/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.18679497]

Just got back from Taian in Osaka. Its a michelin 3 star restaurant, first one I've ever been to, so I thought it might be interesting to post about it here.

[Anonymous No.18679498]

I opened that image and it zoomed right onto the Michelin man's face and was the only thing I could see in my cold dark room

[Anonymous No.18679499]

First course: a bunch of cold dishes. A spinach and oyster dish with a sweet sauce, some mushrooms in a broth, sea cucumber liver with cold yam (my favorite), some sort of fish organ, and 5 tiny potato chips.

[Anonymous No.18679502]

>>18679497
Food :l
Food but in Japan :0000000

[Anonymous No.18679504]

Second course: soup. Its milt, which I learned was fish sperm. Also theres some burdock root and radish. Pretty mild flavor compared to the organs in the last course.

[Anonymous No.18679508]

>>18679499
This nigga paid 300 dollars and they served him potato chips

[Anonymous No.18679509]

>>18679502
Food endorsed by a tire company :l
Food endorsed by a French tire company :0000000

[Anonymous No.18679510]

3rd course is sashimi: its fish skin with a ponzu sauce and yellowtail with the standard soy sauce and wasabi combo. Ponzu sauce was really great, rest was pretty standard for nice sashimi.

[Anonymous No.18679512]

>>18679508
I wish I got out of here for 300 dollars, but I brought my wife and ordered drink pairings.

The entree was whitefish and fugu. They were both good. Full of bones as one expects in asian countries. There was a salad too (not pictured) with radish and miso, and a bit of fried eel with pickled ginger (also not pictured).

[Anonymous No.18679521]

After the entree, we had chawanmushi, which is a crab and egg custard. This was really one of the best dishes, I'd say mostly because of the high quality crab meat. Never had a dish like this before, it was more savory than sweet.

[Anonymous No.18679522]

>>18679499
Sea cucumbers have livers?

[Anonymous No.18679523]

Then there was the rice. Its just normal rice I guess, but they gave us furikake, pickles, and fugu fin soup to make like a rice soup out of it. The broth was really savory and they offered me more rice after I finished so I suppose this is just to make sure you are full before you leave the restaurant.

[Anonymous No.18679526]

>>18679504
Milt is closer to testicles or sperm sacs depending on species but yeah

[Anonymous No.18679529]

>>18679521
>it was more savory than sweet.
Well, it's supposed to be savory. Chawanmushi is a savory dish, not a dessert.

[Anonymous No.18679538]

Dessert was this fruit jelly and pear sauce dish. It had snow peas and red beans in it because japanese people like to eat those for dessert I guess. It had a pear brandy with it that helped out the flavor. Captcha ate my last post about this so apologies if Im being brief here.

Overall it was 63000 yen. Great meal but I dont think Id go back for that price. Maybe half of that would be fair, lol, but whatever, worth trying at least. I hope you all enjoyed my thread.

[Anonymous No.18679545]

>>18679538
$450 for two with drinks at a Michelin spot is actually pretty reasonable

[Anonymous No.18679549]

>>18679538
Looks extremely traditionally japanese. I don't know that I would eat milt.
I would probably have ordered in the same way but just by looking at it I would have disappointed. 500 american isn't awful but fish spermsacs and little bones aren't worth that. The experience maybe.

[Anonymous No.18679552]

>>18679523
>>18679538
No offense at all as I have the same kind of experiences when eating at expensive restaurants in other countries too, but like what are you even looking for eating at a traditional kaiseki restaurant? You don't seem to appreciate a lot of the food being served anyway, you would have probably enjoyed some more casual yakiniku or ramen shop a lot more as a foreigner.
It's great that you're able to try shirako and other interesting ingredients but fundamentally this kind of place is almost entirely not suited for a western palate.
I say this not as disrespect but as a fellow foreigner who has lived here for 13 years now. When friends or family come, I just tell them to go to X good casual spot. Frankly, you're just wasting your money if you don't already really enjoy sashimi or delicately prepared kaiseki dishes, etc.

[Anonymous No.18679557]

>>18679552
I have money to spend. Don't worry about that.

