Review: Jonathan Gold says hello from Tokyo, where there are cherry blossoms and, even better, Narisawa

Jonathan considers Japanese chef Yoshihiro Narisawa’s Tokyo restaurant Narisawa, No. 18 on last year’s 50 Best Restaurants list.
Jonathan Gold • Los Angeles Times • April 20, 2018
If you want to understand why Narisawa is often considered to be among the best restaurants in the world, you might have a look at Satoyama Scenery, a kind of seven square inches of edible forest floor that is constructed from sprigs of mountain...
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