Where does one begin about Tokyo? It’s a maximum city, it’s wild, crazy and yet docile, modern, avant-garde and very traditional. Not to mention that almost every street is a shoppers paradise and a gastronomic heaven. Add to that the fact that a tyre company has decided that Tokyo is now the gastronomic capital of the world and you can guess just how happy I’ve been the last few days since arriving in the Land of the Rising Sun. But where oh where does one go to eat for some fine dining when they’re just so many to choose from?
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December 9, 2011
Les Creations de Narisawa, Tokyo
August 17, 2011
Noma, Copenhagen
As a child I loved reading stories of Viking adventures, of Thor, Odin, Freya and Valkyries, each with awesome powers and prowess. Recently I learnt about the possibility that there might be a god previously unheard of, and naturally, this fuelled my curiosity with such intensity, I had to travel to the land of the Vikings themselves to unearth and discover this for myself!
I can now confirm that there is indeed a god previously unknown and unheard of. The god of food, taste and culinary delights, the god Noma! Noma, an acronym of ‘Nordisk’ and ‘Mad’ (Nordic & Food) has been quietly seducing diners for years with its stripped down, minimalistic approach to food, but it’s only in the last few years (2 to be more specific) that it has acquired world domination! Best restaurant in the world! That hallowed title held by gastronomic juggernauts like El Bulli, Fat Duck and French Laundry.
But, but, but! Are the powers of this new god all that they seem to be or have we mortals falsely deified him? Having booked 3 months in advance and along with old faithful companions and the parents, it was to Noma that we pilgrimaged on a sunny August day.
