A legendary Kyoto restaurant serving kaiseki, Japan¡¯s exquisite multicourse haute cuisine. A traditional grilled-eel specialist in Tokyo with roots dating to the days of the shoguns. An irreverent fast-food joint where fish burgers rule. The newly opened offshoot of one of Scandinavia¡¯s most innovative restaurants. And a rustic inn that has reinvented the origins of sushi.
These five very different restaurants have little in common, other than that they¡¯re located in Japan. And that each is in the running for laurels and fame when the are announced in Paris next month.
Conceived as a radical alternative to existing gastronomic prizes and guidebooks, The World Restaurant Awards (WRA) were first unveiled last May. As Creative Director Joe Warwick declared at the time, ¡°The aim is to celebrate the depth and diversity of the restaurant world.¡±
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