[/floatr]Independent: Is this Asia's El Bulli?
In Tokyo's crowded gastronomic landscape, restaurant-de-jour and critics' choice Les Créations de Narisawa enjoys perhaps the city's loftiest reputation. Seven years after unleashing its idiosyncratic blend of Japanese and French eating on the capital, Les Créations has already taken its place in the pantheon of culinary greats, alongside a handful of establishments in Europe and the US. The two-star Michelin winner has just been voted Asia's top eatery in the San Pellegrino World's Best 50 Restaurants List, the planet's leading international poll. Fans trek from across the world to sample its "unorthodox" treats, the word most often used by critics – including San Pellegrino's team of chefs and journalists – to describe the quirky menu, which is sprinkled with ingredients such as organic soil, charcoal and tree bark. Founder Yoshihiro Narisawa loves the description...."A good restaurant should surprise people; make them sit up and take notice of the food and understand the message behind it. That's what we try to do...There's no point making the same dish for a 70-year-old man and a young man or woman."[I]...more...[/I]
A new entry in the top 50 is Nihonryori RyuGin in Roppongi.
