Gourmet Journeys Through Japan and Around the World.
Our recommended restaurants to visit – from Michelin-starred sushiyas to traditional kaiseki and ingredients-focused establishments. Check out Foodume’s must-eat list in Japan:
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Our recommended restaurants, cafes, bakeries and specialty food shops to visit – Check out Foodume’s must-eat list in Paris and Spain:
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Dining at Le Duc is an unassuming experience, much like eating at a family restaurant you have been going to your whole life, only with more elegant cooking that will change your perception on how fish and seafood are best savoured. A Foodume favourite in Paris.
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Housed within the former dining room of the Cirque d’Hiver in Paris’ 11th arrondissement, Le Clown Bar is as known for its historic circus and clown-themed interiors as its eclectic Modern French fare with Japonais influence.
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Chefs like Alain Passard may not cash in on the latest dining trends, employ intricate molecular gastronomy science or use the fanciest ingredients in abundance, but they embody the most important thing in their pursuit of culinary perfection: cooking with a lot of heart, passion and soul.
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An afternoon at chocolatier Jacques Génin’s salon is every gourmand’s sweet-toothed, Parisian dream. A must when in Paris.
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Patisserie Ryoco stands tall as one of Tokyo’s best patisseries, ranked just third in Tabelog’s Tokyo listing.
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Chef Zaiyu Hasegawa’s playful interpretation of classical Japanese cuisine at his restaurant, Den, is celebrated as the front-runner of modern kaiseki in Tokyo. For the lack of a better phrase, a meal at Den is one of good vibes only.
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Here’s 10 of our favourite dishes this year, plus 5 outstanding desserts (because who can resist a sweet temptation?)
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French artisan baker Christophe Vasseur’s motto to “do something different, but exceptional” has earned him a reputation for being one of the best bakers in Paris (Gault & Millau, 2008), in just six years of opening his popular Du Pain et Des Idées boulangerie. And hand on heart, we speak from experience that his signature wood-fired pain des amis loafs and gorgeous swirls of sweet escargots are some of the best breads ever created.
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In the heart of Omotesando’s fashionable shopping district lies Sakurai, a one-of-a-kind, contemporary tea house that has quickly garnered a reputation for serving the ultimate Japanese tea experience.
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At ¥5,000 for a course of 13 nigiri, Sushi Ochiai, an edomae style sushiya, offers one of the most valuable sushi lunch deals in Tokyo.
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Barcelona, Spain – Our visit to Bodega 1900, a modern vermouth bar helmed by Spanish culinary superstar Albert Adrià, was the salve we very much needed to remedy a disappointing experience at the popular Tickets tapas bar earlier this Spring.
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Located in the idyllic fishing town of Getaria, Elkano is one of Basque Country’s best fish restaurants to savour turbot. Its specialty turbot dish, cooked whole on an open-air charcoal parrilla grill outside the restaurant, is served on the bone with sea salt and olive oil.
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