{"id":95688,"date":"2017-11-20T11:36:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T11:36:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-01-06T21:43:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T21:43:20","slug":"could-umu-be-michelins-dark-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/20\/could-umu-be-michelins-dark-horse\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Umu be Michelin\u2019s dark horse?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The kaiseki meal I had earlier this week at Umu<\/a> in Mayfair was not only the best meal I\u2019ve had outside Japan but one of the best all year (and I mean in the last 12 months not this year, obviously) But nowhere has it been touted for a second star in the round-ups of likely suspects for the 2010 Michelin Great Britain Guide which is published next Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Given the fact that Tokyo (I seem to recall) boasts more Michelin stars than any other city and the fact that Michelin rates high-end Japanese food more highly than any other ethnic cuisine I think it could be the surprise promotion. (Well, totally wrong with this speculation! They still have just one. Jan 15th<\/span>)<\/p>\n

Actually they deserve three but Michelin moves at a snail\u2019s pace when it comes to awarding its \u2018macarons<\/span>\u2019.<\/p>\n

You can see my write-up of what was quite an astonishingly good meal on my Matching Food & Wine website<\/a>. Unfortunately it\u2019s not the best medium for photographs so here are a few more (rather blurry) examples of the dishes we ate.<\/p>\n

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Although its prices may seem steep Umu is nowhere near as expensive as a comparable restaurant in Kyoto, the city that kaiseki cuisine originally comes from. Their set-price menus start from \u00a365.<\/p>\n

I dined at Umu as a guest of KOJ (Koshu of Japan) which promotes Japanese Koshu wines)<\/span><\/p>\n

Have you ever been to Umu and if so what do you think of it? And what’s your favourite Japanese restaurant?<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The kaiseki meal I had earlier this week at Umu in Mayfair was not only the best meal I\u2019ve had outside Japan but one of the best all year (and I mean in the last 12 months not this year, obviously) But nowhere has it been touted for a second star in the round-ups of likely suspects […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t