Somehow
sharing the news had completely slipped my mind, and now seems a little too
overdue, nonetheless, Umu was awarded with 2nd star for Michelin
Guide 2016.
No
precedent existed for Japanese cuisine to attain 2-star status in Europe, where
the judging criteria diverges
from those in America and Japan.
Achieving this prestige speaks of binary significances, ones I always bore in
mind as targerts; a blast of an innovative wind through conservative European
tradition and progression in people’s understanding
towards Japanese cuisine and its concomitant culture in diverse environment.
One day, one guest at a time, we worked hard believing, by always attending
with sincerity, this moment would surely arrive. Yet a height of the hurdle
exceeded expectation, and before I realised, 5 years have passed since I set my
foot in London.
Re-educating
staff, re-developing the route of food supply, enriching selection of
appliance, and reviewing the state of our day-to-day service; tasks heaped
during this course of time. Step by step, we marched our way
forward, with the support from uncountable number of people. The first
faces I pictured upon receiving the news were of fishermen who go out to the
sea each day regardless to rough tide and perform Ikejime technique, as well as
those of farmers who brought waste land into cultivation and deliver us organic
vegetables. Subsequently upon receiving many congratulatory words I shared the
rapture with the staff I spent day-to-day service with for those long 5 years.
Umu is
finally standing at a new beginning. Continue to cherish and appreciate each
and every day, we will take our new step.
すっかりアップするのを忘れ、いまさらの感がありますが2016年版ミシュランガイドブック英国版で当店UMUがミシュランで2つ星に輝きました。
今まで審査基準が日本やアメリカと違うヨーロッパのミシュランで日本料理での2つ星はありませんでした。そのヨーロッパで2つ星を獲るということはヨーロッパの保守的な伝統の中に風を吹かせること、日本と違った環境の中で日本料理とそれに付随する文化を理解してもらうことという大きな意味を持つと思い、ひとつの目標としていました。一日一日、一人ひとりのお客様に対することを誠実にしていればいつかはその時が来ると思いながら皆で頑張っていましたが、思った以上にそのハードルは高く、気がついたら私がロンドンに来て5年を要しました。
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