For three days I was allowed to observe the chefs at a sushi restaurant in Tokyo.

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From waygu beef to a bowl of ramen, from a homely izakaya (pub) to the most exclusive sushi restaurant, Tokyo residents have a massive amount of choice at any budget.

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Only one restaurant in all of Tokyo, a gourmet's paradise, specialises in whale cuisine.

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In Chapter restaurant, designed by Tokyo's Spin Studio, a winding iron staircase leads to a mezzanine of book-filled shelves. (It's mostly decorative, though select guests are invited to venture up there.) White perforated screens over the floor-to-ceiling windows filter the light.

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Shortly thereafter, Shibuya, a great Japanese and sushi restaurant, named for a Tokyo neighborhood, opened in Vegas, at the MGM Grand, with what was easily the best sake list in the country.

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But now comes Ootoya, a chain restaurant that has a hundred outlets in Tokyo and two hundred more across Asia.

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Residents can attend culture and cooking classes organized by Mori: One Halloween-themed class featured pumpkin-based dishes demonstrated by the head chef from a restaurant at the five-star Grand Hyatt Tokyo, located in Mori's Roppongi Hills development.

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His first, Pierre, is situated in Hong Kong, and Gagnaire's far-reaching multiple-Michelin-starred restaurant empire also includes establishments in France, London, Tokyo, Dubai and Korea.

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Set in a Milanese palazzo (a grand public building) north of the city centre, the concept is a winning combination of a three-room hotel, art gallery, design boutique and cafe-restaurant, and Sozzani has since replicated its success in Tokyo and Seoul.

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The Tokyo Tea Party met for the second time on January 16th in a restaurant in Ebisu.

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