Japan Michelin Starred Restaurant Advice
Oct 9, 2024 | 1:46 pm
#286
Join Date: Jan 2018
Posts: 299
Hi everyone, wanted to ask some advice. I have Lature, Esquisse and L'Effervescence booked for lunch while I'm in Tokyo. Will it be too much food to also try to go to other Michelin starred restaurants for dinner (likely to be mostly Japanese, or beef-oriented) as well? Usually the cumulative portions are enough to be quite full at Michelin restaurants in western countries and thus probably not as good an idea to do both lunch and dinner, but I wasn't sure if that was different in Japan
Oct 9, 2024 | 6:04 pm
#287
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 1,300
Hi everyone, wanted to ask some advice. I have Lature, Esquisse and L'Effervescence booked for lunch while I'm in Tokyo. Will it be too much food to also try to go to other Michelin starred restaurants for dinner (likely to be mostly Japanese, or beef-oriented) as well? Usually the cumulative portions are enough to be quite full at Michelin restaurants in western countries and thus probably not as good an idea to do both lunch and dinner, but I wasn't sure if that was different in Japan
Oct 9, 2024 | 6:09 pm
#288
Join Date: Jan 2018
Posts: 299
Combination of openings and also the reviews of people in various places noted that those were really good meals even when compared to their other fine dining experiences. I'm trying to also get some sushi, wagyu, and other restaurants booked but those aren't necessarily always michelin
Oct 9, 2024 | 6:16 pm
#289
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Brooklyn, NY
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Combination of openings and also the reviews of people in various places noted that those were really good meals even when compared to their other fine dining experiences. I'm trying to also get some sushi, wagyu, and other restaurants booked but those aren't necessarily always michelin
Oct 9, 2024 | 6:57 pm
#291
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Whenever I have lunch at one of these Michelin-starred blowouts my dinner consists of a plate of fruit.
Oct 10, 2024 | 6:07 pm
#292
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: SEA
Posts: 180
Hi everyone, wanted to ask some advice. I have Lature, Esquisse and L'Effervescence booked for lunch while I'm in Tokyo. Will it be too much food to also try to go to other Michelin starred restaurants for dinner (likely to be mostly Japanese, or beef-oriented) as well? Usually the cumulative portions are enough to be quite full at Michelin restaurants in western countries and thus probably not as good an idea to do both lunch and dinner, but I wasn't sure if that was different in Japan
Hommage was 5 amuse bouche, 3 savory courses, 5 desserts, then a piece of fruit so it's the same as a Western 2*.
I wouldn't recommend a tasting menu for dinner but steakhouse would be fine.
Oct 10, 2024 | 8:10 pm
#293
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 217
Hi everyone, wanted to ask some advice. I have Lature, Esquisse and L'Effervescence booked for lunch while I'm in Tokyo. Will it be too much food to also try to go to other Michelin-starred restaurants for dinner (likely to be mostly Japanese or beef-oriented) as well? Usually the cumulative portions are enough to be quite full at Michelin restaurants in western countries and thus probably not as good an idea to do both lunch and dinner, but I wasn't sure if that was different in Japan
Oct 10, 2024 | 8:38 pm
#294
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To each his/her own, but I would advise against following a filling, delicious, and sophisticated lunch by stuffing your piehole afterwards with ramen, which is essentially 4 AM drunk food.
Oct 10, 2024 | 8:51 pm
#295
Join Date: Jan 2018
Posts: 299
Last year we went to Hommage, 2*, for lunch and did have dinner and my partner doesn't eat a lot. It was a fair amount of food but after walking off lunch and going to a sake bar early evening we got hungry after 7. It was a "light" dinner though of tapas with a mini paella, just 3 dishes.
Hommage was 5 amuse bouche, 3 savory courses, 5 desserts, then a piece of fruit so it's the same as a Western 2*.
I wouldn't recommend a tasting menu for dinner but steakhouse would be fine.
Hommage was 5 amuse bouche, 3 savory courses, 5 desserts, then a piece of fruit so it's the same as a Western 2*.
I wouldn't recommend a tasting menu for dinner but steakhouse would be fine.
Oct 10, 2024 | 10:06 pm
#296
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 217
Oct 11, 2024 | 2:31 pm
#298
Join Date: Nov 2013
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+1,000 for me too! However, my tiny Japanese wife will still have full meals day after day after day -- and I can't figure out how! If we have Italian, French, or even something like Thai food I can eat her under the table -- but with Sushi she crushes me every time!
Oct 13, 2024 | 10:30 pm
#299
Join Date: Jan 2018
Posts: 299
I have decided to moderate my consumption on this trip, no Michelin dinners to follow up Michelin lunches, but will report back on if I think I could have done it, in case anyone else cares to know
