Aurelijus Zykas joins the Matsuya crew.
As Japanese society continues to internationalize, so too does the service sector of the nation’s economic system. Lately it’s common to stroll right into a restaurant in Tokyo and see non-Japanese workers members, and that’s what occurred when our Japanese-language reporter P.Okay. Sanjun stopped by the Roppongi Yonchome department of beef bowl restaurant chain Matsuya on Tuesday.
Nevertheless, this kindly Caucasian gentleman who was wiping down the counters and placing up in-restaurant commercial posters was no extraordinary part-timer.
Actually, he’s Aurelijus Zykas, the Lithuanian ambassador to Japan!
So what’s he doing working in a beef bowl joint? Effectively, it’s all received to do with the brand new Matsuya menu merchandise these posters are selling: the Lithuanian White Sauce Hamburger Steak. Matsuya has been experimenting with fusion flavors for some time now, and Zykas himself reached out to the chain to supply his assist in making a Lithuanian-inspired dish.
The result’s a brand new spin on Matsuya’s fashionable hamburger steak with a particular white sauce impressed by conventional Lithuanian delicacies, with the patty lined in a garlicky white sauce with bacon and mushrooms, as Lithuania, like Japan, has a ardour for edible fungi.
▼ Zykas even participated within the Japanese service sector follow of yobikomi, calling out to passersby to allow them to know that the Lithuanian White Sauce Hamburger Steak is on sale as of October 22.
▼ Zykas’ spouse and the Georgian ambassador to Japan, Teimuraz Lezhava, additionally each got here by for a chew to eat throughout his shift.
なんとサプライズが🤣
ジョージア🇬🇪大使 レジャバ閣下にもご来店頂来ました🫨🫨🫨 pic.twitter.com/xugy8wQRZ5— 【公式】松屋 (@matsuya_foods) October 22, 2024
The Lithuanian White Sauce Hamburger Steak is obtainable as a set meal with white rice, miso soup, and a salad for 880 yen (US$5.90), or as an à la carte merchandise for 680 yen. After being served by the ambassador, P.Okay. dug in, and says his style buds have been warmly greeted by a robust salty and garlic taste, and loads of umami. The mushrooms and bacon made their presence strongly felt too, but as distinctive because the recipe is, there’s nonetheless a well-known Matsuya high quality to the dish, in order that it could possibly each offer you one thing new and attraction to a way of well-known consolation.
松屋 リトアニア風ホワイトソースハンバーグをご提供いただいております。 pic.twitter.com/5tgxn8D1Jx
— 【公式】松屋 (@matsuya_foods) October 22, 2024
Zykas’ Matsuya profession was solely a one-day affair, because it was a part of the promotion for the on-sale date of the Lithuanian White Sauce Hamburger Steak. The dish itself, although, can be obtainable for some time, and may style simply nearly as good even when the individual serving it to you isn’t a international dignitary.
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