French Chefs Prepare Gourmet Food For Earthquake Survivors

Here’s some great news about French chefs who cooked meals for people at an evacuation shelter in Fukushima prefecture’s Koriyama city (videos from Reuters and FTV):

The Reuters video includes an interview with Lionel Becca, owner and head chef of Tokyo’s 2-star Troisgros Japon Restaurant:

“It’s not really about having stars or not. It’s just about being chefs and French. And we’re just French chefs living in Japan and in a way this is also our country. We decided not to leave and we stayed. And each is trying to help however they can.”

Seven top chefs have been brought in to prepare different food. The FTV interviewed Christophe Paucod, the head chef and owner of Lugdunum Bouchon Lyonnais (in the Kagurazaka area of Tokyo). Paucod says he is truly happy to see smiles on the faces of the earthquake survivors.

The people living in the shelter are delighted and grateful to be receiving delicious food prepared by some of Japan’s top French chefs.

The event was organized by several French organizations in Japan: UFE Japon, the AFJ, and the ACPFJ.

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yuki

this is awesome.
ThyGoddess

Now that oughta bring some sunshine in their day. That looks soooo gooooood.
Charlotte

The Danish Embassy did something similar the other week – they prepared Danish themed bento boxes which were handed out, and they also gave the kids lego. I think a lot of Embassy’s are pitching in. Well done! Awesome Blog by the by really love logging on to it.
yuki

i personally like this kind of news just because it helps boost the positive image of non-japanese living in japan. most japanese do like gaijin but i do know a fews whom have negative feeling toward them.
TofuUnion

Possibly, some of them have never eaten genuine French cuisine.
Anyway, it’s a nice news.
Andrew in Ezo

LOL, must have been the last seven Frenchmen left in Japan. Kudos for having a backbone, unlike most of their countrymen.
Jordan

Cheers to everyone who has decided to stay and help rebuild.

Most of us can’t do much, but it’s the very idea that we stuck with it and stayed in Japan that makes the difference. No matter what you do, from eikaiwa to blogging, keep doing it and do it even better than before.

Japan will see your hard work and remember.
andrew

The Japanese like their food.
Good food will bring smiles and stress relief. Stress will be one of the major health problems to fight after these disasters.
Dev

I don’t See Iron Chef Hiroyuki Sakai.
An ordinary Japanese

We Japanese cannot thank enough helpers from all over the world for their relief efforts.

We won’t forget what you guys have done for us.

Arigatou gozaimasu.

French Chefs Prepare Gourmet Food For Earthquake Survivors

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