which represents more than 60% of the addresses in this year’s guide. Once again, the selection illustrates the region’s vitality and the range of cooking styles to be found there, even if traditional Japanese cooking continues to dominate the gourmet scene.”
The 2015 Michelin guide Kansai will go on sale in Japan on October 23 and a digital version will be available from October 20. It features 432 establishments, including 59 hotels, 335 restaurants and 38 ryokans.
All of the restaurants featured in the guide were selected by Michelin’s famous inspectors. They anonymously travel throughout the Kansai region in search of culinary perfection, applying the same methods used all over the world to ensure an international standard of excellence. To fully appreciate the quality of a restaurant, the inspectors rely on five criteria defined by Michelin: product quality, preparation, the chef's personality as revealed through his or her cuisine, value for money, and consistency over time and across the entire menu.
These objective criteria are respected by all Michelin guide inspectors, whether in Japan, the United States, China or Europe. The number of restaurants recognised by the latest Michelin guide is a clear indication of local vitality in the Kansai region.
By Tom Evans
