Takagi Kazuo at Mandarin Oriental Macau

Caviar dish by Japanese chef Takagi Kazuo at Mandarin Oriental Macau

Takagi Kazuo briefly stopped by the Mandarin Oriental Macau in January to prepare a tasting menu of dishes that could be seen as a Japanese French food, French Japanese cuisine, or something else entirely.

Japanese chef Takagi Kazuo poses at Mandarin Oriental Macau

Takagi is chef at the eponymous two Michelin-starred Takagi restaurant in Japan, distinguished by having held that rating since the Michelin Guide first appeared in the country. The Mandarin’s Vida Rica restaurant is known primarily as a venue for French cuisine, so Takagi elected to create a menu centered around his own interpretation of French ingredients.

Desert by Japanese chef Takagi Kazuo at Mandarin Oriental Macau

Japanese chef Takagi Kazuo works at Mandarin Oriental Macau

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