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Hongson Rin opens Ansolence in Tokyo's Meguro
The chef opens his first restaurant under his own name five months after earning a Michelin star, betting on fermentation-driven French cooking in a quiet Tokyo neighbourhood.
Osoba Ni-Hachi: Shoushin's Jackie Lin bets on soba in Toronto
The chef behind Michelin-starred Shoushin turns to buckwheat: noodles made in Yamagata and shipped frozen, soba sets at lunch and an izakaya with omakase at night.
Gabriel Waterhouse opens Waterhouse off Columbia Road
The successor to The Water House Project seats 24 in a Victorian workshop off Columbia Road, with an 11-course Northumbrian menu at £125 and a new wine bar.
Élan Amsterdam: the Roux team takes over the old Maris Piper
Roos Bierhoff, Allon Niesen and chef Sebastiano Guglielmucci open a 120-seat à la carte restaurant on the Frans Halsstraat in early November, with mains at €25 to €30.
Chi Spacca Singapore takes Osteria Mozza's old room
Nancy Silverton's Los Angeles grill house opens at the end of October in the Hilton Singapore Orchard dining room Osteria Mozza vacated, on a residency that ends after twelve months.
Caja de Huevos Madrid opens with six broken-egg plates
Enrique Valentí follows the waiting lists of Caja de Cerillas with a bar at Pelayo 35 in Chueca built around six dishes of eggs and potatoes.
Côte Basque revives a 70-year Melbourne dining room
Andrew McConnell's Basque-inspired grill has opened inside the former Becco, keeping the terrazzo floor of a Crossley Street address that has held three restaurants since 1954.
Canton Library opens on the 29th floor of One Peking
Aqua Restaurant Group's new Tsim Sha Tsui room cooks across the Lingnan regions, with Junno Li in the kitchen and a separate dim sum chef.
Anne-Sophie Pic Paris opens inside the Fondation Cartier
The chef's new Paris address took its first service on 18 September at 164 rue de Rivoli, two weeks after the bar downstairs started pouring.
11 Westside opens its first Singapore location
The Hong Kong-born taco brand opens 221 seats at Asia Square Tower 1, importing masa flour and chillies from Mexico for daily housemade tortillas.
Monsieur Dior Milan brings Enrico Bartolini to Montenapoleone
The fashion house's first Italian restaurant opens inside its renovated Via Monte Napoleone boutique, with €25 lunch dishes, a €150 dinner menu and Giuseppe Allegretta as resident chef.
Lucas Carton reopens in Paris with Cyril Lignac in the kitchen
The TV chef succeeds Hugo Bourny in the listed Art Nouveau dining room on Place de la Madeleine, now owned by Lapérouse Holding, with a promise of classical French cooking.
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