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Planning to open an Asian restaurant? Here's what you need!

Asian cuisine is renowned worldwide for its diverse dishes and rich flavors. However, if you're planning to open an Asian restaurant, kiosk, or sushi bar, it's important to equip yourself with the necessary professional equipment.

Rice cooker, wok, professional knife, steamer basket... we show you all the equipment you need for recipes that are as tasty as they are exotic!

The different types of Asian restaurants

These days, Asian cuisine represents a true culinary evolution worldwide. Without further ado, here's a list of Asian restaurants to inspire you if you're embarking on a project of this kind.

The Japanese restaurant

Thanks to sushi and maki, Japanese restaurants are most popular with young French people, with an average age between 20 and 34. So, if you want to reach a young population, this is the best concept.

In fact, there are a large number of Japanese restaurants, so it will be important for you to know how to stand out from the competition and have a good one. sushi equipment, if you decide to open your restaurant alone.

The Chinese restaurant

Following the trend of Japanese restaurants, Chinese specialty restaurants have managed to secure a place in the market. The reason for their success? Obviously, the relatively low prices. Some restaurants offer an all-you-can-eat buffet menu at very reasonable prices.

The Thai restaurant

Thai cuisine is very rich in fruits and vegetables. The main idea is to immerse customers in a colorful and exotic atmosphere through the choice of decoration and food (exotic sauce, coconut milk, Thai vegetables, etc.). Indeed, young people are increasingly attracted to this type of gastronomy.

The Asian kitchen equipment needed to equip your professional kitchen

Equipping an Asian restaurant is done in the same way as a traditional restaurant, except that you need additional equipment. We'll tell you everything in the following paragraphs.

The rice cooker

Rice is the staple ingredient in a variety of Chinese dishes and requires precise cooking. Sticky or overcooked, and usually crunchy, rice isn't the easiest starch to cook, especially for professionals.

Le sushi rice cooker The professional rice cooker is an automatic, fast, and precise cooking device for starchy foods. It doesn't even require monitoring. Also known as a rice cooker, it has the advantage of always cooking rice perfectly, without it being too sticky or, on the contrary, too dry.

The wok

Le wok for induction hob It looks like a half-sphere sauté pan, but large in size, with two handles and, in some cases, a wooden handle.

A key piece of equipment in professional Asian cooking, it promotes healthy cooking since it requires almost no fat. Its instant cooking mode allows you to stir-fry or fry food much faster than a domestic pan.

Sushi display cases

The sushi display cases have become essential elements of small spaces such as salad bars or fast-food restaurants. They are used to display dishes such as sushi, tapas, maki and food prepared by chefs and their teams.

The sushi display case is a refrigerated piece of equipment that allows you to present all your culinary preparations or other specialties from around the world, which will make your customers' mouths water, while preserving the flavor and freshness of your food. Aside from this, however, you must indulge in a good sushi kit so that your preparations always meet your customers' expectations.

The griddle

The professional griddle, also called a griddle, is an essential cooking plate for professional Asian kitchens, particularly those where the service pace is high.

The special feature of this plate is that it heats up quickly, distributing the heat evenly throughout, allowing you to sear vegetables, meat or any other ingredient in a very short time.