When René Redzepi, founder of Noma (voted the best restaurant in the world five times), announced in October 2022 that he was bringing his famous restaurant to Kyoto, it was a complete surprise. At the end of the Covid-19 pandemic period, when Japan was still closed to foreign visitors, the movement of the highly experimental culinary team and trained by Copenhagen to the conservative conservative capital of Japan was a bold decision, for saying at least. Special since Kyoto is perceived as as invaded by tourists who has become unattractive. The Danish chef should have logically chosen Tokyo, the economic, political, cultural and culinary capital, with its 181 Michelin stars (including 12 three stars). Tokyo, the eternal “adversary” of the former capital Kyoto, of whom “the duration of the emperor the Meiji restoration (in 1868).
Noma’s creator saw things differently. First, while recourse in Noma in Kyoto The magazine, published in November 2023, is very close to Yoshihiro Murata, the three -star chef of the Kikunoi Honten restaurant, who presented it to the city and its culinary specialties about 15 years ago. Redzepi had always dreamed of returning, and the opening of the oil hotel acted as a detonator in 2020. He decided to install a Noma branch inside the establishment for a first residence, from March to May 2023. A second residence would follow, between October and December 2024.
According to Merieme Soliman, Marketing Director of the hotel group born in the United States, which has Spin-Off establishments in New York, California and London, the AS had been looking Bowie to Akira.
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