Review excerpt: At Venu's South Indian Dining you’ll find cardamom and cassia bark, cumin and cloves, plenty of peppercorns and appropriate levels of chili heat. Along with the 20 or more curries, they also produce great dosa pancakes.

Hidden deep in the quiet grove of the garden of Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo is Mokushundo, a restaurant serving fresh meat and seafood grilled on hot lava rocks from Mt. Fuji. This summer, the authentic Japanese cuisine restaurant will present four dinner courses, with some ...