Apposite given yesterday’s post that the Michelin Guide has crowned Tokyo as the foodie capital of the world by awarding it’s restaurants more Michelin stars than any other city it has reviewed to date.
This is the first year that it’s restaurants have been reviewed (using a team of 3 French and 2 Japanese reviewers) and they have awarded it a staggering total of 191 stars.
For the record, Paris has 98, London 50 and New York 49 so a total of 191 is quite amazing. Fine dining over there is quite a different experience from any other country on the planet - there are some places where you can only get in if you have been recommended by an existing customer.
There are many styles of Japanese cuisine and to fully appreciate some of them requires an extensive knowledge of the local culture. Even the colour of the ingredients can have meaning.
To learn more about fine dining in Tokyo read this article.
Me, I am off out to bag me some tempura.
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Wait. McDonald's is not fine dining? Dang-it!
I suppose it makes sense that Tokyo would be a food capital, with all those rich folks traveling to- and through- there. It's certainly expensive enough, it ought to be good.
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