Gifts of the North: Furano A Chef and Maître d'hôtel poster

“Unique flavors from Hokkaido”

Gifts of the North: Furano A Chef and Maître d'hôtel (2022)

Name: Gifts of the North: Furano A Chef and Maître d'hôtel
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2022-08-20

First aired August 20, 20221 season · 2 epsEnded

Documentary

Overview

In 2016, a famous French restaurant in Tokyo closed its doors. The chef Otsuka Kenichi and his wife Keiko fell in love with the rich local foods in Hokkaido and relocated to Furano city. They collaborate with local producers to make attractive dishes that you could have nowhere else. Unique dishes with local ingredients, such as freshly harvested asparagus and corns, oysters and scallops, also melons and haskaps. Beautiful 4K footage captures the nature of Hokkaido and the colorful cuisine.