¡°It¡¯s coming along ... it¡¯s looking good.¡± Jerry ¡°JJ¡± Jaksich sounds as positive as always. He¡¯s appraising the embryonic greenery outside his restaurant in Meiji Park. But he could just as well be talking about Baby J¡¯s, his newly launched California fried chicken operation.
It¡¯s a major understatement: Baby J¡¯s is already hugely popular. In fact, from the moment the doors opened in late April, right across from the curving, low-slung facade of the Olympic Stadium in Sendagaya, there has been nary a gap in the line for Baby J¡¯s.
And with very good reason: Tokyo has never before seen or tasted a fried chicken sandwich of comparable quality. Which is exactly as you¡¯d expect from Jaksich, as an alumnus of Chez Panisse, the pioneering farm-to-table restaurant in Berkeley, California.
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