Premium Gold-Leaf Kaiseki Course
$52,000 play money
A seasonal tasting course where every dish gets gold. On the ChowChow Feast menu it costs $52,000 in play money, which puts it in the Ultra tier ($2,000 and up). It is one of the few dishes that can use up a large part of the budget in one click.
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Key facts
- Cuisine
- Japanese
- Menu section
- Japanese
- Price tier
- Ultra ($2,000 and up)
- Play-money price
- $52,000
- Main ingredients
- rare seasonal ingredients, gold leaf
- How it is served
- A long low table set with many small jewel-like dishes in lacquer and ceramics, each touched with gold leaf
History, tradition and origin
The multi-course meal of small seasonal dishes has roots in the simple food served with the Japanese tea ceremony, which grew into an elaborate formal dinner in Kyoto. French chefs who visited Japan in the 1960s and 1970s brought the idea of many small plates back to Europe, and the tasting menu became the format of fine dining worldwide.
Food economy and industry
A tasting menu lets a kitchen plan exactly what it will buy and serve, which reduces waste, but it needs many cooks for each guest. Such restaurants often have more staff than seats can pay for and rely on drinks, reputation and guidebook ratings. Edible gold leaf, used as decoration, is beaten so thin that it adds almost no weight or flavour.
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