[Anonymous No.18679562]

>>18679552
I ate plenty of yakiniku, bar food, and 7/11 rice balls so far here. I thought it was overrated but I admit that I dont have a palatte for japanese traditional food. I'm only here for a few weeks so I wanted to try the whole range of stuff.

[Anonymous No.18679571]

>>18679562
Well if that's the case and you have plenty of time to go other places too, enjoy your time here friend. If you're still in Osaka, you must try some good okonomiyaki though, that is mandatory.

[Anonymous No.18679575]

>>18679498
Jesus christ how horrifying

[Anonymous No.18679582]

Bonus hotel bar negroni

[Anonymous No.18679592]

>>18679504
There is no way I would eat this. How was it lol?

[Anonymous No.18679600]

>>18679592
The texture was really soft and buttery like foie gras. It didnt really taste like much, just mildly fishy.

[Anonymous No.18679611]

>>18679497
Wait it's actually the same company as the tire guys?

[Anonymous No.18679621]

>>18679611
Are you 12?

[Anonymous No.18679968]

>>18679508
Kek and fucking sperm

[Anonymous No.18680012]

>>18679621
where are you finding 12 y/os who know what a michelin star is

[Anonymous No.18680072]

>>18679611
Yes. Michelin stars started out tourist guidebooks that Michelin used to give out to people who bought new Michelin tyres in France. Non-French found out about them and hyped them up because ‘French = sophisticated’. So Michelin started going around the world to rate restaurants, and people took it as gospel. It is and always has been a purely subjective measure and a bragging-rights thing.

[Anonymous No.18680130]

>>18679552
If the food is yucky, it’s yucky
Simple as

[Anonymous No.18680267]

do they really give out michelin man statues with michelin stars?

[Anonymous No.18680756]

Hey anon if you're still there I have a recommendation in Kyoto, it's a place called Okariba. Run by one guy, very rustic, he serves wild boar he's hunted himself, along with grilled trout and some other fresh meats. Really fucking good

[Anonymous No.18681192]

>>18680267
it's a secret that they don't give out 3 stars to any place that doesn't have a Michelin man statue on display. most people don't know this and struggle to get 3 stars

[Anonymous No.18681206]

>>18679512
Wife (male)

[Anonymous No.18681222]

Good thread OP

[Anonymous No.18681492]

>>18679497
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>>18679504
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>>18679538
I'd take a big mac meal over all this shit.

[Anonymous No.18681534]

>>18679504
>milt
What are you, a gay fish?

[Anonymous No.18681655]

Holy fucking peak consoomer. 500 bucks to eat some pringles, cum, bone-in fish and jello. All because a company from the auto industry recommended it.

[Anonymous No.18681676]

>>18681492
I'm sure you would, pleb

[Anonymous No.18681689]

>>18679545
Yeah, you're right. The japanese yen is weak right now so my burger bucks are worth more.

>>18680756
Im headed towards Sapporo but if I end up back in Kyoto I will check it out.

>>18681222
Thanks

[Anonymous No.18681695]

>>18679499
How do approach this? as far as utensils and etiquette?

[Anonymous No.18681700]

Cool thread. It seems a little to soup heavy for me to enjoy, but that Crab dish sounds interesting and sashimi is usually always great. Don't think I would be willing to spend 460USD for all that. Just doesn't seem justified I could just a poor pleb.

[Anonymous No.18681706]

>>18681695
I ate them in the order the waitress recommended using chopsticks and drinking the sweet sake that was paired with it. It went from mild to strong flavours and ended with the chips.

[Anonymous No.18681714]

>>18679522
Now not anymore

[Anonymous No.18681727]

>>18681655
The jealousy of plebs will always be savored. Dilate, tranny.

[Anonymous No.18681744]

>>18681706
Sounds cool, I'm intimated to try fine dining, I want to but never have.

[Anonymous No.18681782]

>>18680072
Wild

[Anonymous No.18681786]

>>18681727
>projection over an actual rebuttal
Funny, I don’t recall walking into a mutt pottery shop.

