Kaiseki

Contrary to the normal structure of this web site, "kaiseki" is not a place...more a state of mind. Almost anywhere in Japan you can enjoy kaiseki, a banquet, a work of art, the meal of a lifetime. Regardless of your taste in food, you will find it hard not to find at least some part of the meal to be an absolute joy, belying the myth that all Japanese food is raw fish. Indeed, the phrase "Japanese cuisine" is wholly inadequate to describe the vast range of styles of food in this intriguing country, a range which I continue to enjoy exploring. Hence an entire page dedicated to illustrating just a few examples where I have allowed the temptation of the food to be slightly marred by the greater temptation of photographing it. Clearly the current Western fad for artistic expression through food was not invented in Catalunya or Copenhagen.