MichelinStarsChallenge R
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After finishing both challenges (every stars in Paris and 3 Stars in France - follow me for all the reviews and updates) I’m now redoing most and exploring more, like this one.
The spirit is in Japan, the heart in Brittany.
What’s interesting here?
Both chefs story.
A French chef in love with Japan (and married to a Japanese). That’s the story of Bertrand Larcher. He went to work in Tokyo (doing Brittany’s buckwheat pancakes- galettes bretonnes), eventually came back, now has a lot of successful pancake places with more or less a Japanese touch in it. Like the one on the ground floor. But upstairs, it’s on the “more” Japanese side. The design, the sitting (low tables with shoes removed or at the counter), the staff, the entire atmosphere. The key point is that there’s a fascination for the Japanese culture.
But the view, the ingredients…. A guy from the Brittany coast will forever be attached to his roots.
Speaking of roots. A Japanese chef in love with a French women (I assume since they are married…). On the other side you have chef Fumio Kudaka, came from Japan, settled here with a local. And from this marriage, you can see the love for the French cuisine in his work. The accent is Japanese, but the base is a love for the French Arôme.
The heart is in Brittany, the spirit in Japan.
It’s a star be decently dressed, but no pressure, you’re in Cancale, you’re there for the view, the oysters, not the show.
It’s a solid star.
You’ll have a feeling of having escaped your world for a couple of hours when you’ll walk back from this restaurant.