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A focus on crab and other Hokuriku specialties makes dining at Kataori a sublime experience

Food & Drink | Destination Restaurants 2021 Dec 19, 2021

A focus on crab and other Hokuriku specialties makes dining at Kataori a sublime experience

by Robbie Swinnerton

All the best chefs search out the finest ingredients, but Takuya Kataori takes this quest to the ultimate extreme.

Nihonryori Yukimoto: Grounded in tradition, a <i>kaiseki</i> lineage evolves

Food & Drink | Destination Restaurants 2021 Sep 18, 2021

Nihonryori Yukimoto: Grounded in tradition, a kaiseki lineage evolves

by Robbie Swinnerton

Chef Takayuki Hagiwara blends Japanese aesthetics with a quietly contemporary cooking style that uses the local bounty of Nagano Prefecture to its fullest.

Yubako Kamohara: Taking center counter at Tsurutokame

Food & Drink | Women of Taste Jun 13, 2020

Yubako Kamohara: Taking center counter at Tsurutokame

by Joan Bailey

Yubako Kamohara leads Japan’s only all-female kaiseki restaurant, Tsurutokame. But becoming an itamae chef wasn’t her original plan.

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 ...

'Untangling my Chopsticks': Searching for the origins of Japanese fine dining

Books / Reviews | ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES Feb 1, 2020

'Untangling my Chopsticks': Searching for the origins of Japanese fine dining

by Stephen Mansfield

Engagingly written and well-researched, Victoria Abbott Riccardi's culinary memoir, "Untangling My Chopsticks," traces her year immersed in Kyoto's kaiseki culture.

Rakushin: A flavorful harmony of Japanese-Flemish cuisine

Food & Drink Jan 7, 2020

Rakushin: A flavorful harmony of Japanese-Flemish cuisine

by J.J. O'Donoghue

It's Belgian-meets-Japanese for this collaborative four-hands meal organized by Arts Flanders Japan at Osaka's Rakushin.

Hitoshi Miyazawa: Taking a multicourse adventure in Australia

People | WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN? Jul 6, 2019

Hitoshi Miyazawa: Taking a multicourse adventure in Australia

by Katherine Whatley

Kaiseki, the multicourse meal that is the height of refinement in Japanese cuisine is the modus operandi of Hitoshi Miyazawa, head chef for Ishizuka in Melbourne, Australia.

Rakushin: Some food can't be improved upon

Food & Drink | OSAKA RESTAURANTS Mar 23, 2019

Rakushin: Some food can't be improved upon

by J.J. O'Donoghue

At Rakushin, kaiseki chef Shintaro Katayama's cuisine is flexible and curious even as it pays respect to the genre's historic canon.

Dinner and conversation with Tsutomu Nakajima

Food & Drink | OSAKA RESTAURANTS Dec 22, 2018

Dinner and conversation with Tsutomu Nakajima

by J.J. O'Donoghue

Chef Tsutomu Nakajima of Sato no Ie Hanase on the importance of umami and why the flavor is at risk of vanishing.

Nihonryori RyuGin: New address for a Tokyo classic

Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Dec 15, 2018

Nihonryori RyuGin: New address for a Tokyo classic

by Robbie Swinnerton

Even in Tokyo, a city that relentlessly reinvents itself, change never comes easy, no matter how celebrated a restaurant may be. The bigger the name, the greater the expectations, and few have larger reputations than Nihonryori RyuGin. Chef Seiji Yamamoto's contemporary take on Japan's traditional ...

A Michelin star in just six months for Ireland's first <I>kaiseki</I> restaurant

Food & Drink Nov 3, 2018

A Michelin star in just six months for Ireland's first kaiseki restaurant

by J.J. O'Donoghue

Chef Takashi Miyazaki's Ichigo Ichie is Ireland's first kaiseki restaurant — albeit one that blends Japanese and Irish flavors. When it landed a Michelin star within its first year, the restaurant put Cork back on Europe's culinary map and brought Miyazaki instant international acclaim.

Kawahara: Thrilling, exciting, game-changing <I>kaiseki</I>

Food & Drink | OSAKA RESTAURANTS Jul 21, 2018

Kawahara: Thrilling, exciting, game-changing kaiseki

by J.J. O'Donoghue

At Kawahara, expect a multi-course kaiseki meal that presents seasonal foods in unexpected, playful ways.

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