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July 02, 2009

Yoshi by Robuchon

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Joel Robuchon is a man of fashion. And the fashion of the moment is called Japanese food. Yoshi is the first Joel Robuchon's Japanese restaurant in the world. It was opened in Metropole hotel in Monaco where there is one Robuchon's restaurant already. The chef in the kitchen is 39 nine year old chef from Japan Takeo Yamazaki, while Joel Robuchon does the guidance.

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May 25, 2009

Alain Ducasse at Plaza Athénée

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Alain Ducasse is French haute cuisine, French haute cuisine is Alain Ducasse. Well, maybe not, but without doubt, he is one of the famous French chef in the world and his name has become a synonym of the French gastronomy.It was my third time at Alain Ducasse's Parisian location and like previous two times, the food was far away from "wow" level, but good enough to come back again and again.

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May 21, 2009

Strawberry trifle with lemon

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Here is a recipe of strawberry trifle that is fresh, refreshing and very fast to make. And as i am not a big cook and almost never cook i love efortless recipes :) I was inspired by a recipe i found online, but made quite a few changes. Instead of the sour cream ( crème fraîche )I used whippped cream.Also, i used much more fresh strawberries and "lady fingers" biscuits.

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May 13, 2009

Lobster at Tetou

Lobster from Tetou from my last night dinner. Usually i don't like lobsters because of their often chewy texture, but this one was  not chewy at all and the sauce was to die for. It is made of the "lobster juice"( the water lobster was boiled), cognac, butter, lemon and boullaibaisse soup. Simply amazing.

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"Taking" pictures from luxeat.com

A friend of mine forwarded a certain Wow confidential newsletter May 2009 that  uses a picture of me and Joel Robuchon that was taken by my friend in NY in 2006.
Dear Wow newsletter, I don't mind that you use this image ( although i don't understand what I have in common with your story), but i would have appreciated if at least you asked for permission to use the image. Thank you.

Robuchon

May 12, 2009

Eden Roc

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I am on my little holidays at the moment so will just share this image today.
The paparazzi boats in front of Eden Roc hotel ,waiting for their famous prey.The Cannes Festival is coming close and probably they will be even more aggressive. What a sad business...
Speaking of the real food, Tetou is as good as always.Could eat there every day!

April 23, 2009

My latest New York obsession

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Steamed pork buns with hoisin,cucumbers and scallions from Momofuku SSam bar and Momofuku Noodle bar . I don't have enough words to describe the brilliance of the combination of  delicate steamed buns,juicy ,but crispy at the same time pork, scallions, slices of cucumber and spicy hoisin sauce. On Tuesday i had one (two buns in one serving) at Momofuku SSam bar, yesterday - at the Noodle bar, will i be able to stop?

April 21, 2009

The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2009

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The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2009 (or here, if the link doesn't work)list is out and once again it proves how subjective and irrelevant it is.(It does get a huge exposure in the world's media though,a great marketing trick by San Pellegrino?) One of the "new entries" is Le Chateaubriand in Paris. I was there one year ago and found it quite low compared to other Parisian bistros. And now Le Chateaubriand has 40th place among the "World's 50 Best Restaurants" ( among Per Se, Cracco or Les Ambassadeurs) . It must be a joke, isn't it? By the way,the ingenius Les Ambassadeurs has 47th place while Le Chateaubriand is the 40th, i wouldn't even dare to compare these two places, other than they both serve food...

The list is plenty of other irrelevancies, not only this one...

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April 17, 2009

Aida

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Dining in Aida was like travelling to Japan. The sober and discrete exterior and interior, warm but reserved (in a good way) service and delicious cooking with ingredients of the highest quality. It is also the only Japanese (teppanyaki) restaurant in Paris to have a Michelin star which makes reserving a table there quite difficult. (Well, as I've mentioned before, because of my constant travelling i rarely book restaurants even one week in advance). So this time i called at 8 pm and to my surprise, they had a two places at the counter. There was a small problem though. It was the first working day after Easter holidays and the Aida's fish supplier was closed, so the restaurant had a limited amount of fish. But i didn't worry for that too much as what i wanted to try there was the chateaubriand teppanyaki for which Aida is famous for.

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April 11, 2009

Umu

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Umu is the idea of a  restaurant that i dreamt of ever since i had that very intriguing, but  maybe too authentic for Westerners eyes and taste buds meal in Kikunoi in Kyoto ."Could anybody recreate the Kyoto style kaiseki meal but with a modern touch in Europe? ",I wondered.

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