Cuisine
Some travelers just need to follow their palate. Explorers braved pirates for Indian spices and British spies stole tea from East China; much of world history comes down to a trade in tastes. Be it a Michelin-star restaurant or a crowded street stall, there is a morsel of history in every bite of Asian cuisine.
The diversity of dishes in Asia – red bean dumplings, a warming bowl of pho, sizzling shabu shabu, delicate sushi, spicy green papaya salad – is mind boggling in both scope and scale. Thailand combines the vibrant zing of indigenous cuisine with modern twists that smash heady aromatics against deep savory notes. To even speak of Chinese cuisine is difficult: Xinjiang, Sichuan, Cantonese, Jiangnan, and across the straits is Taiwan, which boasts its own unique, savory style.
For the foodie who prefers modern dining, Asia has been rising as a culinary power for decades. Award-winning executive chef Kunio Tokuoka leads Japan’s Kitcho, known around the world for its traditional kaiseki; there diners can find an experience that fuses the future of dining with centuries of history. Every city has a dish, and every venue has a style. Asia takes food seriously.
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Seoul Food: Fine Dining in Korea’s Capital
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- Travelogues
In the hallowed, high-end alleyways of Gangnam, Korea’s best chefs are fusing old and new for a new generation of diners.
Connoisseurs Evolve as Kaiseki Booms
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- Travelogues
“I believe tourists are expecting the extraordinary experience of Japan,” says Gora Kadan’s Hiroto Takegaki. “Staying at a ryokan and having a kaiseki on the tatami floor meets that demand.”
Fine Dining in Phuket
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- Simon N. Ostheimer
Thailand’s largest island may be famed for its blue skies and white-sand beaches, but an emerging dining scene led by creative chefs is putting its restaurants on the global map.
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