Gion Sasaki is one of the 3 Michelin Star restaurants in Kyoto and famous for their service that mimics a well thought out play. This book is a little bit older so the interieur of the restaurant has changed since they reopened in summer of 2023, but the gorgeous food photos are worth the price in any case. Gion Sasaki doesn’t allow photos to be taken during their services so it is rare to be able to see behind the scenes without having to score a reservation. Even though I have been before, I really like this book to reminise and get inspiration.
What makes it difficult for tourists is that they usually don’t accept foreign guests. Everyone sits at the counter and the chefs don’t speak enough english to offer the same level of service. to foreign guests as to their japanese ones, which is why they focus on japanese or japanese speaking customers as of the time of this post. They were very welcoming when I went there so I don’t think it is in bad faith at all! If you want to check it out you could try going with a translator 🙂
In any case it is definetly a very interesting book worth a read and it should not be too difficult to understand with google translate.
I am adding a link to the book here. (Amazon.com Amazon.de) For transparency I want to tell you that I might earn a small comission (at no additional cost to you) from qualifying purchases as an Amazon associate. You can actually order things directly from Amazon Japan if you can’t find them on your own country’s page! You just need to log into Amazon Japan with your usual username and password and put your home adress in. It will automatically calculate shipping costs and customs taxes (if needed) so you don’t get any nasty surprises. I have personally gotten a lot of stuff from Japan this way when I wasn’t living here.
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