[Anonymous No.18681854]

>300 posts
>not a single mention of MOLEBOOZE
Really disappointed

[Anonymous No.18681861]

>>18681854
wrong thread sumimasen

[Anonymous No.18681894]

This seems fairly reasonable for a 3 star tasting menu and drinks. Did you leave it satisfied? Was the experience worth it?

[Anonymous No.18681912]

>>18681786
I can hear your poverty from here. Probably ESL too. And a tranny? What a combo.

[Anonymous No.18681923]

>>18681894
Yeah, I was really happy and it was some of the best food Ive ever tasted. For the price I'd say it was definitely worth it one time, it will be a while before I go back to a restaurant like that though.

[Anonymous No.18681935]

>>18681786
I'm not a euro mutt retard

[Anonymous No.18682109]

>>18680012

or knows anything like a tire brand

[Anonymous No.18682122]

>>18681744

why , if you can pay it, they dont care of anything else

[Anonymous No.18682159]

for 63000 yen you could eat kushikatsu and beer until you puke and still have enough money left over for a 30 minute course with a cute girl at shinchi

[Anonymous No.18682179]

>3 star
it only counts if it's Europe

[Anonymous No.18682191]

>>18679509
haha, was going to post this

[Anonymous No.18682193]

>>18681676
you're the culinary equivalent of a tasteless mong who gaslights themself into being impressed by modern art

[Anonymous No.18682208]

>>18679611
yes they make travel guides for every country. they have some of the best paper maps and restaurant selection for those on a grand tour of the country.

[Anonymous No.18682227]

>>18682193
whatever you say goyslop enjoyer

[Anonymous No.18682593]

>>18679497
thanks for doing something cool for once in a long while on ck op. i swear to god if i have to see taco bell anon, vs this quality and interesting look into a relevant but exclusive ck related experience. nice one.

[Anonymous No.18682622]

>>18679497
I always thought the Michelin star was named after some Micheline guy or something, never thought it was after the fucking tire company, what the fuck? what do they know about food?

[Anonymous No.18682791]

>>18682622
it was just shtick to sell tires, they created a guide of restaurants to make people drive long distances and therefore use more tires

[Anonymous No.18682933]

>>18681492
I get your point but I think I'd rather pay $500 not to eat the 3-bunned sneed oil abomination

[Anonymous No.18682949]

>>18679521
Chawan-mushi.. but transparent..
dude
you know you CAN"T make it transparent like that when eggyolk is involved.. I think they served you thick soup with a type of thickener that resulted in chawan-mushi texture..
or you can't tell a texture of a chawanmushi and a soup, idk

[Anonymous No.18682954]

>>18679538
>Dessert was this fruit jelly and pear sauce dish
anon you can make this shit at home wtf
>they didn't even strain the pear sauce
fuck ME

[Anonymous No.18683087]

>>18679552
Fuck off you sperg kek

[Anonymous No.18683104]

>>18679552
>t

[Anonymous No.18683117]

>>18682593
Agreed, too much talk about fast food goes on on this board

[Anonymous No.18683138]

>>18683117
m8 this is a fast food board, did you actually not know? lmaoing @ ur life

[Anonymous No.18683175]

>>18683138
Well when I first started visiting this board I assumed there would be talk of cooking instead of just fat ass Americans talking about goyslop and acting like it's fine cuisine

[Anonymous No.18683615]

>le tire company judging food
Such a dumb fucking argument.

All of your favorite goyslop and other non-food related brands are owned by large multinational investment groups. What do investment groups know about food?

[Anonymous No.18683635]

>$600 AUD for potatoe chips, sperm and canned pear juice all served on a heavily scratched red plate.

Eat it white pigu

[Anonymous No.18683654]

>>18679499
Nice pringles bro

[Anonymous No.18683657]

>>18679504
lol you ate cum, homo

[Anonymous No.18683664]

>>18679499
>>18679504
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>>18679538
This is without a doubt some of the most disgusting food I have ever seen. Like literally not one dish sounds appetizing. No wonder Trump is a billionaire and eats McDonald's, I would too if I had to eat this shit.

