Kichisen
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京都下鴨 京懐石 吉泉 - Kichisen-kyoto.com
京懐石吉泉は、京都下鴨の地にて、四季折々の季節感溢れる京懐石・京料理をご提供させて頂いております。
京都下鴨 京懐石 吉泉 - Kichisen-kyoto.com
1983年 31歳のときに、ホテルの一角に和食店「吉泉」を開店。その2年後には6億5千万円をかけて現在の下鴨の地に「京懐石 吉泉」を創り上げる。およそ800年前の平安時代の頃、祖先がこの糺の森あたりにて「吉仙」という屋号で商いを営んでいたことから、人のご縁と地のご縁、運命のような会遇を感じずにはいられない。
1986年、NewYorkTimes紙に「安心して味わえる美食の店」として紹介される。1999年には人気のテレビ番組「料理の鉄人」に出場、鱧対決にて和の鉄人・森本正治氏（ニューヨークの日本料理レストラン「NOBU」の総料理長）に完勝。その卓越した鱧切りの腕は審査員を唸らせた。2010年〜2013年はミシュランガイドにて二ツ星を、2014年〜2019年は6年連続で三ツ星を獲得。たった一代で老舗料亭と肩を並べる存在へ上りつめた。近年は生間流式包丁などの有職料理、カロリー計算を考えた糖尿病のための京懐石、海外に京料理をPRする活動など、常に新しい分野を開拓している。
また他店では真似できない厳しくも温かい教育を行っているとして、NHK「育てる」、テレビ東京「和風総本家」での「和の教育 日本の叱る人々」など、人材育成をテーマにした番組に出演。テレビ番組の企画として若手芸人が1日弟子入り修行に来たこともある。好きな言葉は、Forge your dreams in the fires of your heart！ 自身の成功体験をもとに、人間には無限の可能性があること、自分の努力と見えない力の導きによって夢が叶うことを後進たちに説いている。
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| 住所 ： | Sakyo Ward, 〒606-0805 Kyoto,Japan |
| 電話 ： | 📞 +877 |
| Webサイト ： | http://kichisen-kyoto.com/ |
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| 街 ： | Kyoto |
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Jerry Chen on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ We had a great kaiseiki experience but since the sous chefs weren't particularly adept in English, knowing some Japanese goes a long way to being able to understand their explanations of all the dishes. Be sure to set aside several hours, arrive on time (there was another couple there who got rushed through their meal because they were late by almost an hour), and enjoy.
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Mathew Knight on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ AMAZING. I cannot recommend this restaurant highly enough.
Exquisite food, honest and warm service, and a fantastic price point for the quality you're getting (in particular if you go for lunch as we did).
Ignore all the bad reviews from insensitive and tasteless people claiming the service was rushed, rude, or not in English. I have no idea what these people are thinking.
If you provide the kind people at Kichisen with smiles, a few well placed "arigato"s and some head bows, they will return the favour with their best english explanations of the painstakingly crafted, complex, japanese dishes. There are many meals, so the staff often check on you to see if you've finished so they can bring you the next one. You'll be in there for almost 3 hours (for a lunch), so if they leave you sitting a while between meals it will drag it out unnecessarily (hence the perception that they're 'rushing' you). Feel free to take your time eating and they will serve at your pace.
The food was beautiful in every way. Seasonal, delicious, and artistically put together. Get yourself a hot sake for 1000 yen (bargain), and ask for some ice water, but otherwise let them bring you tea as they choose. You will likely also be drinking soups.
My partner and I didn't book anything special, but we were placed in a private room with chairs on a rug on tatami (so not kneeling). I believe solo eaters may eat at a bar, but this seems to be no less of an experience, and provides a view of the preparation.
Listen carefully to how they suggest to eat the meals to get the most out of them, and try to respect that anything provided in English is a service to you that a traditional japanese restaurant doesn't need to offer.
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dewi ratna asih on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ this was my first time to dine at a 3-star michelin restaurant and i must admit that i was impressed by their service & importantly the taste & presentation of the food. experiencing kaiseki was definitely a must-do activity when you were in japan.
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Sally Ouyang on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The experience was definitely something. All the plates were carefully thought out and presented in a super interesting way. I thought the food was pretty average though. I basically paid a lot for an aesthetically pleasing meal. It’s a good first time experience but I wouldn’t do it again cause it was pricey.
