SEEN Restaurant

Chef Jianguo Zhang trained in Chengdu, the spiritual home of Sichuan cuisine, before passing through Shanghai and landing in Munich, where he runs SEEN as the city's only fine-dining Chinese kitchen. The dining room sits on Augustenstraße between Karls- and Briennerstraße, elegant and pared-back, with a covered terrace for warmer months. The menu reads as a clean Sichuan canon: ma-la (numbing-spicy), sweet-sour, and aromatic dishes built on proper imported peppercorns and chillis, no concession to the sweet-and-sour-duck tier. Service is polished, the wine list pairs Riesling and Grüner Veltliner against the spice with skill, and the result is a Chinese restaurant that feels like a destination rather than a takeaway-with-tablecloths.