我的東京美食地圖

Tokyo is like my second home after Reims. It’s where I started my career in champagne in the early 1990s. Japan was a very small market for champagne then. Today it is by far our biggest market, and I feel very attached to Tokyo as a city. It is a fantastic, multi-layered place. You have to be patient and learn how to reveal each of the layers. If you are not open-minded, you probably won’t get there, but as soon as you understand, it’s completely endless. Life can go from ultimate refinement to crazy moments.

東京，是我老家蘭斯(Reims)之外的第二故鄉，上世紀90年代，我正是在這裏開始香檳酒這個行當。當時的日本在公司銷售版圖上是個很不起眼的角色，如今它是我們公司的最大市場。我對東京這個城市也已是難以割捨：它是個美不勝收的多層次多元化城市，有足夠耐心的人才能深入瞭解其各個層面。理念不開放的人則可能難以企及，但一旦深入瞭解，東京就會展現無窮魅力與內涵。從無限精緻到瘋狂瞬間的生活應有盡有。

— My local friends tell me where to meet. Tokyo is very much about having a good Japanese friend to show you the unexpected places. I love eating a bowl of ramen noodles with them late at night, sometimes at just a hole in the wall. Ippudo Ginza, in the heart of the city, is open until 3am.

——日本友人告訴我的美食好去處。有位日本好友帶你逛東京意想不到的餐館，東京真的是妙不可言。我愛與他們大半夜去吃拉麪，有時甚至只是光顧一個簡陋小店。位於市中心風堂拉麪銀座店(Ippudo Ginza)一直營業至凌晨三點。

— In the Imperial Hotel, I love Kitcho (pictured above), which is a branch of the original Kitcho in Osaka. Very traditional but brilliant.

——我最愛東京帝國酒店(Imperial Hotel)的吉兆料理（Kitcho），它是大阪(Osaka)老店開設的分店，此處的料理既傳統又超讚。

— Another place I love is Kanda. Outside there is just one kanji character to announce its presence; if you walk too fast, you miss it. I love sitting at the counter — you can smell the freshness of the ingredients — and they sell some great sakes. Try the crispy eryngii mushrooms with shirako (milt of the male cod). The chef at Kanda is a friend and he takes me to some great places — last time we had spicy gyoza at Cave Cinderella in Roppongi.

——我青睞的另一美食好去處是神田餐廳(Kanda)。它的店門外只掛了個漢字招牌，行色匆匆者容易走過。我喜歡坐在櫃檯邊——可聞到新鮮食材的清香——它還賣很棒的米酒。諸位可以嚐嚐白子（shirako，雄鱈魚的精囊）鹽酥杏鮑菇。神田的大廚是我的朋友，他帶我逛過很多美食店——上次，我倆品嚐了六本木(Roppongi)Cave Cinderella的辣餃子。

— My home from home would be the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. The bar is very lively, you have one of the best Chinese restaurants in the city, and you can see Mount Fuji from the lobby.

——最讓我感到賓至如歸的地方莫過於東京的文華東方酒店(Mandarin Oriental Hotel)，它的酒吧人頭攢動，這兒有全東京最好的中餐館，從酒店大堂還可以遠眺美麗的富士山。