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Japan Michelin tour 2023 day 5: sukiya dinner
Dinner tonight was at Chisou Nakamura (馳走 なかむら), a well-respected kaiseki (懐石料理) restaurant whose taisho (大将) had trained in Nara. We were fortunate enough to park ourselves at the 7-seat counter so as...
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Japan Michelin tour 2023 day 5: hanging with Vlad
Foursheets left early this morning on a business trip, so I'm hanging out on my own today. Once again I'm having breakfast in my hotel room, trying out the two packs of Amaou (あまおう) strawberries I...
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Japan Michelin tour 2023 day 6: 2 more ramen
Just as we were leaving Shuho (酒峰) to go out for some ramen (I had successfully persuaded Rydo to have ramen instead of standing sushi), Goh-san pinged us and told us that he was finally leaving the...
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Japan Michelin tour 2023 day 6: another last-minute foodie call
I was walking with Cow to find ourselves a place for a simple dinner when my phone rang. "Peter, how are you? You are well?""Are you dressed, or are you in your underwear?""We had a last-minute...
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Japan Michelin tour 2023 day 6: drunken onion, episode 9
We went straight from dinner to Tamanegiya (酒たまねぎや), where Fergie had been waiting for us for about an hour. Thankfully Master was happy to entertain him in our absence and ply him with sake... Master...
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Japan Michelin tour 2023 day 7: neighborhood yoshoku
I woke up much too early this morning, especially given I had gone to bed very late and for a second night in a row. I had no plans today until dinner, so I greeted my hosts and hung out at home after...
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Japan Michelin tour 2023 day 7: old school sushi
I'm meeting the Dining Austrian for dinner tonight. We would all be dining at Harutaka (青空) for the first time. Taisho (大将) Takahashi Harutaka (高橋青空) spent more than a decade working for Jiro (yes,...
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Japan Michelin tour 2023 day 8: exploring Yanaka
I'm spending the day with two old classmates from high school. While I love to tell people that "I went through puberty in Tokyo at an all boys school," the old friends I'm meeting up with are from my...
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Japan Michelin tour 2023 day 8: Selosse at Saito
I'm back at Sushi Saito (鮨さいとう) a few weeks after my last visit. For my fourth visit here I have the privilege of coming to dinner for the first time, and thanks to the generosity of the Dining...
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Japan Michelin tour 2023 day 9: the best damn tonkatsu
Even though I had another late night, I couldn't sleep in this morning as I needed to get up and go for an early lunch. This meal was, in fact, the reason I extended my stay in Japan and came to Tokyo...
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Japan Michelin tour 2023 day 9: chicks on sticks
One type of cuisine that has been glaringly missing from my diet over the last few years has been yakitori (焼鳥). Other than the occasional visit to Yardbird where we order up a couple of sticks among a...
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Japan Michelin tour 2023 day 10: the last Samurai
My last day in Japan was spent on a mission for mom. She had called a few days ago asking me to look for dried spiny sea cucumbers, and I had dutifully looked around in Fukuoka without success. Goh-san...
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Michelin HK / Macau 2023: buffet, gala, and supper
After holding the revelation events online for the last few years during the pandemic, the Michelin Guide is once again making the announcements for the Hong Kong and Macau Red Guide in person. The...
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Michelin HK / Macau 2023: my 2 cents
It has been many, many years since I last wrote a post to comment on the Rubberman and the annual award of the macarons. I used to point out what I considered to be "anomalies" in the first few...
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An afternoon in the garden
My morning started with a late breakfast. I should have had this breakfast earlier, but erroneous information online put the opening times of Sei Kee Cafe (世紀咖啡快餐) in Nam Van (南灣) at 90 minutes later...
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Celebration bubblies and sticks
I was still at lunch in Macau when RAW Yeah pinged me. Would I be interested in joining supper at Hidden (秀殿) tonight with the Man in White T-shirt? Well... after continuously stuffing my face over the...
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Little Michelin flowers of spring
Three weeks after our last visit - with another trip to Japan in between - we are back at Godenya (ごでんや). I usually make sure I book at least 2 visits around this time of year, in order to catch the...
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Have flower, no fried chicken
I'm desperately trying to get a little more of those little sansho flowers I love so much before the end of the season, and RAW Yeah told me that he was getting a shipment in this week. So I quickly...
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MMA goose
A couple of friends are back in town and wanted a taste of local favorites. Since a number of cha chaan teng (茶餐廳) in Central would have difficulty seating more than 4 people at a table, I suggested...
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Le French GourMay: Mitsuboshi
The Compatriot was coming back to town so I decided to book a few meals together. Among his favorite places in Hong Kong is Ta Vie 旅, and we made sure that is our first stop together. Little did I know...
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