蓬莱
A THREE-SISTER
RESTAURANT, STOCKHOLM
Open from Wednesday to Sunday, six o'clock until late. Twenty-six covers, two seatings, one menu a night.
家
est. mmxxiv
Hōrai is a single dining room on the top floor of a former bookbinder's workshop. The chefs are three sisters, born in Stockholm and raised between two coasts — cooking what each thinks the others meant. The menu changes weekly. There is no à la carte. The wine list is short on purpose; the sake list is not.
Named for the immortal mountain in the eastern sea — a place no one has ever quite been to, only described.
A KITCHEN NOTE · CHAPTER ONE
料理は対話である
COOKING IS A CONVERSATION
BETWEEN THREE FLOWERS
AND THE SILENCE BETWEEN THEM.
献
Three menus, one of which is served each evening — chosen by what the market gave us at dawn. Pairings on request. Allergies handled in advance, not at the table.
山菜 · SEVEN COURSES · VEGETABLE-LED
Mountain vegetables, river fish, koji-aged tofu and the season's first nettle — a quiet menu, mostly green, finishing with a single piece of fruit and a thirty-year hōjicha. Served in the corner by the window.
wednesday · thursday · sunday
1,480
SEK · PER GUEST
+ SAKE 680 SEK
世界 · NINE COURSES · THE HOUSE MENU
The full conversation between the three sisters. Opens with the youngest sister's otoshi, finishes with the eldest's burnt-sugar custard. The middle sister cooks the fish. Three hours, eaten slowly, drunk slower.
friday · saturday · both seatings
2,180
SEK · PER GUEST
+ PAIRING 1,240 SEK
海 · FIVE COURSES · FROM THE COAST
The shortest menu, the longest sourcing list. Whatever came in off the west-coast boats on Thursday morning, finished with a single dessert built around the season's sea buckthorn. Served at the kitchen counter.
thursday only · six seats
1,840
SEK · PER GUEST
+ SAKE FLIGHT 920 SEK
部屋
The dining room is built from raw ash and oxidised brass, twenty-six covers around a single kitchen pass. Lacquer-red walls, dim and warm, with a single window that looks out over the water and the old town. Every seat faces the kitchen pass.
The room is loud at the start of the evening and quiet by the end. We close the door at half past six.
予約
We release each week's seats every Monday at noon Stockholm time. Tables of two and four; a single chef's counter of six on Thursdays. Written enquiries for private dinners answered on Tuesdays.
TO BOOK
book.horai.seOr write us at hej@horai.se for private dinners, allergies declared in advance, and matters that don't fit a form.
FIND US
ADDRESS ON BOOKING
STOCKHOLM
Top floor · press the brass bell. No sign on the street.
© HŌRAI · MMXXVI
CHEFS · THREE SISTERS
SET IN CINZEL & VOLLKORN