A Michelin-Starred Fugu Restaurant in Tokyo

1. A Michelin-Starred Fugu
Restaurant in Tokyo
By: Afshan Lakha

2. A Michelin-Starred Fugu Restaurant in Tokyo
A part owner of Lakha Investments, LLC, Afshan Lakha co-founded the Washington state
commercial real estate company with her husband. A world traveler, Afshan Lakha
enjoys visiting cities from London to Rio de Janeiro, and is particularly drawn to the
combination of culture and fine dining Tokyo offers.

3. A Michelin-Starred Fugu Restaurant in Tokyo
Among the city’s Michelin-starred restaurants is Usukifugu Yamadaya, which focuses on
pufferfish, which can be highly poisonous if prepared improperly. Chef Fumie Yamada’s
qualifications for preparing this delicacy as sashimi include a decade of training, as well
as a three-year apprenticeship. Pufferfish is also available at the restaurant prepared
deep-fried and as fugu chiri-zosui, or in a hotpot that includes rice and vegetables.

4. A Michelin-Starred Fugu Restaurant in Tokyo
Non-pufferfish specialties include seasonal favorites such as righteye flounder, pike eel,
and stonefish. The restaurant is notably an offshoot of Ryotei Yamadaya, which has been
serving fugu dishes in the Oita Prefecture town of Usuki since the Meiji era, which ended
in 1912.