RYUGIN ’S BEST ALUMS
It was an exciting moment just before the announcement of No.10 restaurant during The Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants awards ceremony. The recipient, chef Seiji Yamamoto, whose restaurant Nihonryori RyuGin has been on the list from the first year, smiled, waved to the people, and climbed up to the stage in a relaxed manner.
Suddenly, somebody jumped on the stage, and four others followed, holding the flag bearing the word “RyuGin”. They are former disciples of Yamamoto, who used to work at RyuGin, the chefs who are also ranked in the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants list: Hideaki Sato (Ta Vie, No.50), Ryohei Hieda (Shoun Ryugin, No.31), Tomoya Kawada (Sazenka, No.23) and chef Luca Fantin (Il Ristorante Luca Fantin, No.18) who are
