The secret to any 3-star restaurant lies in the quality of its ingredients and of course its chef. To be awarded 3-stars a chef must be a genius, says Yamamoto.
Every year, I test drive over 100 new cars as part of my work in covering the car industry. A critical part of that job is also evaluating the footwear on the cars—tires. As one would expect, the vast majority of vehicles I test are fitted with rubber from the world’s biggest tire maker Bridgestone or the No 2 Michelin.
Anthony Bourdain, winner of the the 2016 award for outstanding informational series or special for “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” What are Japan’s secrets? What do the French, who created this Guide, feel about Japan’s dominance of the cuisine kingdom? And how do food critics arrive at their results?
When I asked him to compare French chefs to Japanese ones, he said that the main difference lies in the education system. “Of course there are genius chefs in Japan, but the probability of creating a larger proportion of great cooking talents is higher in France. In French schools, students are strongly encouraged to raise their hands, ask questions, give their opinions and are told not to copy others.
Tourists in front of Sagrada Familia church, designed by architect Antoni Gaudi in Barcelona. Spain. His answer was enlightening. “No, the country leading the world right now is not Japan or France, but Spain. In fact the epicenter for the best chefs right now is Barcelona. Just look at the legendary artists associated with that region—Gaudi, Dali, Miro, Picasso just to name a few.
But what of Yamamoto’s home country of Japan, the country with the most Michelin stars? While he does credit Japan with having some of the best chefs and restaurants, he did suggest that perhaps some Michelin reviewers here are a little too generous in their evaluations. “Japan has 13 three-star restaurants,” he says. “But by my reckoning, I think there are only three.”
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