The annual "Media Social Gathering" hosted by the Imperial Hotel was held in the "Hikari no Ma" (Hikari Room), a large ballroom located on the second mezzanine floor of the main building of the Imperial Hotel...
..."Paris 1930": A special dinner featuring avant-garde French cuisine with unconventional ideas.
Located on the second floor of "The Landis Taipei," the French restaurant "Paris 1930" opened 37 years ago, coinciding with the hotel's founding, and boasts a long history, being the first authentic French restaurant in Taiwan...
..."Salon de Thé de Joël Robuchon Taipei": The work of Japanese pastry chefs and bakers!
Bellavita, a luxury shopping mall, opened in 2009. It's commonly known as "Guefeuille Department Store." In Italian, Bellavita means "beautiful life," hence the name...
...A new restaurant in Taipei, "Toh-A'桌藏" (Table), is a French restaurant that blends Taiwanese cuisine with French dishes.
Toh-A'桌藏 is a French restaurant that just opened in October 2015. The owner-chef, William Bu (also known as Abu), a Hong Kong native, has spent over 20 years in Taiwan, a place he's grown accustomed to, and has brought his own French cuisine to life there...
...Alexander's Steakhouse, a restaurant that has previously earned one Michelin star, has landed in Taipei.
In Cupertino, California, USA, the original restaurant held a Michelin star for three years from 2011 to 2013, and there are also branches in San Francisco and Pasadena...
..."L'Air café néo-bistro Furyu Shokan": Coffee pairing in collaboration with a French chef and a coffee master.
Yongkang Street in Taipei is a trendy area lined with popular Taiwanese local food restaurants that often have long lines, as well as stylish雑貨 stores and tea shops. Located at a small alley intersection in this area is the French restaurant "L'Air caf...".
...My friend, a sommelier, will be joining the front-of-house staff at the Yugawara French restaurant "L'Erle Cambis" starting in March!
There's a French restaurant I always visit whenever I go to Yugawara. Climbing a narrow, steep slope, surrounded by a bamboo forest, it creates a fantastical atmosphere, and offers authentic French cuisine incorporating Japanese aesthetics and refined Japanese techniques. It's called "HERLEQUIN BIS...".
..."Kappo Benichi," a long-established kappo restaurant founded in 1924, offers kaiseki cuisine in a relaxed private room, along with a rich history of traditional Japanese cuisine.
Founded in 1924 (Taisho 13), Kappo Benichi, a long-established restaurant in Hamamatsu's fish market district, celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2014. Beyond its cuisine, it boasts a charming atmosphere and offers private Japanese-style rooms, each with a tranquil ambiance. The restaurant features a wonderful array of tableware and furnishings,...
...A blissful birthday lunch surrounded by gourmets at "Le Sputnik," a 1-star French restaurant in Roppongi.
This is my first time back in Roppongi since the Maserati 100th Anniversary Party hosted by Maserati Japan Co., Ltd. at The Ritz-Carlton Tokyo in Tokyo Midtown in May 2014. On this particular day, I was invited by a food connoisseur to Roppongi...
...Akasaka's "Kien" is a Japanese restaurant offering a limited-time set meal, providing a peaceful atmosphere where you can rest your wings like a swallow returning to its nest.
Nestled quietly in an alleyway in Tameike-Sanno, beyond the Akasaka office district, lies "KIEN," a Michelin one-star authentic Japanese restaurant. A charming outdoor garden welcomes you, offering a respite from the hustle and bustle of the city. Passing through the stone-paved approach over gravel, you'll find yourself surrounded by bamboo...
...Nagoya's newly opened French restaurant, "Reminiscence," offers a world of lingering impressions and memories infused into each dish.
Young chef Masaki Kuzuhara, who trained under top-class restaurants in both eastern and western Japan—under Chef Shuzo Kishida of "Quintessence" in the east and Chef Hajime Yoneda of "Hajime" in the west—has opened his own restaurant in his hometown of Nagoya, located midway between Tokyo and Kansai...
...Yugawara French restaurant "L'Erle Cambis": A blissful birthday lunch surrounded by a charming bamboo grove.
Nestled quietly at the foot of Mount Taikan in Hakone lies the town of Yugawara. A place steeped in history and culture, beloved by many literary figures since ancient times, it is celebrated in the Manyoshu, the only anthology of poetry, for its natural hot springs. Beyond its reputation as a hot spring resort, it is also blessed with abundant nature throughout the seasons and the bounty of the sea...
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