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A Chef's Eating Tour of Tokyo

Lee Hefter, Wolfgang Puck's right-hand man and the executive chef at Spago Beverly Hills and the steakhouse Cut, visits Japan for a week every year for inspiration and goes home with new ideas on how to prepare the food at his restaurants—on a previous trip, a meal at a Tokyo restaurant where a steak can cost $1,400 gave him the idea for the ultra-high temperature plus wood smoke process he uses on his steaks back in Los Angeles. This March, two LA Times reporters tagged along to document the experience; Hefter gets tips on where to eat from chefs like Nobu Matsuhisa and Masa Takayama and does a lot of research, so if you're visiting Japan anytime soon do...

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Post a Comment | Posted by Lia Bulaong, May 14, 2007 at 2:30 PM
Tagged: Japanese, kaiseki, Lee Hefter, seasonal ingredients, sushi, tempura, Tokyo