind.
Kitchen pass: steel tins, crispbread and a green-garnish dish on the steel counter; the chef working behind.
Kitchen pass: gazpacho shots and crisps on a board; a hand-labelled oil bottle; hands plating behind.
Kitchen pass: gazpacho shots and crisps on a board; a hand-labelled oil bottle; hands plating behind.

Taste in pass order

Plates in the order the pass sent them in the room's own photos — a ticket, not a menu.

  • 01Gazpacho shots with crisps, plated at the pass
  • 02Crispbread and a green-garnish dish, off the steel
  • 03Salmon pieces on crisp bases, in a row
  • 04Tuna tartare cones in their wooden stand

The chef behind the steel

The chef works behind the steel counter while the pass fills — tins, boards, and hands in motion, lit brighter than the rest of the room.

Kitchen pass: steel tins, crispbread and a green-garnish dish on the steel counter; the chef working behind.
Kitchen pass: steel tins, crispbread and a green-garnish dish on the steel counter; the chef working behind.

Sexy Kitchen

The kitchen's own label, on the pass itself — the pass is the host, not the back room.

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