Tag: Japanese cuisine
Restaurant Motomaro, Chicago: Good, But Nothing More
For my second evening in Chicago, I made a reservation at a Japanese restaurant located in West Loop, the neighborhood where I used to live when I was based in this city.
The concept
The concept is quite straightforward: a high-end...
KO in Bali: excellent Japanese cuisine and a beautiful show
KO in Bali is an excellent Japanese restaurant offering various types of teppanyaki and sushi menus in a range of settings, where the quality of the food is matched by the entertainment provided by the chef behind the counter....
Koizen Gothenburg: a very pleasant sushi experience
Koizen is a restaurant offering tasting menus based on excellent quality sushi, prepared by a passionate and extremely friendly chef.
For dinner in Gothenburg, I put Koizen at the top of my list for one simple reason: it's the...
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...