This year's month-long culinary event will feature only Michelin Guide-listed restaurants
If you're always on the lookout for opportunities to revisit the island's best tables, you’ll be pleased to know that the second edition of Gastromonth returns next month with specially curated lunch and dinner menus at value-for-money prices.
And, while there are only 26 participating restaurants this year (a significant drop from last year's 39), the deals are at Michelin Guide-listed restaurants. They either have a Michelin star or two, a Bib Gourmand, or Plate recognition in the recent release; the last is a special mention given by inspectors to restaurants that serve "quality food" but have yet to earn a Bib Gourmand nod or a star.
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There are two two-Michelin-starred establishments, namely Shoukouwa and Shisen Hanten. For better value, the former is offering its dinner omakase menu for lunch at lunch prices. The latter will be offering a curated five-course lunch set showcasing chef Chen Kentaro’s Szechuan signatures. Mapo tofu, anyone?
More choices can be found at the one-starred dining establishmnents. One of them is Beni, helmed by executive chef Kenji Yamanaka who is serving a specially priced six-course degustation lunch and nine-course dinner menu.
"Diners can enjoy Beni's summer menu featuring seasonal ingredients at the peak of freshness flown specially from Japan," Yamanaka declares, before pointing out the great value on offer.
Each menu also boasts a specially created dish; lunch will feature plump Hokkaido scallops with matsukake mushrooms bathed in a rich dairy-free chicken sauce, while dinner includes tender Hokkaido abalone served with avocado puree and Japanese white eggplant. Beni is also the only restaurant outside Japan to serve the rare and famously flavourful Yonezawa beef, which is featured in the dinner set.
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