To say that I was humbled & surprised when this arrive is an understatement! Truly though this award is a reflection of the dedication and hard work of our team @eight_cdn I look forward to when I am sharing there wins in the future! Thank you @thebestchefawards and any of my peers who thought highly enough of me for this honour, I won’t let you down! @chefchan.tcy@jiwanchoii@keisuke_4220@z.diianaaaa visuals by @tenzo.creative
CHIRASHI PARTY SUNDAYS
Sundays at Nupo look a little different this spring.
We work with incredible fish all week—from Toyosu market, both coasts of Canada, Australia. The beautiful sashimi-grade trim gets saved for this.
Chirashi don. Served tableside. Sundays only. Limited availability.
Book ahead.
📍 Nupo, Calgary
[link in bio]
@chefdarrenmaclean@jiwanchoii
visuals by @tenzo.creative
#Nupo #Chirashi #ChirashiDon #CalgaryEats #YYCFood
Grilled Rice Ball
Rice grilled over binchotan charcoal.
Crispy and charred on the outside,
soft and sticky inside.
Umeboshi, miso butter, negi.
Add a fried egg if you’d like. 🍳
Yaki onigiri at Shokunin.
Reservations: [link in bio]
@chefdarrenmaclean@keisuke_4220@z.diianaaaa
📸 Visuals by @tenzo.creative
#Shokunin #YakiOnigiri #CalgaryEats #YYCFood #JapaneseCuisine
Hokkaido Style Ice Cream
We’ve been chasing the texture of Hokkaido soft serve with something closer to home — Alberta milk.
The result is denser, grassier, a little more wild. We finish it with Osietra Classic caviar for salt and minerality, and perilla oil for that green, almost shiso-like lift. Sweet, savoury, cold, clean.
@keisuke_4220@chefdarrenmaclean
Visuals by @tenzo.creative
#Shokunin #YYCEats #HokkaidoSoftServe #AlbertaMilk #CaviarDessert
Spring arrives at Nupo.
Sakura blossoms frame the dining room—a marker of the season shifting, and with it, the menu.
New ingredients arrive with spring. Fresh greens. Early shoots. Fish that only appear this time of year. The kitchen responds—charcoal glowing, knives moving faster, heat rising to meet the moment.
There’s an energy that comes with spring. The rhythm changes. The work accelerates. Everything feels more alive—connected to what the earth is doing right now, what it’s offering, what it demands.
Sakura blooms in the dining room. The kitchen burns to keep pace.
This is spring at Nupo.
📍 Nupo, Calgary
Reservations: [link in bio]
#Nupo #NupoCalgary #Sakura #Spring #SeasonalMenu
After ten years, we made some changes.
see our new hours below. Welcoming our new Operations Manager @christopher_cho
New kōshi lattice. Maple table tops. Fresh upholstery. Calgary’s largest selection of exclusive sake. New omakase seating at the bar.
Same fire. Same team. Better bones.
2026, Avenue Magazine named us Best Overall Restaurant in Calgary—a celebration we have shared each year since we opened.
We celebrated a decade of Shokunin with ten of the world’s best chefs. And now, we’re walking into year eleven with a space that reflects where we’ve been—and where we’re going.
The staff you know. The faces you’ll meet.
The fire that’s been burning since 2015.
Pull up a seat.
📍 Shokunin, Calgary HOURS: Monday: 5-10pm
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday: 5-10pm
Thursday-Saturday: 5pm-12am
Sunday: 5-10pm
Reservations: [link in bio]
#Shokunin #CalgaryEats #YYCFood #AvenueMagazine #10Years Renovation CalgaryRestaurants YYCFoodie Canadas100Best @chefdarrenmaclean@keisuke_4220@z.diianaaaa@christopher_cho 🎥 visuals by @tenzo.creative
4 days remain—Shokunin Food & Drink Experience features a gourmet 6-course dinner menu — a tasting menu symphony of fresh ocean bites, binchotan yakitori, and wagyu, elevating classic ‘steak and potatoes’ through creative culinary expression. YYC EXP features available March 13–29.
@chefdarrenmaclean@foodanddrink.exp@keisuke_4220@tenzo.creative@z.diianaaaa@christopher_cho
#yycexp #shokunin #calgaryeats #yycfoodiesquad #yycrestaurants
There’s a rhythm to breaking down a fish.
Every cut is deliberate. The knife follows the grain with intention, respects the texture and wastes nothing.
This is the work that happens before you sit down—the craft that honours a whole salmon and turns it into something to savour.
📍 Nupo, Calgary
@orakingsalmon 🐟 @shilanhue 🔪 @chefdarrenmaclean
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![Grilled Rice BallRice grilled over binchotan charcoal.Crispy and charred on the outside,soft and sticky inside.Umeboshi, miso butter, negi.Add a fried egg if you’d like. Yaki onigiri at Shokunin.Reservations: [link in bio]@chefdarrenmaclean@keisuke_4220@z.diianaaaa Visuals by @tenzo.creative#Shokunin #YakiOnigiri #CalgaryEats #YYCFood #JapaneseCuisine](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6739606723586649411643_0_dcffd5018a467e0e62214db803fa88ce.jpg?o=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&h=bd98791d47cb236f33f21f4f771de7a3)
![Spring arrives at Nupo.Sakura blossoms frame the dining room—a marker of the season shifting, and with it, the menu.New ingredients arrive with spring. Fresh greens. Early shoots. Fish that only appear this time of year. The kitchen responds—charcoal glowing, knives moving faster, heat rising to meet the moment.There’s an energy that comes with spring. The rhythm changes. The work accelerates. Everything feels more alive—connected to what the earth is doing right now, what it’s offering, what it demands.Sakura blooms in the dining room. The kitchen burns to keep pace.This is spring at Nupo. Nupo, CalgaryReservations: [link in bio]#Nupo #NupoCalgary #Sakura #Spring #SeasonalMenu](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6747565660117063563849_0_256a0af0998822dd17a0ae6031432b02.jpg?o=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&h=d7c9739765f8dcf8094eacee7b0bb7c9)
![After ten years, we made some changes.see our new hours below. Welcoming our new Operations Manager @christopher_choNew kōshi lattice. Maple table tops. Fresh upholstery. Calgary’s largest selection of exclusive sake. New omakase seating at the bar.Same fire. Same team. Better bones.2026, Avenue Magazine named us Best Overall Restaurant in Calgary—a celebration we have shared each year since we opened.We celebrated a decade of Shokunin with ten of the world’s best chefs. And now, we’re walking into year eleven with a space that reflects where we’ve been—and where we’re going.The staff you know. The faces you’ll meet.The fire that’s been burning since 2015.Pull up a seat. Shokunin, Calgary HOURS: Monday: 5-10pmTuesday: ClosedWednesday: 5-10pmThursday-Saturday: 5pm-12amSunday: 5-10pmReservations: [link in bio]#Shokunin #CalgaryEats #YYCFood #AvenueMagazine #10Years Renovation CalgaryRestaurants YYCFoodie Canadas100Best @chefdarrenmaclean @keisuke_4220 @z.diianaaaa @christopher_cho visuals by @tenzo.creative](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6747316911651663156730_0_0c49741c7522fcd1ce2f234fd509253e.jpg?o=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&h=0b77c96b094880f4d66791ce907afe35)
