Tokyo is truly a city for lovers of food, and the dining experience. No other city boasts more restaurants, the sheer volume of dining opportunities is staggering. The 2007 Michelin Guide awarded Tokyo more stars than any other city, even its beloved Paris.
The interesting thing about the number of stars was not only the sheer number, but the variety of restaurants starred - the guide best known for its secret, professional reviewers had given its coveted stars to restaurants cooking up not only various types of Japanese food, but also Italian, and even French cuisine.
The guide's assessment of Japan was similar to mine; the cuisine at a variety of Tokyo restaurants was uniformly excellent. The Japanese chefs have taken concepts from their own cuisine as well as the Western culinary traditions and perfected them. At any measure of good restaurant, the food was executed at the highest level of the art; at two restaurants, Ryugin and Sushi Ko, the experience was life-altering (you will see these two restaurants have made the "top ten" list I maintain on this site).
Too, there were more informal dining experiences that were absolutely amazing. Small, intimate dining rooms with open kitchens such as Kaikaya serving up fresh grilled and sushi fused with Western spices and prepared in entirely unique ways.
The next post will contain my recommendations for Tokyo dining; enjoy!
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