24 hours in Paris a while ago and I managed to fit in two very nice meals indeed. Not an easy task when about 80% of Paris’s notable restaurants were still on Christmas break and even if they weren’t, hardly any are open on Sundays.
I was super happy to finally be able to visit @atsushitanaka360 Atsushi Tanaka at his ⭐️ @restaurant_at AT near Notre Dame. Actually both my meals were from Japanese led kitchens.
In their own words:
“Atsushi Tanaka’s cuisine is not Japanese. Neither is it Spanish, nor Scandinavian, nor Parisian—although he spent a large part of his life developing and perfecting his art in these different regions. His cuisine is strongly influenced by many European culinary techniques, including molecular cuisine, Nordic cuisine, and French classicism. When it comes to categorising his culinary identity, the chef simply answers: “impossible.”
I would agree with that but if this had been a blind location tasting, not knowing where I was eating, I would have sworn that I was somewhere in Scandinavia and not in the French capital. Even before you get to eat the delicious food, the dining room, art and tableware all scream Scandinavia.
Highly recommended and Tanaka San is one of the nicest chefs I’ve ever met, a real gentleman.
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Michelin Guide - ⭐️
La Liste -
W50B - ‘discovery’
Best Chef Awards - 🔪 🔪
OAD - 79
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