Kyo Aji is the longstanding pagoda in kanto’s kaiseki. Almost every chef who ‘graduated’ from Kyo Aji will have a spot in Tokyo’s kaiseki culinary scene, for example Morikawa, Hoshino, Kurogi, Iyuki… And the list goes on. Continue reading
Kyo Aji is the longstanding pagoda in kanto’s kaiseki. Almost every chef who ‘graduated’ from Kyo Aji will have a spot in Tokyo’s kaiseki culinary scene, for example Morikawa, Hoshino, Kurogi, Iyuki… And the list goes on. Continue reading
My favourite sushi shop in Tokyo? I guess there are many. Jiro, Ichikawa, Miyaba…are some of the highlights for my trip last year. But this shop in Ginza is my favourite. There are certain pieces that I liked and not like in most of the sushi shops, but I liked every single sushi here and the fruits as well. Continue reading
Sushi Ichikawa is quite remote compared to other restaurants. The walk to Ichikawa is quite nice in Autumn (probably not the case for summer). Continue reading
An introduction-only steak house, Kawamura, is probably the most expensive and extravagant restaurant in the world. If you take a look at the door in the morning, when the door is completely closed, you couldn’t even see the logo of the restaurant. It’s literally a wooden door, just like a door of a store room. You can never expect that an white truffle omakase menu came with a literally speechless bill… it was 179,000yen per head… and the “weirdest” thing is that, all our dining buddies agreed that it worth every penny. Continue reading
While restaurants like Florilege, Esquisse, Quintessence features Japanese French cuisines, L’Osier is more of a traditionalist, just like Robuchon, Beige. Chef Chaignon was trained in Pierre Gagnaire in Paris, but his food doesn’t reminiscence too much of Pierre Gagnaire’s influence in my opinion. Continue reading
I seldom revisit restaurants again and again in Tokyo as I don’t live there, but Den is one of restaurant that I am willing to return. Even I might not be dining there on that trip, I would always love to make a visit to the restaurant, just to say hi to Zaiyu san. Continue reading