Every year, as a reward for writing this Gourmet News, Shimada-san of The Cloakroom in Ginza, who I run, invites me to dine at a grand maison. Last year, he...
Before our first meal of the year at Chantrelle in Motoyoyogicho, Chef Nakata sent me an email saying, "For the main course, we'll have choux farci." One of Chantrelle's standard...
As I have said on every occasion, I am not a "gourmet." A synonym for gourmet is "gourmand," which means big eater, so I think it has the nuance of...
This Gourmet Newsletter is now in its fourth year. We would like to ask Mr. Shimada of The Cloakroom , the editor-in-chief, and all our readers for their continued patronage....
Recently, a TV program aired a segment where they asked ordinary citizens on the street to choose between cream puffs and Mont Blanc, and had them guess which one was...
The other day, I had the chance to drink Les Forts de Latour for the first time in a long while. It was an old wine from a good vintage,...
It seems that the custom of enjoying an aperitif, or an aperitif before meals, has taken root in Japan, too, when it comes to cuisine such as French cuisine, where...
At some point, Japanese people started drinking mineral water all the time. Especially in the summer, people want to drink something cold, so I always buy San Pellegrino. However, I...
Shimada, the owner of The Cloakroom and the founder of this series, holds the "Ginza Tailor Rakugo Club" at his salon in Ginza. In July, Sanyutei Wanjo performed. Wanjo has...
The other day, I had the chance to go to "Otowa Restaurant" in Utsunomiya City. Although it is in the same Tochigi Prefecture, it is not a resort area like...
How did you all spend your Golden Week? I think some people, including myself, had a long nine-day holiday. Perhaps because I was tired from the new semester, I didn't...
Shimada, the owner of The Cloakroom and the editor of Gourmet News, invited me to Toi Visage, a French restaurant in Ginza 7-chome that opened in April last year and...
