Comments on: RyuGin

By: drew

drew — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:01:53 +0000

Just heard they got their third star.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:59:26 +0000

@Anita: There was a really good sequence in the middle of the meal, particularly the venison dish and the steamed rice with cherry blossom tea. But the rest of the meal was not at the same level. Hope that makes it more clear. And yes, there was a bunch of sake at this meal .

By: Anita Klaus

Anita Klaus — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:20:52 +0000

On one hand you write ”’Another incredible course”, on the other ”’My meal at RyuGin was lackluster”’. I respect you and will put this on the back of too much sake (ja ja ja).

By: cindy

cindy — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:16:17 +0000

I can’t agree with you more about Ryugin being lackluster. I went there just a month ago, and while the food was good, none of the dishes seemed particularly creative and the presentation was uninspiring for the most part. Seeing that you had a similar experience, I guess it wasn’t just one bad night!

http://www.sugarednspiced.com/tokyo-ryugin/

By: mauricio

mauricio — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 04:34:07 +0000

hey!!! i have to ask you to come back to ryugin!!!! i worked there for a couple of months and the food is absolutely amazing! it has the very best ingredients in the kitchen!!!!
please feel free to ask if you have any questions about the food or the place!

great blog!!

By: Luxeat

Luxeat — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:23:46 +0000

I really wasn’t impressed by Ryugin when i ate there around 3 weeks ago.Or maybe kaiseki(even modern) is just not my thing.

By: adam

adam — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:48:43 +0000

@FoodSnob I’m not sure I’d cross it off without a revisit. I’m going to give the restaurant the benefit of the doubt that this was just a bad meal.

@Chuck This was around New Year’s last year. I’m looking forward to seeing your post on your RyuGin experience from 3 weeks ago. Your first meal there looked unbelievable; it was the reason I wanted to go. Just disappointing when my meal was nothing like your pictures.

@Ryona Your dish looks and sounds so imaginative. I do hope to return and experience something so creative as what you just described. Thank you for sharing !

By: Rona Y

Rona Y — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:31:33 +0000

I hope you give Ryugin another try sooner than later. My dinner there was one of the most enjoyable I’ve had, not just because of the flavours of the food or because of the friendliness of the staff, but because of the thought put into creating the dishes I ate. One of my favourite dishes was ayu plated as though they were still swimming in a shallow pool of water. The accompanying sauce had a watermelon base which mimicked the watermelon flavour baby ayu (the ones used that day were more mature) develop from eating a particular type of moss. “Whimsical” was the word that best encapsulated my experience at Ryugin. I’ve heard Chef Yamamoto’s style has changed somewhat since my visit, but I do think it deserves a second chance. Soon!

(If you’d like to see a picture of the ayu dish, I have it up in flickr under the screen name rona_y.)

By: ChuckEats

ChuckEats — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:29:14 +0000

when did you eat this meal? i ate at Ryugin 3 weeks ago and it was nothing like my first visit – solid 2-star but not the high 3-star of that first meal.

By: Food Snob

Food Snob — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:52:39 +0000

RyuGin ranked highly on my list of places to try…so, it is a shame to read such an unenthusiastic post.
Also, I don’t really find the pictures especially appealing.