We sadly announce the death of Declan Murphy on Mon, 3 Dec 2007 02:56:03 -0800
(PST) after being stricken by fj.life.in-japan Disease. The will states:

>I only just noticed the following in an email magazine (economist.com)
>
>"Michelin launched a guide to Tokyo--its first for an Asian city--on
>November 19th. Michelin's inspectors (three Europeans and two
>Japanese) visited 1,500 of the city's approximately 160,000
>restaurants, awarding them a controversial total of 191 stars--almost
>as much as Paris, London and New York combined. Eight restaurants were
>awarded the coveted three-star rating, including Sukiyabashi Jiro, a
>small, cash-only sushi restaurant in Ginza, with no menu and a toilet
>shared with neighbouring shops."
>
>Very classy. I couldn't find a copy of it in the bookshops today
>though.

They had a special report on this a couple weeks ago on TV. They had vox pops
from people in Europe saying that the Michelin Guide is "old news", and in fact
some restaurants have since hidden their rating from the general public because
of the tremendous pressure put on their staff to live up to the rating.

Also, there was a curiously large number of restauranteurs who scoffed at
gaigins rating their food. That the staff actually contained Japanese didn't
seem to make much difference to them.


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