A pub in Tokyo is hosting a Burns night complete with haggis, neeps and tatties while a Japanese chef serenades diners with the bagpipes.
Tomohiro Onuki was just 24 when he was cooking fancy cuisine in a first class bistro in France and he came across a group of punters playing the bagpipes.
He took up learning to play the traditional instrument and soon the idea for his own Scots restaurant, the Royal Scotsman, in Kagurazaka, Tokyo, was born.
At the restaurant, which opened in 2011, owner and chef Tomohiro now delights diners with traditional Scottish pub dishes including Haggis, fish and chips and cottage pie which can be enjoyed alongside a variety of whiskies.
To mark this year’s Burns night, to celebrate the life and works of Robert Burns, The Royal Scotsman is hosting a traditional Burns supper serving up haggis, neeps and tatties where diners will be treated to the bagpipes and a Robert Burns poetry recital.
This year’s Burns Night, on Saturday, January 25, marks the 256th anniversary of his birth.
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