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...
Professor René Scherrer, who was a professor emeritus at the University of Paris 8 and who helped me when I was studying abroad in Paris, passed away on February 1st...
I don't like eating out, and if I do go out, it's for a couple, so the cuisine that is the furthest from me is "Chinese food." I have said...
I have gotten into the habit of writing manuscripts in the middle of the night. I usually finish work at around four or five o'clock every night, and I watch...
Gourmet News is now in its third year. I owe this entirely to all of you who read my writing and to Mr. Shimada, the editor-in-chief. I would like to...
The other day, when I went to Bistro Partager in Shinsen, the first thing written on the blackboard was "Three kinds of Burgundy regional cuisine." I was first attracted by...
