The home of haute cuisine just got taken down a peg with an authoritative judgement that Paris is not the world's top city for good eating.
That distinction now goes to Tokyo, according to the bible for foodies everywhere, the Michelin guide.
In its first ever edition devoted to an Asian city, it awarded restaurants in Tokyo a total of 191 stars.
That was nearly twice as many as Paris can boast, and more than three times New York's total.
Eight of Tokyo's restaurants won the maximum three stars - only two fewer than Paris itself. Another 25 got two stars and 117 one star.
To add to Paris's embarrassment, three of the top eight restaurants in Tokyo serve French food. Three more offer traditional Japanese fine dining, and the other two are sushi houses.
"Tokyo is becoming the global city with the finest cuisine, the city in the world with the most stars," said Michelin guide director Jean-Luc Naret.
Michelin's plans to assess Tokyo restaurants had caused controversy in Japan, where some commentators had doubted whether it would be up to the job.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7103255.stm
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最后两句有点意思。
记得cable的food channel有个节目叫Iron Chef,日本的,最过瘾。里面的三个铁厨一个做日餐,一个法餐,还一个中餐,好像是川菜的。
- Re: BBC: Tokyo 'top city for good eating'posted on 11/22/2007
- Re: BBC: Tokyo 'top city for good eating'posted on 11/22/2007
What a floating life lives for, after all? ;) - Re: BBC: Tokyo 'top city for good eating'posted on 11/22/2007
I did listen to this piece the other night from BBC Radio4. Never eat in Paris, not often in French in UK, doen't like the Sushi etiher. Hard to appreciate this guy's appetitte.
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