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A night to savor for Japan's restaurants at 2022 Asia's 50 Best awards

Food & Drink Apr 1, 2022

A night to savor for Japan's restaurants at 2022 Asia's 50 Best awards

by Robbie Swinnerton

It was a result for the ages: 11 restaurants from Japan made the cut, including eight in the top 20. If that wasn’t enough, the top prize went to Tokyo’s much loved Den.

Tokyo's Den voted Asia's best restaurant

Food & Drink Mar 30, 2022

Tokyo's Den voted Asia's best restaurant

by Oscar Boyd

The top choice at this year's Asia's 50 Best Restaurants is known for its modernist reworking of Japan's traditional multicourse menu and a humorous take on a KFC favorite.

Tokyo's Den, Narisawa and Florilege make the cut at World's 50 Best Restaurants awards

Food & Drink Oct 6, 2021

Tokyo's Den, Narisawa and Florilege make the cut at World's 50 Best Restaurants awards

by Claire Williamson

After a year-long pandemic-induced delay, The World’s 50 Best Restaurants returned to the live stage in Antwerp on Oct. 5 to announce this year’s winners.

Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2021 award ceremony celebrates region’s culinary creativity (and resilience)

Food & Drink Mar 26, 2021

Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2021 award ceremony celebrates region’s culinary creativity (and resilience)

by Oscar Boyd

Nine restaurants from Japan made the 50 Best list, and another nine placed on the inaugural 51-100 ranking.

Denkushiflori: Den and Florilege collaboration drives Tokyo’s hottest opening

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.

Asia's 50 Best Restaurants is a somber countdown for an industry and continent in crisis

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 ...

Japan dominates 2019's Asia's 50 Best awards

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 ...

A new generation of Japanese chefs comes to the fore at Asia's Best 50

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 ...

Den: 'Ultimate home cooking' taken to the next level

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.

Chef Zaiyu Hasegawa presents creative takes on dishes that a mother would be proud of

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 ...

Den: Modern Japanese with a wry twist

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.

2012: Another year of good Tokyo eating

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 ...

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