Originally Posted by
EuropeanPete
I make that 27 stars in 13 days. That is very punchy - I've done 14 stars in 8 days and frankly that was too much for me. These were British and Basque though, so somewhat heavier than what you'd get in Japan. You have to what to me is quite a good mix of places. I'm happy you're fitting in a tempura venue, as I think it's a shame really good tempura apparently hasn't made it out of Asia yet.
On kaiseki specifically, have you had a lot of kaiseki meals before? On the one hand I don't think that you can have too much in Kyoto, but for me personally I don't appreciate the taste of Kaiseki the way I do other Japanese cuisines (teppanyaki, for example) and so I'd have fewer in my Japan schedule just to appreciate the aesthetics.
Thanks, Pete! Yes, my concern is that my husband will kill me with too much fancy dining. I’ll love it. I can’t say we’ve done any Kaiseki meals in twenty years, so we’re due. But the one Kaiseki that almost everyone recommends dropping from our list is 3* Kichisen. I’m torn...but I may drop that one based on so many consistent recommendations to do so. But not sure what we will do instead. What would you do instead if we dropped Kichisen?