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Time Out
23-04-2025
- Business
- Time Out
A Japanese minimarket in Greenpoint is opening three new stores
Fifty Norman, the mini Japanese marketplace that opened in Greenpoint in 2022 to massive success, is physically expanding its store and adding a few new businesses and brands under its roof. Starting this week, you'll find three additional shops on site. A French/Japanese inspired cafe-slash-bar is also scheduled to debut in June. Currently at 50 Norman, you'll find Cibone, a Japanese home design store selling ceramics, kitchenware, zen meditation items and art pieces; Dashi Okume, where you can custom order your own blends of dashi packs; and House Brooklyn, a Japanese-French restaurant with a nine-course omakase tasting menu. The new stores include Balmuda, a Japanese home appliance store; Kama-Asa, a kitchenware purveyor from Tokyo's kitchen-street Kappabashi that will sell a range of Amane knives; and Cibone O'Te, an artisanal design retailer focusing on homeware and furnishings. The cozy café-resto-bar opening in June is Cafe O'te, which mixes the ambiance of a French wine bar with Japanese flavors. a new food market curated by Muji that opened in Chelsea Market earlier this year to the new Bandai Namco store in Industry City and the resurgence of Japan-inspired claw machine arcades, we are squarely in the midst of a full-blown Japanese cultural renaissance in the city.
Forbes
18-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Michelin Announces 2025 Stars For Florida: Five New Entries Including A New Two-Starred Restaurant
Sorekara in Orlando, which features a tasting menu highlighting Japan's 72 micro season, was awarded two stars by the 2025 Michelin Florida Guide Michelin announced its 2025 stars for Florida—Miami, Orlando, Tampa, and new this year— Greater Fort Lauderdale, The Palm Beaches and St. Pete-Clearwater— at a ceremony held at the Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney Resort. For its fourth edition, 31 restaurants were awarded stars: 15 in Miami, nine in Orlando, five in Tampa, and one each in Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach. Four new restaurants were awarded one Michelin star this year: Chef's Counter at MAASS in Fort Lauderdale; Itamae Ao in Miami; Konro in West Palm Beach; and Ômo by Jônt in Orlando. Itamae AO in Miami, a Japanese-Peruvian omakase concept headed by chef-owner Nando Chang, received a Michelin star this year Ômo by Jônt in Orlando led by chef-owner Ryan Ratino and director of operations Jhonatan Cano, was awarded a Michelin star this year. They offer three tasting menus of their Japanese-French cuisine, to cater to different price points and preferences. Their sister restaurant, Chef's Counter at MAASS, is the sole recipient of a Michelin star in Fort Lauderdale. And after four years, Florida finally adds another two-Michelin-starred restaurant to its roster with Sorekara in Orlando joining L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon in Miami at the top. This year's Michelin green star award, which highlights a restaurant at the forefront of sustainable practices, went to two Miami restaurants: Entrenos, whose initiatives include sourcing produce locally and sustainably and repurposing food waste into sauces and vinegars; and Stubborn Seed, where ingredients are sourced from chef Jeremy Ford's 5.5-acre farm, and composting program. Entrenos in Miami was awarded a Michelin green star for its sourcing and repurposing initiatives Thirty-six restaurants received a Bib Gourmand distinction, which recognizes great food at a great value, with seven new entries this year: Heritage in Fort Lauderdale; Bánh Mì Boy, Coro, Smokemade Meats + Eats, and UniGirl in Orlando; and Aioli and Palm Beach Meats in West Palm Beach. New Bib Gourmand recipient Palm Beach Meats in West Palm Beach, which in addition to specializing in wagyu from Japan, Australia, and the US, also serves specialty Filipino dishes like wagyu lumpia and wagyu beef tapa, owing to chef-owner Eric San Pedro's heritage. In addition to the Bib Gourmand and Stars awards, Michelin also announced four Special Awards, highlighting the skillful professionals from the industry: Jacqueline Pirolo of Macchialina in Miami (Sommelier Award); Tyler Wolff of Ponte in Tampa (Exceptional Cocktails Award); Austin Joseph of Sorekara in Orlando (Outstanding Service Award); and Juan Camilo Liscano of Palma in Miami (Young Chef Award). 'Florida has proven to be an international culinary destination, with the expansion to three new cities and five restaurants being welcomed into the Michelin Star family in this year's selection,' said Gwendal Poullennec, International Director of the Michelin Guides, in a statement. 'Our anonymous inspectors continued to be delighted by Florida's culinary community, and we congratulate all of the chefs and restaurants being honored in this year's selection.' Here are the 2025 Michelin stars and Bib Gourmands for Florida:
South China Morning Post
05-02-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Where a Japanese food fan eats yakiniku and sushi in Hong Kong
Food and beverage consultant Henrietta Tseng just launched Yonna Yonna Gelato, a new concept from Okinawa's Yanbaru Gelato, in the The Twins mall in Kai Tak, Kowloon. She spoke to Andrew Sun. I enjoy any type of cuisine, but mostly I like to eat Japanese food for its simplicity, rawness and exquisite presentation. However, deep down, it's always about the people – the chefs and the service staff – who make me go back again and again to a place. Hong Kong restaurants that I would like to recommend include Sushi Kappo Ro Ann (16/F, Macau Yat Yuen Centre, 525 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay. Tel: 3590 8414). The executive chef, Sonoda-san, is from Kumamoto and he always brings the freshest seafood from his Japanese hometown. I also enjoy Tirpse (Shop 219, K11 Musea, Victoria Dockside, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. Tel: 2333 0031), which does Japanese-French cuisine. Their chef Yuta Shimizu is young and passionate about his food.
