Gastronomic ceramics in Japan
In Japanese traditional tasting menu gastronomic ceramics have always played a supportive role to the chefs’ seasonal food presentation. The choice of the bowls, cups and plates is rarely limited […]
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Rokkaku: the first Michelin-stared Izakaya in Japan
Izakaya is a casual Japanese meal that, similarly to the Spanish tapas or British pub food, is made to complement alcoholic drinks like wine, beer, sake or spirits. At the […]
Ippodo: once tea for Japanese emperors today caters from Kyoto to modern New York
Ippodo is one of the oldest and most known tea brands in Japan. Their expanding tea houses specialise in Japanese green tea grown around Kyoto. Various grades of matcha, gyokuro, sencha […]
Toyo Cuisine Parisienne Saveurs Japonaises: cooking with the rare ingredients of France and Japan rises awareness of biodiversity
This humble, yet valuably informative and aesthetically minimalist cookbook introduced me to the rare ingredients that in their essence express the biodiversity of France and Japan. A minimum of soy […]
Where I want to indulge again in 2019: Best restaurants, dishes and desserts in the word by La Muse Blue
Here I sum up the best restaurants, dishes and desserts of 2018 that I cannot wait to return to in 2019. It is important, perhaps essential, to reflect on the […]
Urasawa: the most exclusive Japanese restaurant hidden on Rodeo Drive
Hiroyuki Urasawa is often praised as the best japanese chef in America. I have not dined at all of the thousands of Japanese restaurants in the US, but if one […]
Photo essay: Autumnal beauty and poetry of Kyoto
The autumnal beauty of Kyoto stirs the inner naturalist in any one of us. It is poetic and by far my favourite season to be in the former imperial capital […]
Best Japanese tea rooms in Tokyo
Serious tea lovers but also occasional tea-to-tellers may find handy my concise guide to Tokyo’s most noteworthy tea rooms and shops…
La Chassagnette: Camargue in a fine vegetable feast
Dining at La Chassagnette is an immersive experience that does not show off, it simply is its natural self without facelifts, make up or pretence. She accepts herself as she […]