Zengo, the restaurant by international chef Richard Sandoval, has come to Marbella
- The Zengo Marbella restaurant is the first in Spain and the third Zengo in the Richard Sandoval hospitality group founded by the Chef who already has 60 other restaurants in the world.
- The renowned chef Richard Sandoval masterfully fuses Asian and Latin cuisine, focusing on intense flavours and selected international cocktails.
- This international restaurant opens its doors in the Hard Rock Hotel Marbella, ready to conquer the residents and visitors of the Costa del Sol.
Marbella, 21st of August 2024 A new cuisine concept has just landed on the Costa del Sol’s gastronomic scene. The Zengo restaurant opens its doors in the Hard Rock Hotel Marbella by international chef Richard Sandoval, offering the perfect fusion between Asian and Latin cuisine and emphasising strong flavours paired with a distinctive and very personal cocktail bar.
Zengo, which means ‘to give and receive’ in Japanese, is an ingenious mix of latin-asian styles and flavours. It is owned by chef Richard Sandoval, who has been awarded the Bon Appétit Restaurateur of the Year Award, the James Beard Outstanding Restaurateur Award and Mexico’s Toque de Oro.
Zengo restaurant arrives in Marbella backed by the international investment fund Stoneweg, specifically its Stoneweg Foods division, through which Richard Sandoval will be present on the Costa del Sol in an unbeatable location: the Hard Rock Hotel Marbella. In this privileged site, Zengo has a capacity for 90 diners inside and a further 100 on its large outdoor terrace. All of which will be served by 25 staff specially formed by chef Sandoval and his multidisciplinary team from the Richard Sandoval Hospitality group.
‘Being in Marbella is a dream come true. Zengo’s cuisine fits perfectly with the Costa del Sol mentality: international, eclectic, sophisticated and appealing to both the Spanish and international clientele, who live and visit this unique area of Spain and the world,’ says Sandoval.
Zengo: a unique and modern culinary style
Chef Richard Sandoval has created a culinary style with a strong personality based on combining the best of Latin cuisine with Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Thai, Indonesian, Singaporean, Vietnamese and Korean cuisines. Zengo’s innovative menu ranges from Nikkei-inspired sushi and sashimi to curries, grilled entrees and wok dishes, all of them with Latin influences, with an average ticket price of €57. The ingredients are sourced from the best zero-kilometre producers on the Costa del Sol.
Highlights include a wide selection of makis such as the lobster maki, with lobster, avocado, mango and ‘macho’ sauce, the AngryZengo, with spicy tuna, avocado, lemon and yuzukosho mayonnaise and the Gambas Yuzu maki, with prawn tempura, quinoa, spring onion and chipotle yuzu. Also worth mentioning are the NasiGoreng wok, with fried rice, chicken saté, pickled vegetables and fried egg; and the Beef wok – UdonNoodle, with bokchoy, spring onion and furikake.
These dishes, and the rest of Zengo’s complete culinary offering, are complemented by the drinks menu which includes six signature cocktails (innovative hand-crafted cocktails), as well as Latin and Spanish wines, Japanese sakes and the best references of tequilas and mezcals.
Plans to expand
Zengo Marbella joins Doha and Dubai as the chosen capitals for this type of restaurant from the Richard Sandoval Hospitality group. The chef continues to choose new destinations to showcase his innovative and exclusive cuisine, which can already be enjoyed in the group’s restaurants in 10 states in the United States, as well as in 12 countries, including Canada, Costa Rica, Greece, Mexico, Morocco, Qatar, Serbia, St. Kitts, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. Two new Zengo restaurants will soon be added in Malta and Morocco to expand the network of fusion restaurants already present in 60 locations on 4 continents.
About the chef Richard Sandoval
Chef Richard Sandoval is a pioneer in promoting Latin cuisine worldwide. He has more than 60 restaurants around the world, as his culinary concepts can be found in cities such as New York, Dubai, Mexico City, Tokyo and Doha.
His career as a chef, restaurateur and entrepreneur also includes work as a US television personality, cookbook author, brand ambassador and philanthropist. He is internationally acclaimed for his innovative approach to combining Latin ingredients with modern culinary techniques to create award-winning flavours spanning more than 60 locations and 4 continents.
So much so that the Financial Times has called him the ‘father of modern Mexican cuisine’ and published his celebrated cookbook New Latin Flavors.
Sandoval is recognised for raising the standard of Latin American cuisine in every market where he is present, and nine of his restaurants have been voted the best in their category. Sandoval is also credited with introducing Latin cuisine to Dubai, Qatar and Serbia. For his work, the chef has been awarded Mexico’s National Golden Touch 2003, Bon Appetit Restaurateur of the Year 2006 and Cordon d’Or Restaurateur of the Year 2012. In 2011, he was nominated James Beard Outstanding Restaurateur, and MarketWatch named him 2013 OnPremise Player of the Year.
Richard Sandoval has created the largest collections of tequilas in North America and the Middle East and aspires to educate diners about their quality and diversity. When he’s not cooking, Sandoval is passionate about training the chefs of the future as part of his ‘Old ways, new hands’ CSR programme.
For more information: www.zengomarbella.com
Reservations: 951 870 115
Opening hours: from 19h to 2h (only dinners)
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