- Country
- Japan
- Cuisine
- Japanese
- Known for
- Kyoto kaiseki cuisine and promoting washoku abroad
- Restaurant
- Kikunoi, Kyoto
Yoshihiro Murata runs Kikunoi, a family kaiseki restaurant in Kyoto founded in 1912. Kaiseki is a formal multi-course meal built around the seasons.
He studied French cooking in his youth before returning to the family business, and has since worked to explain Japanese cuisine to chefs from other countries.
Murata has written several books on kaiseki and has been a prominent advocate for washoku, traditional Japanese food culture.
Signature dishes
- Seasonal kaiseki courses
- Dashi-based simmered dishes
- Kyoto seasonal rice dishes
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