Michelin Chefs Toast Abe as Yen Turns $5,000 Wine Cheap
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Tokyo’s Michelin-starred chefs are raising a glass to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s effort to revive the economy as a weak yen and stronger corporate profits put gourmet dinners back on the menu for tourists and local bosses.
Taiwanese guests at Quintessence think nothing nowadays when dropping 500,000 yen ($5,086) on a bottle of wine. “They say it’s cheap,” chef Shuzo Kishida said at his three-star French eatery in the Japanese capital, home to more of the top-ranked restaurants than any other city in the world.