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Bringing home the melon
So this is how the precious musk melon from Senbikiya Tokyo store looked when sliced. This one cost me around 80 € , while the most expensive musk melon at the shop that day was over 160 € ! As...
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A beginner’s guide to high end sushi restaurants in Tokyo
This little “guide” is based on my dining experiences at some of the best sushi restaurants in Tokyo over the last 5 years. It might sound simplistic to Tokyoites,but hopefully useful for those who...
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Tea ceremony at Happo-en gardens
Some images from the tea ceremony at Happo- en gardens in Tokyo,a complex and sophisticated centuries old ritual where each gesture has a meaning…
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Teppanyaki at Ukai-tei Omotesando
Nowhere in the world you can have such excellent beef as in Japan. Wagyu (which literally means “Japanese beef” ) can be so marbled and fatty that if you go for the highest grade beef you might feel as...
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東京 グルメ
東京に住んでいる皆様、 東京で食べ歩きするのが大好きな私です。今、皆さんに私がお勧めしたい東京都内のレストランのリストを作っているところです。皆さんのお気に入りのレストランの名前、住所も教えてくれますか。(すべてのジャンル ) コメント、お待ちしています。
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30 best Tokyo sushi restaurants by Tabelog users (16/06 revision)
The list of the best sushi restaurants in Tokyo on the Japanese language Tabelog.com website is more volatile than I thought. There have been quite a few movements since I compiled it two and a half...
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50 best Tokyo restaurants according to Tabelog users (19/06 revision)
The updated list of 50 best restaurants in Tokyo according to Tabelog users. Like in the case of the best sushi restaurants in Tokyo, many changes have occurred since I first compiled the list....
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2 Michelin starred Kimura sushi
Kuruma shrimp sushi The very best sushi experiences in Tokyo are rarely less than ¥ 15 000 – ¥ 20 000 per person, so I was very curious to visit 2 Michelin starred Kimura sushi (3-21-8 Tamagawa,...
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Nihonryori RyuGin
Chef Seiji Yamamoto is fond of dragons. The walls of his restaurant and the 400-year old presentation plates are all adorned with these mythical creatures. Even the restaurant’s name, ryugin,...
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7 chome Kyoboshi: the most expensive tempura in the world
Myouga (Japanese ginger) In the normal world of fine dining 38 000 Yen or 290 Euros will buy you a tasting menu containing at least a bit of truffles,caviar or other expensive ingredients. Not in...
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Michelin starred pork cutlet
If young and aspiring chefs in the West might believe that being creative and innovative is the key to one’s first Michelin star, in Japan you can get a Michelin star for being really good in what...
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“No tip please, it’s my job”
Tokyo by night.. © Luxeat Despite the fact that I’ve been to Japan several times (12 if to be precise), I recently found myself in two situations where, to my dismay, I realized that I had not...
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Bifteck no Kawamura
Before you ask me how I managed to get a reservation at Kawamura steakhouse in Tokyo – I didn’t . There are two Kawamuras which both happen to be in Ginza. The famous one where it’s almost...
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Harutaka sushi
Despite of August being my least favorite time of eating raw fish in Japan,Harutaka (Ginza Kawabata Building 3F, 8-5-8 Ginza, Chuo-k,Tokyo;tel. 03-3573-1144) sushi-ya was as outstanding as always....
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The toughest restaurant reservation in the world
The hardest to reserve restaurant in the world is not in Brooklyn, Barcelona and not even in Copenhagen. It’s in Tokyo and you’ve probably never heard of it before. I’ve been trying to get into...
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Luxeat picture of the day: 1* soba
Tokyo has countless soba restaurants,from which 8 are currently awarded one Michelin star each. Muto soba-ya is one of them. Every morning, the chef – owner wakes up early to make his soba...
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30 best Tokyo sushi restaurants by Tabelog users (10/30 revision)
Chu-toro sushi at Sushi Saitou Despite of the few movements and the few new entries (noticeably,Kakutou, the new sushi restaurant by Michelin starred kaiseki chef Toru Okuda) since my last...
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Yukari’s ramen
Nobody knows Tokyo’s best foodies’ addresses better than Yukari Sakamoto,a Japanese- American chef and book author living in Tokyo with her husband and their small son. We met with Yukari at her...
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With 7 Chome Kyoboshi chef
With 7 Chome Kyoboshi chef in Tokyo last August, who until recently was the only tempura chef in the world to hold 3 Michelin stars. Despite of him loosing the third star, I still think he is the...
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50 best Tokyo restaurants according to Tabelog users
It’s been a while since I last updated the top 50 results of the best restaurants in Tokyo according to the Japanese language site Tabelog.com users. Click on continue reading below to see the...
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