Food & Drink Mar 26, 2021
by Oscar Boyd
Nine restaurants from Japan made the 50 Best list, and another nine placed on the inaugural 51-100 ranking.
Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Oct 3, 2020
Denkushiflori: Den and Florilege collaboration drives Tokyo’s hottest opening
by Robbie Swinnerton
Two of Tokyo’s hottest chefs. A menu tethering contemporary Japanese to modern French cuisine. Tokyo has never seen an opening like Denkushiflori.
Food & Drink Mar 27, 2020
Asia's 50 Best Restaurants is a somber countdown for an industry and continent in crisis
by Robbie Swinnerton
In the latest edition of the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants rankings, Singapore’s Odette has retained its No.1 position for a second straight year, ahead of The Chairman in Hong Kong and Tokyo’s Den. But the announcement on Tuesday was overshadowed by the escalating coronavirus ...
Food & Drink Apr 6, 2019
Japan dominates 2019's Asia's 50 Best awards
by Robbie Swinnerton
Japanese chefs and their restaurants continued to dominate at the seventh Asia's 50 Best Restaurants awards. But once again they fell short when it came to the ultimate prize, the number one position on the list. The annual awards ceremony returned to Macao's glitzy Cotai ...
Food & Drink Mar 31, 2018
A new generation of Japanese chefs comes to the fore at Asia's Best 50
by Robbie Swinnerton
Just as surely as spring brings blossom and fresh foliage, it also heralds the announcement of the annual Asia's 50 Best Restaurants rankings. And this year there was intense celebration by many of Japan's top chefs to match the festivities going on underneath the ...
Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Dec 16, 2017
Den: 'Ultimate home cooking' taken to the next level
by Robbie Swinnerton
Chef Zaiyu Hasegawa's leap into the unknown is now starting to look like a stroke of genius.
Food & Drink Apr 1, 2016
Chef Zaiyu Hasegawa presents creative takes on dishes that a mother would be proud of
by Hengtee Lim
Zaiyu Hasegawa pauses for a moment when I comment on the diversity of the clientele at Den, his restaurant in Tokyo's Jinbocho neighborhood. "It's by word of mouth, I think. People come and they tell their friends, 'You should go here. It's fun!' " he ...
Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Mar 1, 2013
Den: Modern Japanese with a wry twist
by Robbie Swinnerton
Japanese cuisine at its loftiest is elegant and profound. It can be taut as a tea ceremony or exquisite as a furisode kimono. But inventive, irreverent? Only at Den.
Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Dec 28, 2012
2012: Another year of good Tokyo eating
by Robbie Swinnerton
Before we usher out the Dragon and ring in the Snake, it's time to pause, look back and appreciate all the fine eating that Tokyo has provided this year. Gongs and rankings are meaningless in a city the size of Tokyo: How can anyone ...