Top "foul-mouthed" UK chef to open in Tokyo

[Mulboyne]

[FG Lurker]

[Charles]

Ramsay, who has won a total of seven Michelin stars for his London restaurants...

Somehow, I suspect he operates at least eight restaurants.

[ichigo partygirl]

I knew who you were talking about before i read the name or saw the pic! This guy is so foul mouthed. If he opened a place in japan im sure it would be run for him - he would never have the manners or the poise to deal with the japanese suppliers himself.
-His cooking show( shit i nearly wrote his cocking show! LOL) is the most boring piece of shit on tv( although if it was a cocking show it might be more interesting.....)

[Mulboyne]

[Mulboyne]

Independent: Gordon Ramsay: Empire of the tum
I must have died and ended up in foodie heaven. It's a dream-like place of precision, perfection, politeness, preferential treatment and purple-hued luxury. Ah, the neatly alliterative joy. And as I'm sitting in a restaurant some 28 floors above bustling Friday-night Tokyo, even a small chunk of my celestial journey upwards has been taken care of. Of course it has: when Gordon Went To Japan, nothing would be left to chance. Britain's most fastidious chef doesn't plant his flag in the shadow of the world's most expensive real estate, go into partnership with a high-end hotel chain, and enter a culture renowned for its obsession with the right way to do things, without joyfully microscoping every detail. "Oh, it creates fire in your belly," declares Gordon Ramsay of Gordon Ramsay At Conrad Tokyo, a restaurant that pits de luxe artistry against, well, more of the same. He has so much fire in his belly that his tongue is positively scorching. "A lot more energy," he continues, barely pausing for breath or punctuation. "But yeah, I'm shitting myself. The press conference two months ago, in front of 400 journalists, it's long-winded, you've got an interpreter and a lady, smart arse, from I can't think of what newspaper, said: 'If you're such a hands-on chef, who's gonna do the cooking when you're not there?' And I said: same person who's gonna do it when I am there... can I ask you a question? 'Yeah.' Your suit. 'Yeah, it's Armani.' I said, 500 quid? She said, '$2,500.' I said, that's a lot of money for a suit - when you bought it did you ask if it was fucking Giorgio who stitched it? And that told her."
...The pugnacious chef's ear-peeling enthusiasm for his Japanese venture comes thick, fast and persuasive. Clearly Ramsay - father of four young children, Ferrari-driver, motorbike-lover, marathon-runner - doesn't do anything at less than full-pelt. Even talk. "Oh, it's a big one this," he says beamingly of the Tokyo project. "It's serious. Combining that level of style and integrity. Every big chef in Europe is in Tokyo - [Alain] Ducasse is there, [Joel] Robuchon is there. So it's not an automatic assumption that when you've got three [Michelin] stars it's a licence to sell. We have the most amazing support from Japanese customers in Britain...Last week, after we had both visited Conrad Tokyo, I call Ramsay. He says he'd had a great time at the opening, wearing a Japanese cape and smashing open the traditional barrel of saki. What did he think of his restaurant? It was good, he barks, but not quite there yet. The humidity played havoc with the deserts. The language barriers in the kitchen needed to be hurdled. The cooks needed more training. "But we're on the road. By the start of November we should be pretty much there."

[Mulboyne]

[Cyka UchuuJin]

unless his tv show starts airing here, it's very likely that his tokyo restaurant will go the way of amarylis in glasgow and his kitchen at brockett hall.

the guy is a tv chef, his food really isn't all that amazing, ( i'll stick to new york grill at the park hyatt if i'm in the mood for truly fantastic western food, thanks) and just slapping his name on it isn't going to make the japanese flock to it.

he's had japanese success in england because the japanese make it a point to dine at and see every tourist trap in their timeout guide books, of which ramsey pays shedloads to advertise in.

i give it a year before it folds. possibly less.

[kusai Jijii]

The way chefs in Japan talk to their underlings in the kitchen (arrogant CUNTS that they are), I doubt Gordo's potty mouth will be what distinguishes him from anyone else here.

[Mock Cockpit]

i give it a year before it folds. possibly less.

Check the dates on the original posts.
Edit- was just looking at this- http://conradhotels1.hilton.com/ts/en/hotels/TYOCICI/docs/CR_Sunday_Brunch.pdf
Now I freely admit I don't know much about the high end of the restaurant market (if this place does indeed qualify as the "high end") but I'd reckon 6800 yen is not an outrageous price to pay for a 4 course lunch with champers. I'd take my missus there if we ever went to Tokyo but I'm sure she'd much rather have some famous fucking ramen somewhere where you have to line up for 3 days.

[Mulboyne]

By all accounts, Ramsay's Tokyo restaurant fell short of his usual standards when it opened but has improved since. Ramsay has collected a number of Michelin stars over the years so I'm sure he won't have been impressed to have been ignored by the Tokyo guide when so many of his French competitors were highly rated.

The Conrad didn't get as much of a buzz when it opened compared with the Grand Hyatt or the Ritz Carlton in Roppongi but I've heard a few business travellers singing its praises recently.

[Catoneinutica]

Ramsay is a chav souffle - his appeal is akin to that of a foul-mouthed carnival barker. Still, the food on Ramsay's menus is nicht übel, as the Germans say - not half bad. I suppose that warrants throwing a couple of ichi-man notes his way.

[TennoChinko]

By all accounts, Ramsay's Tokyo restaurant fell short of his usual standards when it opened but has improved since. Ramsay has collected a number of Michelin stars over the years so I'm sure he won't have been impressed to have been ignored by the Tokyo guide when so many of his French competitors were highly rated.

The Conrad didn't get as much of a buzz when it opened compared with the Grand Hyatt or the Ritz Carlton in Roppongi but I've heard a few business travellers singing its praises recently.

Chef Ramsay's Tokyo restaurant failed to get even one Michelin star while Chef Robuchon picked up three for Joël Robuchon and two stars for L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon and one for La Table de Joël Robuchon. One reason for Gordon Ramsay Tokyo failure to get even one star is probably thanks to the fact that his chefs here do not share the same work ethic as their boss. They've been spotted one too many times drunk and trolling for chicks in Muse at 2 a.m.

[omae mona]

By all accounts, Ramsay's Tokyo restaurant fell short of his usual standards when it opened but has improved since. Ramsay has collected a number of Michelin stars over the years so I'm sure he won't have been impressed to have been ignored by the Tokyo guide when so many of his French competitors were highly rated.

I had a dinner there with Mrs. Omae Mona well past their opening (it was at least 6 months after they started, if not a year). My memento consists of a personal letter from the manager apologizing for the horrendous service we experienced and an offer for a free dinner for both of us, to make up for it. The experience was bad enough that we chose not to take them up on the offer.

I did not complain about the food, but it wasn't one of the more memorable meals I've had in Tokyo, by any means. And the vast majority of enjoyable meals I'm thinking of were far cheaper, too.