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This is Japanese Seafood: a Review
I wondered how complicated fresh fish could be. I soon discovered the simple answer to that. Very. Continue reading
Interview with Sebastien Le Goff: Part 5
You can have an average wine just by yourself and that same bottle, if you share it with someone special it becomes [again Sebastien kisses his fingertips]. Continue reading
Interview with Sebastien Le Goff: Part 4
After several years in Toronto and Vancouver, how is it that you returned to Singapore to open DB Bistro Moderne? Continue reading
Interview with Sebastien Le Goff: Part 3
Most people will be a sommelier, but I like more than just the wine aspect. I like being involved with the business side of it. Continue reading
Interview with Sebastien Le Goff: Part 2
We [in the hospitality business] have to make it easy for people so they feel like they came to the right place. It doesn’t matter if it’s casual or high-end. Nothing is a big deal, everything is smooth. For me, that’s important. Continue reading
Interview with Sebastien Le Goff: Part 1
Sebastien Le Goff says that had anyone suggested in 1997 that he would return to Singapore in 2010 to open and manage DB Bistro Moderne for renowned Chef Daniel Boulud, he would have said, “You’re crazy.” Continue reading
The 2014 Sake Rice Crop in Abbotsford, BC
Optimistic and pragmatic, Masa Shiroki sees rice production in Canada not only as a way to use land now lying fallow, but also to take advantage of global warming. Continue reading
Hiroshima Okonomiyaki
Attempts to explain this unusual dish take almost as much time as making it. Continue reading
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New World Sake: Round Two
The first rice-harvesting combine in Canada (recently shipped to Abbotsford from Hokkaido) brought in the harvest destined to become the 2014 Osake Fraser Valley Junmai. Continue reading
Kyoto Kitcho, Kyoto Hotel Granvia
First established in 1930 in Osaka, Kitcho has grown—along with its reputation for supreme attention to season, setting, presentation, taste, and likely the most famous service in Japan—oh yeah—and expense. Continue reading
Posted in Food, Wine & Restaurants, Japan, Travel & Culture
Tagged Kyoto Hotel Granvia, Kyoto Kitcho
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