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IZAKAYA
NIKKEI

GONGU:
VIBRATIONS OF TASTE

THE PLACE WAS SPOTTED 15 YEARS AGO AND TODAY THE NEW RESTAURANT IS BORN. IT WAS A CAREFULL PREPARATION TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING GREAT. OWING TO HARD WORK, RESEARCH AND DEDICATION TO TASTE, EVERYONE CAN ENJOY NOW THE PLACE WITH THE DEEP HISTORY. WE WELCOME YOU TO THE RESTAURANT GONGU.

EXECUTIVE
CHEF

EVGENIY PESIN

THE GONGU PHILOSOPHY IS THE ACOUSTICS OF TASTE. THIS EMERGED IN THE HANDWRITING OF CHEF EVGENY PESIN, WHERE TECHNIQUE, INTUITION, AND COURAGE TO COMBINE TRADITION WITH MODERNITY MEET. HE DREW INSPIRATION FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND NOW IT IS REFLECTED IN THE GONGU PROJECT IN RIGA.

GONGU REPRESENTS A DELICATE COMBINATION OF JAPANESE PRECISION AND PERUVIAN TENDERNESS. YOU WILL ENJOY THE UNIQUE NIKKEI CUISINE.

GONG IS THE SILENCE IN WHICH THE TASTE BEGINS TO SOUND

RESTAURANT GONGU HAS A SPECTACULAR TERRACE AND TWO SEPARATE OPEN SPACE BARS WITH WELL-MADE COCKTAILS.

GONGU OFFERS MUSIC EVENTS FEATURING HONORABLE ARTISTS AND COMFORTABLE LOCATION RIGHT NEXT TO THE OLD TOWN RIGA. GONGU IS ALL ABOUT TASTE. ABOUT VIBRATION. ABOUT RETURNING TO ONESELF. LIKE THE SOUND OF A GONG - PURE, DEEP, LONG.
THE COPPER GONG ITSELF TRAVELLED TO RIGA FROM FARAWAY INDONESIA.

GONG IS NOT JUST A STORY ABOUT SOUND. IN ANCIENT TIMES, THE SOUND OF THE GONG PURIFIED PERCEPTION AND REPRESENTED A TRANSITION POINT. A BEGINNING. FROM THE EXTERNAL TO THE INTERNAL. FROM THE ORDINARY TO WHAT TRULY MATTERS. TODAY IT IS A TRANSITION POINT FROM THE CHAOS OF THE CITY TO CALM AND ENJOYMENT OF DELICIOUS MEALS AND BEAUTIFUL THINGS.

THE ENJOYMENT OF RESTORED ANTIQUE BRICKS, HAND-PAINTED WALLS, BEAUTIFUL RUSTY STAIRCASE, AND A CAPTIVATING VIEW OVER RIGA’S OLD TOWN AND OF THE DAUGAVA RIVER.

NOW IT IS TIME TO TRY WHAT THE GONGU OFFERS AND TO SEE THE STUNNING GONG DIRECTLY AT THE RESTAURANT

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