{"id":100,"date":"2026-09-27T23:16:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T23:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging-welcome-121a408.netsolhost.com\/?page_id=100"},"modified":"2026-09-27T23:29:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T23:29:56","slug":"maothai-issan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maothai.com\/?page_id=100","title":{"rendered":"ISSAN \u00b7 Brandenburger Tor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"skip\" href=\"#content\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<header class=\"hero \" style=\"--cover:url('assets\/38b68e7bc151ca.jpg')\">\n<div class=\"top\">\n<div class=\"heading\">\n<h1>ISSAN \u00b7 Brandenburger Tor<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"identity\">\n<p class=\"brand-story\">The Story of a Group of Thai Restaurants in Berlin and Palma<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"brand\" href=\"index.html\">THAI FOOD MAGIC<br \/>MAOTHAI<\/a><\/p>\n<nav class=\"language-switch\" aria-label=\"Language\"><a href=\"issan-de.html\" hreflang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">DE<\/a><a href=\"issan.html\" hreflang=\"en\" lang=\"en\" aria-current=\"true\">ENG<\/a><a href=\"issan-es.html\" hreflang=\"es\" lang=\"es\">ES<\/a><a href=\"issan-th.html\" hreflang=\"th\" lang=\"th\">THAI<\/a><a href=\"issan-ja.html\" hreflang=\"ja\" lang=\"ja\">JAP<\/a><\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"intro\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"hero-bottom\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Main navigation\"><a href=\"story.html\">STORY<\/a><a href=\"restaurants.html\" aria-current=\"page\">THE RESTAURANTS<\/a><a href=\"thai-food.html\">THAI FOOD<\/a><a href=\"people.html\">PEOPLE<\/a><a href=\"press.html\">PRESS COVERAGE<\/a><a href=\"establishing.html\">ESTABLISHING THAI AS INTERNATIONAL CUISINE<\/a><a href=\"videos.html\">VIDEOS<\/a><a href=\"print-shop.html\">PRINT SHOP<\/a><a href=\"contact.html\">NEWS &amp; CONTACT<\/a><\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p><main id=\"content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"breadcrumb\"><a href=\"index.html\">PROLOG<\/a><span>\/<\/span><a href=\"restaurants.html\">THE RESTAURANTS<\/a><span>\/<\/span><span>ISSAN \u00b7 Brandenburger Tor<\/span><\/div>\n<article class=\"prose\">\n<p>From autumn 2000 to May 2003, the small restaurant ISSAN was located on Unter den Linden, directly opposite the Hotel Adlon. Here, Thai cuisine and sushi found their place at the political and social heart of Berlin. Its sushi kitchen was so well regarded that the Japanese Embassy regularly sent official guests there. In 2001, the chefs of Maothai, together with the Hotel Adlon, catered the gala dinner for the first major ASEAN gathering in Berlin.<\/p>\n<p>With this, Thai cuisine had found its rightful place \u2014 as the only Asian restaurant on Unter den Linden, at the square before the Brandenburg Gate, where otherwise only the great international cuisines of Europe were represented.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"curated-stammhaus\">\n<section class=\"gallery-chapter\">\n<h2>Welcome to ISSAN<\/h2>\n<div class=\"curated-grid\" data-count=\"3\">\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/900787b4e7e206.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"ISSAN at Unter den Linden 78 at night\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/900787b4e7e206.jpg\" alt=\"ISSAN at Unter den Linden 78 at night\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>ISSAN at Unter den Linden 78 at night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/38b68e7bc151ca.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Yin and Yang welcome the guests\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/38b68e7bc151ca.jpg\" alt=\"Yin and Yang welcome the guests\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Yin and Yang welcome the guests<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/6c3f846d1aae56.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"A view inside near the entrance\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/6c3f846d1aae56.jpg\" alt=\"A view inside near the entrance\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>A view inside near the entrance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"gallery-chapter\">\n<h2>Sushi and sashimi<\/h2>\n<div class=\"curated-grid\" data-count=\"3\">\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/368266572d0796.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Sushi chef Roengchon at the counter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/368266572d0796.jpg\" alt=\"Sushi chef Roengchon at the counter\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Sushi chef Roengchon at the counter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/d9737653c96dd6.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"Sashimi in an ice igloo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/d9737653c96dd6.jpg\" alt=\"Sashimi in an ice igloo\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Sashimi in an ice igloo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/9dda48dd398a5a.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"A sashimi platter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/9dda48dd398a5a.jpg\" alt=\"A sashimi platter\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>A sashimi platter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"gallery-chapter\">\n<h2>Celebrating together<\/h2>\n<div class=\"curated-grid\" data-count=\"3\">\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/a9693e634356a4.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"New Year\u2019s Eve 2002 \u00b7 family and friends outside ISSAN\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/a9693e634356a4.jpg\" alt=\"New Year\u2019s Eve 2002 \u00b7 family and friends outside ISSAN\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>New Year\u2019s Eve 2002 \u00b7 family and friends outside ISSAN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/45f6512a81ba14.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"New Year\u2019s Eve 2002 \u00b7 sparklers at the entrance\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/45f6512a81ba14.jpg\" alt=\"New Year\u2019s Eve 2002 \u00b7 sparklers at the entrance\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>New Year\u2019s Eve 2002 \u00b7 sparklers at the entrance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"assets\/6049bc0202a75a.jpg\" data-gallery-image aria-label=\"A group photograph outside ISSAN\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"assets\/6049bc0202a75a.jpg\" alt=\"A group photograph outside ISSAN\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>A group photograph outside ISSAN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><dialog class=\"image-viewer\" aria-label=\"Image viewer\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"viewer-close\">Close \u00d7<\/button><\/p>\n<figure><img alt=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"viewer-controls\"><button 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