Sadu resto 
About the restaurant
Cuisine: Korean
SADU is a contemporary restaurant featured in Michelin Guide Estonia, located in Tallinn’s Krulli Quarter, where Korean flavours, Estonian ingredients and seasonality come together in a dinner made for sharing — cooked in full view in an open kitchen. SADU’s original vision grew from Karmen Kähr’s wish to create a modern interpretation of Korean cuisine: not a copy, and not a fast-food format. Head chef Kristjan Jekimov’s menu reflects his understanding of Korean flavour logic, fermentation, seasonality and craft. Here, familiar ingredients are rebuilt gesture by gesture, layer by layer, into a precise and distinctly personal food language. SADU is relaxed in form but deeply considered — a place where dinner does not have to feel formally festive to feel special.
Head chef
Kristjan Jekimov
Kristjan Jekimov is the head chef of SADU. His menu brings together Korean flavour logic, fermentation, seasonality and Estonian ingredients into a distinctly personal restaurant language. His work begins not only in the kitchen, but in the thinking behind each dish: how flavour, texture, fire, acidity and craft can create a dinner that feels relaxed in form, but precise in execution. During his time at Põhjaka, Kristjan developed a deep interest in fermentation and pickling, where preserving garden and forest produce in jars became a natural part of his culinary craft. His grandmother, who lives in Kazakhstan, inspired him with her kimchi recipe, which laid the foundation for his passion for Asian-style fermentation. It is therefore symbolic that the first course on our menu features the restaurant’s own house-made pickles and ferments.
