Nov 14, '14

Araki-san and his tuna loin

All things Japan Fine dining London United Kingdom

When someone asked yesterday Mitsuhiro Araki, the 3 Michelin star chef from Tokyo, who has just opened London’s most expensive sushi-ya (FT.com review), if he was having any difficulties to source his ingredients in Europe, he laughed and answered that not all.

I know I’ve been posting a lot about Japanese cuisine and chefs lately, but their perfectionism inspires me so much! Here, Araki-san holding a huge tuna loin from Ireland, which he served as chutoro and otoro nigiri later on. Full review of The Araki coming soon.

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