{"id":129951,"date":"2020-02-28T11:13:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T02:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=food&#038;p=129951&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2023-08-08T17:48:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T08:48:06","slug":"restaurant-ao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/restaurant-ao\/","title":{"rendered":"Restaurant Ao"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-129952\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/fn255-gourmet-ao-WEB-001.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/fn255-gourmet-ao-WEB-001.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/fn255-gourmet-ao-WEB-001.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/fn255-gourmet-ao-WEB-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/fn255-gourmet-ao-WEB-001.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nAfter studying French cuisine, Fukuoka native Hideyuki Kaneda traveled the world and even worked at award-winning Gaggan in Thailand. He trained for five years at Ryugin in Tokyo before opening Ao last year. At Ao, the dishes are an innovative Japanese cuisine with hints of French technique. The only item is the \u00a515,000 course, which features unique creations born from a combination of experience, expertise, and refined aesthetic. Take the appetizer. Pop it in your mouth and you\u2019ll find it\u2019s an exquisite mix of pig&#8217;s feet, truffles, and foie gras. 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\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- .photo-galleria -->\n<p><strong>Menu (plus tax and 10% service charge):<\/strong> Chef&#8217;s course \u00a515,000, pairing \u00a57,000 (champagne, wine and sake)<\/p>\n<p>*Foreign language menu: None\/Credit cards accepted\/No smoking<\/p>\n<p><em>Originally published in Fukuoka Now Magazine (<a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/fukuokanow\/docs\/fn255-web?e=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fn255<\/a>, Mar 2020)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After studying French cuisine, Fukuoka native Hideyuki Kaneda traveled the world and even worked at award-winning Gaggan in Thailand. 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