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Bonan Zhang on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Had my reservation booked 3 weeks before my arrival, amazingly they still have empty slot during Sakura season.
However, have to say, it was kinda disappointed. I have eaten several Michelin restaurant in Kyoto. But kichisen is not really better than those. Although the presentation of the dishes are great, but Michelin isn’t all about presentation. The taste is the most important, and should be better than those 2 stars. I felt Kichisen didn’t make it up to that standard.
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Erick Tseng on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ For a great traditional kaiseki experience, I'd highly recommend Kichisen. The staff is super friendly, including to foreigners, which I heard wasn't necessarily the case with other top tier kaiseki restaurants in Kyoto.
We dined at the counter, and the chef gave us a ton of attention, taking time to explain each dish to us. This really added to the whole dining experience.
When you arrive at the restaurant, a restaurant staff member is there to greet you as you get out of your car. You're then welcomed in, and invited to take off your shoes. You're then led to your room, and that's when your dining adventure begins.
The meal is expensive (we went for the 23,000 yen/person kaiseki menu), but worth it if you want a once-in-a-lifetime true kaiseki experience.
Our menu consisted of:
1) Sweet rice wine sorbet served on a Japanese rose petal
2) Welcome sake
3) Yamogi (seasonal Japanese vegetables) and sesame tofu dumpling with fresh uni. This dish was delicious. The uni was incredibly creamy, and dumpling was savory and refreshing.
4) Green peas and micro tomatoes. I've never seen tomatoes the size of a single green pea before. It was really sweet.
5) Hammo sea eel and Japanese plum with yuzu flower in dashi broth
6) Sashimi course: Sea bream, shrimp, squid, toro belly, and pickled clam with tobigo. Served with a shot of sour seaweed and ginger
7) Toro cheek with daikon radish
8) Red bean mochi rice with black bean
9) Tofu with river vegetables
10) Seasonal vegetables with sea bream eggs, and fish cake
11) Baby potato with Shitake mushroom in beef soup and yuzu
12) Grilled waygu beef and pineapple on hot stone
13) Japanese pickles with baby anchovy rice
14) Dessert #1: Orange panna cotta with jelly bubbles and flower petals, served with coffee-scented fog
15) Dessert #2: Red bean mochi
16) Dessert #3: Fresh strawberries, gooseberries, and cherries
17) Matcha tea
18) Roasted smokey barley tea
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Nils Barth on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ World-class gem, best traditional Japanese restaurant, full stop.
WARNING: this is NOT FOR EVERYONE.
Kichisen is a very traditional Japanese restaurant – the food is mild and unfamiliar, the customs and flow are traditional and foreign.
If you expect a Western fine dining experience, you will be very disappointed.
If you go with an open mind and are flexible, looking for a new experience, a heretofore unknown, secret world will open.
You don't need to speak Japanese, but little English is spoken. If you have special needs (allergies, say), PLEASE have your hotel arrange beforehand.
As is common in Japan, it's not very flexible – if you want accommodating service, please don't come: you'll be very disappointed, as several reviewers here were.
Also, please arrive on time – it's a small restaurant, without a waiting room.
This is a small family restaurant that serves kaiseki cuisine (banquet cuisine, Japanese fine dining), and synthesizes the various traditions in Kyoto: nobility, warriors, monks ... with the occasional modern flourish.
The dishes vary monthly, reflecting the season’s bounty and festivities – February celebrates Dolls Day, for instance, and includes crab and the first bamboo buds.
The food is mild, mostly seafood and vegetable, with little meat, oil, or spices.
The presentation is spectacular, each dish a work of art, often referencing Japanese culture and the seasons, subtle even for natives.
The chef is friendly and open to foreigners, but doesn't speak English, so expect a warm welcome but little conversation.
Utterly unforgettable, likely the most unique meal of your life.
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Alvaro Cervera on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Amazing food. I am very surprised about the negative reviews. This is a place to enjoy food with all the senses, and all the staff were very nice. It is a pity that we did not get a list with the name of the different dishes. We had a private room for the three of us and we had an excellent time. We paid the menus in advance. The experience lasted for 2 hours and 15 minutes, which is less than in other similar restaurants. Maybe some people feel rushed and therefore the negative reviews. However, we enjoyed our time there and the food was perfect.
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