Paris, Tokyo: Robert Compagnon
With his co-chef and talented wife, Jessica Yang, Robert Compagnon opened one of the top new restaurants in Paris: Le Rigmarole. In this new episode of the series “Paris, Tokyo”, the young French-American chef tells us his philosophy behind Yakitori (grilled chicken in Japanese) and its sacred Japanese charcoal, the binchotan.
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