Thursday, November 19, 2009

Paris No Longer The World Capital Of Fine Dining

Tokyo has leaped ahead of Paris as the city with the most Michelin three-star restaurants, confirming its status as the "world capital of gastronomy".

Tokyo now has 11 three-star restaurants compared with 10 for Paris, according to news reports of the latest edition of the Michelin guide to Tokyo. The Japanese capital also has more of the coveted stars in total than Paris - 261 shared by 197 restaurants. New York, by comparison, has four three-star restaurants.

The French, however, need not feel their cuisine has plunged completely into disrepute. France still has more three-star restaurants than anywhere else, with 25 compared with Japan's 18.

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