[Anonymous No.18683794]

>>18679545
Even at the more traditional rate of 100 yen to $1.00, $630 dollars for two meals + drinks at a 3 star is really cheap. Alinea was well over a thousand when I went last year, but we got the wine pairing and white truffle extra

[Anonymous No.18683802]

>>18679504
They just glop the cum onto the plate in a big pile for you to suck down, revolting.

[Anonymous No.18683950]

>>18682949
The egg custard was on the bottom, the top layer was some of gelatinized broth.

[Anonymous No.18684212]

This nigga sucked off a fish lmao

[Anonymous No.18684451]

Fish cum aside, I hope you eat actual rice with eel while you're on Japan, anon. Top washoku.

[Anonymous No.18684501]

>>18679504
>milt, which I learned was fish sperm
This is why I only eat at restaurants where I get to choose the food instead of the meme chef.

[Anonymous No.18684685]

Fuck all this go get some pork cutlet bowls anon then post it here

[Anonymous No.18684737]

>>18679504
this nigga paid to eat sperm lmaoooo

[Anonymous No.18684744]

>>18679512
>they didn't even bother taking out the bones
bro, you got ripped off

[Anonymous No.18684751]

>>18679497
Japanese restaurants with three stars are a stupid scam. Its all the same fucking flavors in Japanese cooking. I don't get why people go bananas over it. It's like taco bell of the high end restaurant world.

[Anonymous No.18684847]

>>18679512
>Full of bones as one expects in asian countries.
This sentence is so racist it reverts back to being funny

[Anonymous No.18685184]

>paying premium to eat pringles, rice and fish cum
never change, /ck/

[Anonymous No.18685221]

>>18684847
How is it racist?

[Anonymous No.18685390]

>>18685221
The portions are so gigantic, as one would expect from the United States of America

[Anonymous No.18685391]

Why do French and Japanese alone get the benefit of being "3-starrable" for well done, yet standard, representations of their cuisine, while literally everyone else has to present some kind of Globohomo gastronomic meta interpretation/deconstruction? It's bordering on fetishization.

[Anonymous No.18685437]

>>18685391

Soft power, and Michelin came from France, I'm guessing

[Anonymous No.18685438]

>>18685391
People think
>It's French, it's gotta be good by default
>It's Japanese, it's gotta be fresh and good by default
so they are more lenient when it comes to rating

[Anonymous No.18685460]

Japanese food is so disgusting man

[Anonymous No.18685477]

>>18685390
but that’s also true? different countries do things differently, you shouldn’t expect ice in your water in most euro places, you can reasonably expect a small digestif at the end of meals in italy, you can expect other patrons in france to be loud as shit and smell bad, etc

[Anonymous No.18685493]

>>18685390
I've had Asian people say that to me, was I supposed to get offended and cry like a giant pussy?

[Anonymous No.18685514]

>>18685493
up to you, buddy
it sounds funny to me because us asians also cba to eat fish with lots of bones kek

[Anonymous No.18685727]

>>18684685
Ok, here you go.

[Anonymous No.18685973]

>>18685727
Unironically looks far more appetizing.

[Anonymous No.18686021]

>>18685391
There's more Japanese 3 star restaurants than French.

Go back 30 years and it was all French restaurants. Go back 20 it was mainly Italian, Go back 10 and it was anything obscure and full of oohmommy.

[Anonymous No.18686064]

>>18679552
>what are you even looking for eating at a traditional kaiseki restaurant?
You don't know until you try it, retard.

[Anonymous No.18686165]

>>18685727
>>18685973
yeah that looks way better than all the fancy shit you posted. I'm guessing most japs would think it's weird as fuck too. Hundreds of dollars for fish skin and cum, jfc

[Anonymous No.18686300]

>>18679499
This cannot be real. I refuse to believe they gave you 5 fucking pringles.

[Anonymous No.18686307]

>>18683664
>No wonder Trump is a billionaire and eats McDonald's
one of these statements is true, sure

[Anonymous No.18686317]

>>18680267
who dis

[Anonymous No.18686321]

>>18686300
They were pretty good chips, but nothing too special. Five was plenty, there was a lot of food.

