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NEWSLETTER MIYABI - 2.2.2026
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NEWSLETTER MIYABI - 2.2.2026
DEAR GUESTS, DEAR FRIENDS!
Do you know the Japanese holiday Setsubun, when people welcome the promise of spring by first driving away evil forces, so that there is room for what is positive, emerging, creative, and life-giving. And they use beans or soybeans for that. If only it works. I would buy tons of beans and throw them. … I know, it sounds a bit hopeless. Perhaps the second part of the holiday will appeal to you more, because on February 3rd, when Setsubun is celebrated, people roll thick makizushi with seven kinds of fillings, silently stuff it into themselves without taking it away from their mouths (roll is not cut), and make an important wish. At the same time, they look toward the lucky direction of the given year. It is very amusing! Serious and funny too. Sometimes you can’t hold back and you burst out laughing. Sometimes you slightly choke on your beautiful futomaki. Will you try? This year, ehoumaki eaters are supposed to look to the south/southeast, and yes I will eat and look. With the confusion of values that is affecting us right now, I need to strengthen myself! In Miyabi, we will prepare ehoumaki for you. You can eat it here or take it home with you. Seven is considered a lucky number, and therefore our ehoumaki will contain seven delicacies – grilled salmon, pink soboro crumbs from white fish, tamagoyaki, agedofu, spinach, kanpyo, and shiitake. So may there be many of us ehoumaki eaters — perhaps with this concentrated energy something will change. The rolls are really big. They are futo futomaki. Don’t forget. This Tuesday! Tomorrow!
EIGASAI
Then, a few days later, on Monday, February 9th, the Japanese film festival Eigasai will begin. Every year I look forward to it — and I’m sure you do too. This year’s theme is From the Heart. Not that we want to ignore reason, because both are important — heart and mind — but love must always be present. And in the end, it is always about love! Each year the festival takes place at Lucerna, and each year it also concludes with a cultural program. On Saturday, Miyabi will, as always, have its table with futomaki and other delicacies, so please come and say hello to us.
VALENTINE’S DAY AT MIYABI
Many of you, however, we will also see that same day, on Saturday, February 14th, at Miyabi — because it is Valentine’s Day. We will have a special menu prepared, and since this year the theme of Eigasai fits perfectly with the celebration of the holiday of love, the menu will be made from our heart. We are still working with our chefs to decide how we can surprise you. We will be celebrating at Miyabi from Friday to Sunday — February 13th, 14th, and 15th — and it will probably be a good idea to make a reservation soon. We are also posting my article on our website about how Valentine’s Day is celebrated in Japan, so please have a read. You may be amused by how many different names the Japanese have for Valentine’s chocolate hearts and how they are used. For example, onasake choko — chocolate for comforting the hopeless. Chocolate given out of sympathy.
MIYABI IN GAULT&MILLAU
At Miyabi they always tell me that a letter should be short — I understand — but please allow me one small moment of pride. This year, Miyabi has once again been recognized in the Gault&Millau gastronomic guide, which for the second year now has been evaluating restaurants here in the Czech Republic as well. Miyabi received only one chef’s hat, but even that is a great achievement — and also a commitment that we are happy to live up to. Thank you for supporting us in the most beautiful way possible: by coming back to us again and again.
So, see you soon at Miyabi!
Yours, Miyabi Darja
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