Stepping back into Kyōten’s sanctum after some time away always carries an air of anxiety…
Category Archive: Tidbits
Smyth—driven by larger circumstances—has taken a new direction before, and it seems poised to do so again.
This final Kyōten meal of the year is special because it lands immediately after a two-week trip to Japan…
By and large, I enjoyed what I tasted at Oriole back in September. Two months later, where do things stand?
This meal represents my sixth visit to Creepies: the characterful new bistro from the Elske team whose 60 or so seats remain in high demand…
With the arrival of October, Otto Phan’s omakase inches closer to what might be considered its conventional peak…
Here, in September, I can finally say that Kyōten has undergone a major change…
Three visits hardly seem like enough to come to any definitive conclusion, yet they represent a starting point in evaluating a place that is already at the pinnacle (however shakily) of our dining scene…
Pitting months and months of Kyōten omakases against each other is starting to become a complicated task…
It might be best to think of this experience as the “B-side” of Maxwells Trading…