About Santei
About Santei
The meaning of our name, our chef, and a message from the manager.
Our name
The ding is an ancient Chinese bronze vessel with two handles and three legs. It was used to cook food, later for rituals, and became a symbol of royal power. When three conditions come together, a dream will come true — and those conditions are not given to us; we build them ourselves. With a goal, we believe patience, ingenuity, honest effort and hope will follow.
- 1
Conviction
The will to realise a dream
- 2
Cooperation
A team that shares the dream
- 3
Support
Everyone who supports us
Our chef
Head Chef Yan Tianwei
He served as head chef at the Jinfengshan hotel in Chongqing, Sichuan, and also trained for seven years in Cantonese and two years in Beijing cuisine. His cooking builds on Sichuan cuisine with his own ideas, and is known for its beautiful plating.
A message from the manager
Many people think Sichuan food is simply “the hotter the better”. In fact it is built on numbing, hot, sour, sweet, bitter and salty, with more than 24 flavour profiles and over 38 cooking methods — “every dish its own style, a hundred dishes, a hundred flavours”. Our head chef works every day to turn fresh produce from Fukuoka and its surroundings into new flavours with Sichuan seasonings and techniques.
Read the original (Japanese)
私が来日して以来、特に飲食関係の仕事に携わるようになってから一つ気づいたことがありますが、多くの日本の方々が四川料理と言えば“辛い”、辛くなければ四川料理じゃない、辛ければ辛いほどおいしいという誤った認識をしているということです。四川地方は昔から「天府之国」という美称があるほど、境内には多数の河川があり、温暖な気候のもとで、調味の素材も豊富なところです。四川料理は麻、辣、酸、甜（甘）、苦、咸（塩）などの基本味覚を基に、麻辣、酸辣、椒麻、姜汁、糖醋、魚香、怪味などの２４種類以上の主な味のバリエーションが生まれます。「一菜一格、百菜百味」と言われるほど、一品一品の料理が独自の味をもち、調理方法も炒、煎、炸、爆、蒸などの38種類以上もの料理法を有しています。そして、福岡には豊富な食材があります。料理長は福岡産及びその近辺の新鮮な食材を四川料理の独特な調味料と豊富な調理法で、新しい味を作り上げようと日々探求をしています。ぜひ三鼎で本場の味と触れ合ったお客様には、改めて中華料理および四川料理に対して再度認識をし、そして正しい評価をしていただきたいと思っております。
History
- 2007.11.11Sichuan Cuisine Santei opens
- 2008.03First renovation
- 2010.08Second renovation
Company
- Company name
- 天恒株式会社
- Address
- 福岡市中央区天神4-5-13 天神豊ビル1階
- Philosophy
- Through food, to share sound food culture; through culture, to build trust; and to contribute to a prosperous and peaceful society.