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Tokyo Michelin tour day 2: Stony River
Day 2 in Tokyo takes me to my first kaiseki dinner, and the first of four meals at a restaurant with three Michelin stars. Ishikawa (石かわ) is hidden behind a temple just off Kagurazaka (神楽坂), and we...
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Tokyo Michelin tour day 3: carte blanche lunch
After having not one but two breakfasts at Tsukiji Market this morning, it was time to gather the troops together again for a nice lunch. We are in one of the epicenters of Japanese cuisine, but...
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Tokyo Michelin tour day 3: Krug with kaiseki
A few hours after that very big and delicious lunch, it was time to eat again... at another restaurant with 3 Michelin stars. At our dinner together a couple of months ago, Chef Uwe Opocensky extended...
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Tokyo Michelin tour: Michelin star food truck
In the middle of planning my Tokyo itinerary with friends, I came across a post on Food Sake Tokyo sharing the news that Chef Yoshihiro Narisawa, whose Michelin 2-star restaurant Narisawa is one place...
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Tokyo Michelin tour day 4: happy meat
I normally don't put up blogs about meals at places at yakiniku (焼肉) restaurants, because we are doing the cooking ourselves and the restaurant is only providing us with the ingredients and the means...
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Tokyo Michelin tour day 4: drunken onion, episode 3
These days, I can't come to Tokyo and not pay Tamanegiya (酒たまねぎや) a visit. And ever since I introduced Fergie to this place on our trip together last year, it seems that he can't do without a visit,...
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Tokyo Michelin tour day 5: my favorite tempura
It's my fifth day in Tokyo, and time for us to move hotels. We have to stay at the Mandarin Oriental Tokyo tonight, because that was the only way for us to get reservations for dinner. Since we are...
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Tokyo Michelin tour day 5: Noma Tokyo
So the big moment has finally arrived. Dinner at Noma Tokyo. The raison d'être for this particular trip, and certainly the one with the highest expectations. I knew about the Noma pop-up at the...
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Tokyo Michelin tour day 6: Yoshikazu
On my trip to Tokyo last year, I had an epiphany when I had the privilege of dining at Sukiyabashi Jiro (すきやばし 次郎) for the first time. At the time I said it was the "best fucking sushi I've ever had",...
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Tokyo Michelin tour day 6: fatty pork chop
Most of the gang from Hong Kong and Taipei went home today, so I found myself kinda alone in Tokyo for the last 2 days of the trip. It just happened, though, that one of my cousins from New York is in...
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Tokyo Michelin tour day 7: one last star
So I've come to the end of my trip, and I have one last lunch in the city before heading off to the airport. I've saved this meal for another very specific type of Japanese cuisine - eel (うなぎ). And...
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Tokyo Michelin tour: pleasure, little treasure, part 2
OK, so my week in Tokyo was filled with visits to high-end establishments with Michelin stars, but the real pleasure of going back to Japan is the discovery of little hidden gems. Thankfully I had...
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A rich and relaxing lunch
I'm back in Hong Kong and trying hard to cut back on my food intake, but a friend wanted to meet up for lunch at her new favorite restaurant, so I grudgingly obliged... and dragged my fat ass up to ON...
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Last star in the Year of the Horse
It's movie night and I needed to grab a quick bite before the show, so I took the opportunity to go back to Yat Lok (一樂燒鵝). I haven't been back for almost 2 months, and it was about time I got my...
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Hearty and bland
I got a call from Tigger this morning, asking me whether I'd like to lunch with him at 8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana. I know what day it is and why there's a table booked, so I happily accepted his...
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Le pigeon
It all started with happy hour. Meeting the Specialist and a few uncles for a few bottles of wine at Watson's Wine Cellar. We either brought our own bottles, or bought the bottles from the shop and...
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The touring chef
Tonight was one of those rare occasions when I accepted an invitation from a PR to attend a tasting. Most of the handful of invites that come my way really aren't all that interesting, but this was...
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No more snake (for now)
It's been almost a year since I last saw Felix, and I was really looking forward to having him in town again. He has read my previous posts about the private dining facility, and requested that as the...
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Still not Samsung
The boss is in town again and decided to take us out for dinner. We are lucky that the boss likes to eat, and isn't averse to spending a little bit of money on us. He's been wanting to try out a few...
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Hisashiburi Imamura, part 2
Tonight was supposed to something really exciting to a few of us - a special dinner to revisit some of the favorite dishes from a restaurant that no longer is. But it didn't work out as originally...
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