Les Créations de Narisawa

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NARISAWA
Les Creations de Narisawa
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Established2003
Food typeJapanese
City Minato, Tokyo
CountryJapan

NARISAWA is a Japanese restaurant in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It opened in Minami Aoyama in November 2003.[ citation needed ]

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Awards

NARISAWA received one Michelin star in the 2008 Michelin Guide Tokyo, and then two stars in 2010. The restaurant was voted 20th best in the world in Restaurant (magazine) Top 50 2009, and the best restaurant in Asia. Most recently, the restaurant was named 8th in 2016. [1]

Chef

Chef Yoshihiro Narisawa was born on 11 April 1969 in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. [2] He trained in Switzerland under Frédy Girardet, in France under Joël Robuchon, and in Italy at Antica Osteria del Ponte. [3]

Narisawa returned from Europe after 9 years and opened his own first restaurant in Odawara, Kanagawa, and named it "La Napoule". He subsequently moved the entire operation to central Tokyo.

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References

  1. The World's 50 Best Restaurant Awards Archived February 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Restaurant (magazine) 2011
  2. 成澤由浩 (in Japanese)
  3. "FOUR Magazine: Respect for the Land" . Retrieved 2014-01-11.

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