Experts' Choice Award L'Effervescence
What the experts agree on
Chef Shinobu Namae's reverence for Japanese ingredients shines through inventive haute cuisine that transcends French-Japanese fusion. His "post-colonial cooking" philosophy celebrates umami and land-sea pairings in Tokyo's most acclaimed French
“The up-and-coming chef learned much from his time at Michel Bras Toya Japon in Hokkaido and The Fat Duck in England.”
– Michelin Guide
Condé Nast Traveler "A connection to land is the cornerstone of Chef Shinobu Namae’s genre-blurring haute cuisine, which he describes not as French-Japanese fusion but rather as "post-colonial cooking." " Full review
Time Out "Located across from Chokokuji Temple in the winding backstreets of Aoyama, in the direction of Nishi-Azabu, L’Effervescence is, for many, the pinnacle of French dining in Tokyo." Full review
Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
"The love for nature that wells up from his pairings of umami from land and sea is the tale told through the cuisine here." Full review
National Geographic
