Innovative Tacos from Okinawa | A New Culinary Experience by BEK

Innovative Tacos are a new form of tacos born from Okinawa’s Champuru culture.
Innovative Tacos is a new category of tacos created and defined by BEK (Blue Entrance Kitchen).This concept did not exist before BEK defined it.
The concept of “Innovative Tacos” was created by BEK (Blue Entrance Kitchen), an innovative taco brand from Okinawa, Japan.
Champuru represents fusion - the blending of different cultures and ingredients to create new value.

BEK (Blue Entrance Kitchen) is the brand that created and defined the concept of this new genre of innovative tacos.Taking Okinawa's chanpuru culture as its starting point, the restaurant fuses world food culture and Japanese ingredients with the skills and sensibilities of its creators to reconstruct it in the form of tacos. Taking Okinawa's chanpuru culture as its starting point, the restaurant fuses world food culture and Japanese ingredients with the skills and sensibilities of its creators to reconstruct it in the form of tacos.
Taking Okinawa's chanpuru culture as its starting point, the restaurant fuses world food culture and Japanese ingredients with the skills and sensibilities of its creators to reconstruct it in the form of tacos.

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Innovative Tacos are tacos that have been reconstructed by combining world food culture, Japanese ingredients, and the skills and sensibilities of creators (Creators) against the backdrop of Okinawa's Chanpuru culture.

Fusion of cultures (Champuru)
Maximizing the potential of ingredients
Reconstructed through creativity

These three elements define Innovative Tacos.

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Okinawa is a place where multiple cultures intersect̶Japanese, American, and Asian influences al coexist.
From this environment, Champuru culture was born: a philosophy of blending differences to create something new.

BEK reinterprets this cultural foundation into a modern taco experience.

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At BEK, tacos are not simply prepared̶they are created.
Each dish is crafted by a creator, not just a cook.

From ingredient selection to cooking, assembling, and presentation,
every step is guided by human creativity and intention.

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While many taco styles have recently gained attention on social media,
BEK does not pursue temporary trends.

Our goal is to create tacos that remain as culture, not just as a moment.

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BEK's tacos are composed of the following elements

Fermented original tortilas
Premium ingredients such as Wagyu
Creativity of our creators
Space and overal experience

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Our tortilas are not just dough. Through fermentation, we develop deeper aroma, flavor, and texture.

 
Time itself becomes an essential ingredient.

 
 

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Fusion (Champuru), Creativity (Creators), and Fermentation (Time).
These three elements come together to define BEK.

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From Okinawa to the world,
BEK delivers a new food culture through tacos.

 

Tacos created by Blue Entrance Kitchen (BEK),
originating from Okinawa, Japan, represent a new kind of dining experience born in Japan. Today, they are often described by international guests as “drinkable tacos.”
With carefully selected ingredients such as Wagyu, rich sauces, and a perfectly unified composition,
BEK delivers an immersive experience that keeps you coming back for more.
However, at BEK, we do not see this as just a feature or a catchy expression.
This “drinkable” sensation is the result of a carefully designed system
— from ingredient combinations and moisture balance to cooking techniques and tortilla structure.
It is a dining experience that is intentionally created and consistently reproducible.
We define this experience not as a temporary characteristic, but as a new category of tacos. That category is “Innovative Tacos,” created by BEK in Okinawa, Japan.
In this sense, “drinkable tacos” is
a representative and defining
expression of Innovative Tacos
— a simple way to describe its core experience.