Your meal is very similar to mine last winter (http://andichahyadihermawan.blog.friendster.com/). I completely agree that the crustacean are the best, followed by the caviar dish. The sad thing of Robuchon could be the lacking of variation (Ducasse Paris and Monaco are still different enough) … I also read the review about Joel Robuchon Mansion by others and found that about 70% of the dishes there are the same as the ones served in Tokyo. Anyway, good job! I thought your food comments and reviews are among the best, even better than some journalists.

If one had a limited time in Tokyo, would you recommend Le Château over some of the Japan-only high-end restaurants? I’ve been eyeing Le Château (and Sant Pau and Pierre Gagnaire and…) for several months now, but also have places like Quintessence, Aronia de Takazawa and Argento ASO on my list (and a return visit to Ryugin). My head tells me to stick to experiences I can only get in Japan, but my stomach says it needs to try the “un petit oeuf mollet et friand”. All that runny yolk–how can one not want that?

But if I can get the same egg of the same quality elsewhere in the world….

We were a group of 10 GJE Members last spring in Tokyo to test all these starred restaurants and, with a complete unanimity, le Château was quoted as n° 1 in Tokyo.