Sushi Take in Tokyo. I read about this place a long time ago as Take-san is one of the few top sushi shokukin to be female. But then I read about here again in the book @tokyo_new_wave and I just had to go. So... https://t.co/Kzp8odgrWR
Saitama tour with @saime0515 and @kisashimada β₯οΈ. I was offered to go out to the countryside on a whim to meet up with some of Saime restaurants suppliers and friends. What it ended to be was an adventure of a... https://t.co/C3kA0XIy7L
Sushi Ishiyama in Tokyo. I met Takao Ishiyama-san last year for the first time when I took my sister for her first experience at a high-end sushiya, ironically named "sushiya" and was blown away by his care and... https://t.co/D9ndJLJB6o
Sushi Inomata in Saitama. This was my second experience in Japan with "jukusei" (aged/fermented) style sushi, and it is not what you would think, it is actually more cleaner flavors, but the fish is much much... https://t.co/E2smwPSgeR
Daisan Harumi in Tokyo. This was my first meal in Japan on my first trip, and been coming here ever since. This is the high-end for the real enthusiast with no fuzz. Kazuo Nagayama-san is over 70 and isn't... https://t.co/TscPdx9Sxk
Sushi DAIWA at Toyosu, Tokyo. For breakfast we headed to this institute of sushi that trains young aspiring sushi shokunin that might someday take the transition from fast low-end to calm and steady high-end.... https://t.co/vPZDhVAeSs
Yamayuki group at Toyosu market, Tokyo. Known as the "king of tuna", Yukitaka Yamayuki-san is the very top tuna broker in Japan, delivering tuna to the very top in Tokyo. I was lucky enough to get in via a... https://t.co/iplrpilFgW
Sushinogami in Tokyo. To appreciate the expensive high end you must first understand the basics of it. At Nogami you get old school with a friendly chef whom have rejected the snobby clientele and only focuses... https://t.co/MC5IwV6LkL
@bar_gen_yamamoto in Tokyo. Every single time I come to Japan I visit this zen like temple of seasonal cocktails. The menu is simple, 4 or 6. Everything is done a la minute, the pealing the crushing, the grating... https://t.co/7GJU67uupp
Yakumo SaryΕ in Tokyo. If you are looking for a relaxing not so far away getaway from inner Tokyo for a Japanese breakfast, I highly recommend this place. Beautiful wabi-sabi architecture and design will ease... https://t.co/CjgPmPiXxU
Gem by Moto in Tokyo is a crazy sake bar were they serve you delicious small plates of food and different types of high quality sake combined with nibbles of raw chocolate, olive oil, beer foam etc.... https://t.co/D3bRv1PqgQ
Yanagiya in Gifu. This family runned establishment is a invite only restaurant using 95% of their produce from the surrounding area. We got to try everything from bee larvae, mountain trout, ayu fish, moon bear,... https://t.co/rXVo53diZc
Sushi Sugita in Tokyo. This was the sushiya that made most impact on me on this trip, Sugita-sans focus, sharpness, elegance and presence all combine to give you one of the most impressive and most delicious... https://t.co/e0K0dCnxME
Takahashi in Kyoto. This is a place I went 3 times, and it felt the more I went the further into the rabbit hole I went. Takahashi-san was recommended by @saime0515 as the "sake papa", a man who dedicates his... https://t.co/Ldu2eCE8Cv
Lorimer x Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto. I spent this day with my lovely girlfriend @precis_seu that was in Kyoto with her friends at the same time as me by first having breakfast at Lorimer which is served... https://t.co/hTq51McFHi
Tempura Matsu in Arashiyama, Kyoto. This restaurant of what I've heard, used to be a an old tempura house, but evolved to be a simple kaiseki restaurant, still serving some dishes with tempura that were... https://t.co/psiSYSjTdk
Gion Rakumi in Kyoto. This is one of my absolute favorites in whole of Japan and a must everytime I'm in Kyoto. The staff, the food, they sake and the secret menu items I discover every time I come here.. just love it. #bishokukin_kyoto