[Anonymous No.18686327]

>>18679499
Apple sauce and Pringle’s LMAOrynya

[Anonymous No.18686336]

>>18679512
>they didn't even debone it for this nigga

[Anonymous No.18686348]

>>18683615
>le it's 3 stars so 500$ is pretty cheap

[Anonymous No.18686351]

>>18685514
>us asians
I'm willing to bet you're an "Asian" living in the US or Europe and your parents aren't even first or second generation immigrants and have never visited the country your family came from.

[Anonymous No.18686364]

>>18679497
Tires company so appetizing.

[Anonymous No.18686366]

>>18679504

[Anonymous No.18686377]

What gets me is if you go to an uber expensive French restaurant, or some crazy ritzy place in NYC or something, even taste aside, they will at least put effort into the plate presentation. There is an artistry in the plating and the presentation of the food to the eater, it's a large part of the experience itself.

This shit is just slopped on the plate and throw haphazardly in front of you. And none of it looks remotely intriguing or appetizing.

>>18679499
This one looks like the little side dishes of kimchi and pickled shit I get at my local Korean place
>>18679504
This is just repulsive
>>18679510
It's just so disconnected and haphazard. I'm honestly not even sure what the focal point of this dish is supposed to be. It all looks like little side shit you put in ramen.
>>18679512
This just looks like a raw meat served on a rotting piece of wood.
>>18679521
Repulsive
>>18679523
This is the worst offender of all. It's just rice. How much was this shit?

I really don't get why anyone would pay for this, or what is so special about it. Japanese cuisine is such a fucking joke.

[Anonymous No.18686572]

You're one of those disgusting American tourists are you?
Ah it was nice whilst the borders were closed, but now they're open again the fucking disgusting mutts are everywhere.
Whenever I go to the shinkansen station now there's disgusting pakis and niggers everywhere and groups of retarded "white" amerimutts with fucking huge guts like absolutely disgusting. God I'm glad I don't live in that shithole known as america. I hate americans so, so much.

[Anonymous No.18686584]

>>18686572
t. Private Gomez

[Anonymous No.18686665]

>>18686572
And there's nothing you can do about it.

[Anonymous No.18686725]

>>18686572
Aren't you on toilet duty, maggot! Don't let me catch you blabbing off on this fucking board again gomie.

[Anonymous No.18686727]

>>18686572
spic beaner faggot

[Anonymous No.18686733]

>>18686572
Fuck off wetback, get back to cleaning shitters or you’re in the brig

[Anonymous No.18686741]

>>18686572
you know you have to go back to america after you're done? (for our sake, i hope you get deported back to fucking Guatemala)

[Anonymous No.18686746]

>>18686572
Yes you are very cultured, muy bueno as your people say.

[Anonymous No.18686760]

>>18686572
All you eat anyways is rice and beans, why are you getting so fucking excited for?

[Anonymous No.18686767]

>>18686572
Beaner BTFO
Has your asshole been turned inside out yet by your commanding officer?

[Anonymous No.18686771]

>>18686572
You have the nerve to be a welfare queen and rip on America?

[Anonymous No.18686941]

>>18679582
hey man, cool it with the racism

[Anonymous No.18686954]

>>18679497
looks like some random massage parlor
wtf

[Anonymous No.18687018]

>>18679571
Did Okonomiaki today, last day in Osaka.

[Anonymous No.18687024]

>>18687018
+ yakisoba

[Anonymous No.18687062]

>>18686351
shame
you owe me whatever you were willing to bet, boy

[Anonymous No.18687100]

>>18679538
Thank for the interesting thread and pics OP

[Anonymous No.18687328]

>>18687018
>last day in Osaka
Good riddance to fat retarded ameritrash. Get the FUCK out of MY city you spastic mutt and take your pig of a wife with you. I spit on the both of you.

[Anonymous No.18687330]

very interesting OC, thanks for the thread OP.

However I think I'd prefer this meal I had the other day; a ten ten Bento from a Japanese restaurant in Canada. About $14 USD. Pic related