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L’Effervescence
Early Feb, 2023
French
Tokyo, Japan
1st Visit

Reasons for Visit
- 4.52 Tabelog Silver Award, 2nd Highest ranked French in Japan
- 17.5/20 Gault & Millau Japan
- No. 71 in 2022 Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants
- 3 Michelin Star

Impressions
- lots of Japanese kaiseki touches from starting with a small glass of alcohol, rice in the first course, free refill of rice course (ravioli here) to ending the meal with matcha
- intriguing signature dish, Fixed Point, where a turnip is prepared the same way all year round allowing the seasonal idiosyncrasies of the raw material to speak for itself
- serving bread cold is a complete head scratcher. Just don’t get why that is better than a warm one especially on a cold day

Favorites
- 59 types of artisanal vegetables and fruits (pic 2, 3)
- Fixed Point - Tokyo Turnip (pic 4)