Visit Izumi Assagao for The Hanami Festival

Izumi Assagao, the award-winning Japanese restaurant, is welcoming spring with a Hanami Festival.

Launching on Easter Sunday, the Hanami Festival will kick off with an Easter Picnic served on Sunday, March 31, 2024. Diners will enjoy a special menu of dishes like Mixed Non-Veg Sando; Veg Tempura Sando; Crab Croquettes; Salmon Teriyaki Onigirazu and Charred Avocado Onigirazu (Japanese rice ball). For Dessert diners can sample Fuji Tropica, coconut and pineapple sticky rice, cherry sorbet and coconut cloud; accompanied by a cocktail of the guest’s choice, options for which include Spring Wine, lychee vodka, sakura and prosecco; and Tokyo Dreams, whisky, amaretto, umeboshi shrub, and sencha tea. 

The Hanami Easter Picnic will encourage guests to celebrate Easter Sunday with this special menu, as well as usher in the beautiful cherry blossom season in Japan. The special menu will be served for brunch from 12:30-3:30 pm, accompanied by live music by the band Jazz Junction. 

The Hanami Festival will continue from April 1-7, 2024 for lunch and dinner, with this special menu being served alongside the restaurant’s regular menu. 

In Japan the cherry blossom is known as ‘sakura and it holds a very special place in people’s hearts. Appreciating the sakura is literally known as flower viewing, or ‘hanami’ in Japanese, and people gather underneath cherry blossom trees to drink and picnic. To celebrate this beautiful festival, Izumi has created this special menu, complete with springtime Hanami sweets, drinks and snacks. 

Izumi Assagao

45, Mapusa - Anjuna - Chapora Road

Assagao, Bardez, Goa 403507

Tel: +91 99236 45569

@izumiassagao

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