award ceremony is next month - early august
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Lustig also added, back in May…
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The reviews/reception here, and from many people I know, has been mixed-to-bad on Lustig. I keep hearing “love the chef but didn’t love the plac,e and really hate the pizza” which is exactly how I felt. But that was early days.
Need to recheck…
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Haven’t been but the pictures of the food at lustig don’t really make me want to go
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Maybe just avoid the pizza? I doubt it has changed I’ve enjoyed what I had of the rest of the menu
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congratulations to holbox
nnaka and ginza onodera demoted to 1 star
yoshizumi demoted to 0 stars
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Oof thinking of the last time I sat at the counter at Holbox and Gilberto said he really didn’t want a star…
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Kato still sitting at one star? Give me a fucking break.
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Don’t quote me on this, but I’m fairly certain you can refuse stars. Perhaps his view was more wistful “I would rather not have a star” rather than being vehemently opposed to it.
EDIT:
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Vespertine getting two and Yoshizumi losing one star affirms my notion that Michelin California has gone whack.
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I’m excited Holbox is getting even more recognition, but nervous about lines/waits/prices. Want to still be able to wait out traffic with my pre-dinner taco and chips …
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Never heard of Uka or Rebel Omakase. I’m growing an appreciation for Michelin paying attention to worthy restaurants that LA fooderati does not talk about or go to.
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I feel disappointed for Baroo.
The other major snub for me is Array 36, which should at least be in the guide — not necessarily a star.
A little surprised they gave the nod to Meteora because I don’t think it has improved over the past year, but we agree it should get a star.
Vespertine getting two stars was obvious. It had two stars before and is better now.
Holbox is borderline but I’m glad it has a star now, at least to tamper down arguments that Michelin “doesn’t understand” ethnic food / the LA food scene.
Going to Uka this weekend.
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looking forward to your report!
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Does Hayato deserve three stars? I still haven’t been so I’m not one to judge.
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I think it deserves three stars
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I think it’s hard to distinguish between two-star and three-star kaiseki. The three-star kaiseki places in Tokyo didn’t hit me over the head as obviously better than the two-stars in the same way that, say, Addison hits me over the head as obviously better than Providence and Melisse. The three-star kaiseki places tended to have a more decadent feel – more wagyu for instance – and they tended to be pushing boundaries more (obviously true for Ryugin, but also true for Kanda to a lesser degree), though those things weren’t uniformly true (the most exotic thing I ever ate at Ishikawa was coconut milk, aside from whale, which is very Japanese). All in all, Hayato feels like a two-star restaurant in Tokyo to me.
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I’ve talked about this on FTC before, but the way Michelin awards its stars in one country is very different than the way they award in another country, therefore it’s not really relevant what Hayato or any restaurant would feel like somewhere else regardless of the cuisine.
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