From luxury cafes and steakhouses serving aged meat to delicious fromageries with buttery sandwiches, the gourmet world continues to evolve in 2017! A multitude of Instagram-worthy gourmet experiences have appeared. Here's a roundup of Tokyo's latest gourmet spots, many of which are opening in Japan for the first time.
■Café Dior, designed by Pierre Hermé Paris, opens its first store in Japan. Enjoy your sweets on Dior tableware
Cafe Dior by Pierre Herme, designed by PIERRE HERME PARIS, has opened for the first time on the fourth floor of Dior's new flagship store, House of Dior Ginza, which opened in GINZA SIX. Guests can enjoy sweets served on luxurious Dior tableware.
■The Counter, a restaurant where you can customize your hamburger to your liking, has arrived in Japan for the first time!
The Counter, which opened on the first basement floor of Tokyo Midtown Galleria, is a hamburger restaurant where you can enjoy more than one million customizations. In addition to popular menu items in Los Angeles, the restaurant also offers Mahi Mahi, a premium patty made with white fish that is exclusive to the Roppongi branch.
■Hand-held dining restaurant "Catch the Cajun Seafood" opens on Harajuku's Cat Street
"Catch the Cajun Seafood," which opened in November along Cat Street in Harajuku, Tokyo, is an experiential Cajun seafood dining establishment. Guests can enjoy the experience of eating seafood by hand, with a focus on Dungeness crab, a West Coast specialty.
■Bake & bakery shop "Pacific Bakery" opens in Kamakura Shichirigahama
Bake & bakery shop "Pacific BAKERY", which opened in October in front of the Seiyu Shichirigahama store, a 10-minute walk from Shichirigahama Station, offers local Hawaiian flavors such as Hawaiian scones, malasadas and mochiko dogs in addition to original bakery items.
■French fromagerie Beillevaire opens its first Japanese store in Azabu Juban! A store specializing in cheesecake and butter sandwiches
The first Japanese store of French fromagerie Beillevaire opened in Azabu Juban in August. The store will sell a variety of products made with plenty of high-quality butter, including "Sando aux Beurres," butter sandwiches in a variety of flavors, and Japan-exclusive soft-serve ice creams "Premium Cheese" and "Fermented Butter."
■BENJAMIN STEAK HOUSE, a steak specialty restaurant from New York, opens its first store in Japan in June! In addition to high-quality beef made using a unique long-term aging method and a wide variety of seafood menu items, the restaurant will also be introducing the "Aged Beef Burger" (2,500 yen), limited to 10 burgers per day, available only at lunchtime.
■Longrain, the Thai restaurant that's sold out every day in Australia, has made its first appearance in Japan!
Longrain, a modern Thai restaurant from Australia, will open in Yebisu Garden Place Tower at the end of August. Guests can enjoy authentic Thai cuisine that combines the four flavors of "spicy, sweet, sour, and salty" in a modern restaurant.
■A world first! Max Brenner's new store, Chocolate Pizza Bar, opens at Laforet Harajuku
MAX BRENNER's new store, the world's first, Max Brenner Chocolate Pizza Bar, has opened at Laforet Harajuku! The takeout-only store offers chocolate pizza made with your choice of five types of base pizza and around 15 different toppings.
■Café Dior, designed by Pierre Hermé Paris, opens its first store in Japan. Enjoy your sweets on Dior tableware
Cafe Dior by Pierre Herme, designed by PIERRE HERME PARIS, has opened for the first time on the fourth floor of Dior's new flagship store, House of Dior Ginza, which opened in GINZA SIX. Guests can enjoy sweets served on luxurious Dior tableware.
■The Counter, a restaurant where you can customize your hamburger to your liking, has arrived in Japan for the first time!
The Counter, which opened on the first basement floor of Tokyo Midtown Galleria, is a hamburger restaurant where you can enjoy more than one million customizations. In addition to popular menu items in Los Angeles, the restaurant also offers Mahi Mahi, a premium patty made with white fish that is exclusive to the Roppongi branch.
■Hand-held dining restaurant "Catch the Cajun Seafood" opens on Harajuku's Cat Street
"Catch the Cajun Seafood," which opened in November along Cat Street in Harajuku, Tokyo, is an experiential Cajun seafood dining establishment. Guests can enjoy the experience of eating seafood by hand, with a focus on Dungeness crab, a West Coast specialty.
■Bake & bakery shop "Pacific Bakery" opens in Kamakura Shichirigahama
Bake & bakery shop "Pacific BAKERY", which opened in October in front of the Seiyu Shichirigahama store, a 10-minute walk from Shichirigahama Station, offers local Hawaiian flavors such as Hawaiian scones, malasadas and mochiko dogs in addition to original bakery items.
■French fromagerie Beillevaire opens its first Japanese store in Azabu Juban! A store specializing in cheesecake and butter sandwiches
The first Japanese store of French fromagerie Beillevaire opened in Azabu Juban in August. The store will sell a variety of products made with plenty of high-quality butter, including "Sando aux Beurres," butter sandwiches in a variety of flavors, and Japan-exclusive soft-serve ice creams "Premium Cheese" and "Fermented Butter."
■BENJAMIN STEAK HOUSE, a steak specialty restaurant from New York, opens its first store in Japan in June! In addition to high-quality beef made using a unique long-term aging method and a wide variety of seafood menu items, the restaurant will also be introducing the "Aged Beef Burger" (2,500 yen), limited to 10 burgers per day, available only at lunchtime.
■Longrain, the Thai restaurant that's sold out every day in Australia, has made its first appearance in Japan!
Longrain, a modern Thai restaurant from Australia, will open in Yebisu Garden Place Tower at the end of August. Guests can enjoy authentic Thai cuisine that combines the four flavors of "spicy, sweet, sour, and salty" in a modern restaurant.
■A world first! Max Brenner's new store, Chocolate Pizza Bar, opens at Laforet Harajuku
MAX BRENNER's new store, the world's first, Max Brenner Chocolate Pizza Bar, has opened at Laforet Harajuku! The takeout-only store offers chocolate pizza made with your choice of five types of base pizza and around 15 different toppings.
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