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Welcome to the Blog! It features stories from the road, service tips, food talk and dining experiences. Have an idea for an entry? E-mail me at ceo@thesingletable.com.
Entries labeled "Single Table Experience" are seatings at chef counters.
3 bookings in 7 hours in Tokyo - Chukasoba Ginza Hachigou, Pizza Bar on 38th, Kei Collection
Sometimes you just have to put the work in.... The afternoon started with a lucky lottery ticket reservation at Chukasoba Ginza Hachigou ...
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Makiyaki Ginza Onodera (Tokyo) - Single Table Experience
Makiyaki Ginza Odonera is playing with fire. Chef Keiichi Terada is cooking in next-level territory. There are a lot of concepts where...
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Den Kushi Flori (Tokyo) - Single Table Experience, return visit
Sometimes you visit restaurants for the food. Sometimes you visit restaurants for the people. Sometimes it's both. I was thrilled to...
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Noeud (Tokyo) - Single Table Experience, return visit
A wonderful welcome back to Noeud by Chef Naoto Nakatsuka. It had been nearly 14 months and every dish had changed on Chef's inventive...
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7th Door (Seoul) - Single Table Experience
7th Door has been getting a lot of attention for using fermentation techniques in modern cuisine with clean flavours. While there is...
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Born & Bred (Seoul) - Single Table Experience BEEF
21 courses of Hanwoo ++ beef, all from the same six-to-seven year old, female cow at Born & Bred . HELL. YES. Born and Bred is part...
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CAPI (Osaka) - Single Table Experience
By good fortune, CAPI had its star renewed the night before, and celebration was in the air. The restaurant caters to eight at a...
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Toraichi (Osaka) - Single Table Experience BEEF
Toaaichi is a private member's club in Osaka serving premium cut waygu omakase from all over Japan. Don't worry, The Single Table can...
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200th Star Meal, a day at Arpège
With careful consideration and planning, I decided to visit an old favourite to celebrate starred meal number 200. While the decor at...
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Japan and South Korea. The Single Table is coming for......
Secret ingredient coming soon!
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Is Barcelona the best food and bar city in the world?
Oh shit. Just when I go and spout off about Lima, along comes Barcelona. I may have backed myself in to a corner. THE SINGLE TABLE'S...
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Is Lima the best food and bar city in the World?
For a minute, it felt like the food world had moved on from Lima. Over to Mexico? Back to Copenhagen? I'm here to say with authority,...
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Evelyn's Table (London) - Single Table Experience
Evelyn's Table is a 12 seater below the Blue Posts Pub (which is below the Mulwray wine bar) that earned 1*, changed chef teams, and...
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Olo (Helsinki) - Single Table Experience
A window in to your soul? Or perhaps the only seat in this 1* restaurant that puts you in the centre of the kitchen action. I wouldn't...
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Adam/Albin (Stockholm) - Single Table Experience
Caviar. Foie. Truffle. A5. Luxury ingredients for sure. But they need a sense of purpose in a menu, and not be included just for the sake...
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Aloe (Stockholm) - Single Table Experience
Aloe is a two-star experience and on this night the kitchen counter was reserved for.... me. I do feel bad that anyone in the dining room...
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Ekstedt (Stockholm) - Single Table Experience
Ekstedt is a restaurant with no electricity. Well, no electricity in the cooking process. Everything is kissed with fire in some form and...
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Pavyllon (Paris) - Single Table Experience
I always crave visits to 2021 Single Table of the Year Pavyllon for Yannick Alléno's stunning cuisine and top-notch service. As you...
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Alo (Toronto) - Single Table Experience
2019 Single Table of the Year Alo is back and good old seat #12 has been reserved for this special dinner. I've dined on the...
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Quetzal (Toronto) - Single Table Experience
Single diners are often given the best seat in the house at Quetzal right at the pass. Most of the menu is kissed by fire in a chaos...
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