At W Dubai – The Palm, culinary innovation meets storytelling with the unveiling of Chef Akira Back’s Time Capsule Menu, a limited-time, six-course dining experience that traces the celebrated chef’s extraordinary global journey. Available daily from 7 PM until the end of October, the experience invites guests to travel through time—one course, one memory, and one era at a time—inside one of Dubai’s most acclaimed restaurants, listed in the Michelin Guide Dubai 2022–2025.
Designed as both a reflection and celebration, the Time Capsule Menu unfolds in reverse, beginning in the present before moving through defining chapters of Chef Akira Back’s career. Each course serves as a culinary snapshot, capturing moments that shaped his evolution—from his early days at Kenichi in Aspen to the Michelin-starred stages of London and Seoul. The menu is a masterclass in storytelling through flavour, where Japanese precision and Korean soul converge with daring creativity.
Guests will journey through a symphony of signature dishes, including the delicate Shima Aji with Yuzu Ponzu and Nori Oil, the rich Red Prawn with White Konbu and Angake Sauce, and the exquisite A5 Ribeye Miso Yaki with Ume Hollandaise—a dish that embodies Chef Akira’s devotion to balance, indulgence, and innovation. Each course is complemented by music from its corresponding era, turning the meal into a sensory voyage where taste, sound, and memory intertwine.
The finale, Persimmon Dessert, is a deeply personal creation inspired by Chef Akira’s childhood in Seoul. Both nostalgic and refined, it serves as a tribute to the chef’s beginnings—an elegant reminder that every journey forward is rooted in where it all began.
Available for AED 599 per person or with an optional wine pairing at AED 300, the Time Capsule Menu is a celebration of artistry, identity, and time itself. Within the dramatic ambiance of Akira Back’s Dubai outpost—where skyline views meet electric energy—each plate becomes a page in a story that spans continents, kitchens, and decades.
Through the Time Capsule Menu, Chef Akira Back invites Dubai’s diners not just to taste his legacy, but to experience it. The result is more than a dinner—it is a moment suspended in time, where past and present meet across six unforgettable courses.
