Tag: Japanese cuisine
Hamachi Sushi in New York: very nice and excellent value for money
Hamachi is a rare commodity in the center of New York: a very pleasant, unpretentious restaurant where you can eat very well without feeling like you're being ripped off.
For this second dinner and after a hefty bill at...
Restaurant The Lobster Club, New-York: Excellent food, slow service
For this short stay in New York, I decided to go to one of my favorite sushi restaurants, The Lobster Club, located in Midtown near Park Avenue.
The concept
The concept is quite simple: a restaurant serving excellent Japanese cuisine in...
Yakikami in Melbourne: an excellent Japanese experience
Yakikami, in Melbourne, is an excellent traditional Japanese restaurant offering quality food, great service and an overall excellent experience.
It's not hard to find good Japanese restaurants in Australia, so large is the immigrant community from the land of...
Bincho Boss in Melbourne: a pleasant small Japanese restaurant for an izakaya dinner
Bincho Boss, in Melbourne, offers simple, high-quality Japanese cuisine, totally in the spirit of the izakayas, the Japanese equivalent of the bistro that abound in the land of the rising sun.
To say the least, Melbourne's culinary scene...
Restaurant Kuruya Gothenburg: a small and friendly izakaya bar
Kuruya in Gothenburg offers an excellent range of dishes and sakes, with warm and friendly service. Unfortunately, it will no longer exist in this form by the time you read this.
To explain how I ended up at Kuruya,...
Wagamama, Boston Faneuil Hall: Very strong
While we were in the middle of our weekend, my wife had a craving for Chicken Katsu. And what better restaurant chain to satisfy that craving than Wagamama? So I booked in the morning for a late lunch on...
Restaurant The Pepper Club by Todd English, Las Vegas: Excellent Japanese – Mediterranean fusion
For my second evening in the City of Vice, I made a reservation at The Pepper Club... Which you already know, since it's the restaurant of thehotel where I'm staying.
As a reminder, here is the itinerary followed:
The concept
It is...
Miru Restaurant in Chicago: good Asian food but terrible service
Miru offers quality Japanese cuisine, even quite fine, but the service and behavior of the staff spoiled our meal.
For this last dinner in Chicago we had originally booked at The Vig. But at the last minute, Olivier, who was...
Takara Restaurant, Paris: an excellent experience in Europe’s oldest Japanese restaurant
Takara offers authentic, top-quality Japanese cuisine in a warm setting in the heart of Paris.
Some things are planned and expected, while others come as a surprise, as in the case of this totally improvised dinner party. As I was...