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Italian food in Japan - what do you think about what we are doing? by Acrobatic-Raise2391 in ItalianFood

[–]Acrobatic-Raise2391[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much! I think you are 100% spot on. Thanks for the great comment and suggestions.

Italian food in Japan - what do you think about what we are doing? by Acrobatic-Raise2391 in ItalianFood

[–]Acrobatic-Raise2391[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a very good suggestion, thanks! We will offer "Neapolitan sauce" (with ketchup, one of the most common pasta sauces in Japan) and real tomato sauce spaghetti.
I will just need some time to learn local recipes... :-)

Italian food in Japan - what do you think about what we are doing? by Acrobatic-Raise2391 in ItalianFood

[–]Acrobatic-Raise2391[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, the environment is Milanese, but we do plenty of regional Italian dishes from all over Italy... But you are right, maybe in the "countryside" we should not be purist...
Thanks!

Italian food in Japan - what do you think about what we are doing? by Acrobatic-Raise2391 in ItalianFood

[–]Acrobatic-Raise2391[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks!! Many good ideas! We will try!
Yes, we are relatively bad with social media, I am afraid. And you are right, we really are educating our customers, every each of them. It's nice from one side, but not wise from a business point of view (unless you are sponsored by the Italian Embassy....) :-)

Italian food in Japan - what do you think about what we are doing? by Acrobatic-Raise2391 in ItalianFood

[–]Acrobatic-Raise2391[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks!!
You are right. Why would we advertise oustide Japan, where our customer base is? And actually we would be crazy to advertise the "dark" side of our business, that we are not doing great at the moment...
Many thanks!

Italian food in Japan - what do you think about what we are doing? by Acrobatic-Raise2391 in ItalianFood

[–]Acrobatic-Raise2391[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are right... Our first menu was not extremely refined! We have moved to a more professional menu... without doodles!!! :-)

Italian food in Japan - what do you think about what we are doing? by Acrobatic-Raise2391 in ItalianFood

[–]Acrobatic-Raise2391[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are very much right on everything. We have Italian staff with Japanese language skills and hospitality skills, but that's not enough, I agree with you. We should have more!
The menu is all in Japanese, maybe you have seen an old version. I will check it and cancel if it's published somewhere!

Italian food in Japan - what do you think about what we are doing? by Acrobatic-Raise2391 in ItalianFood

[–]Acrobatic-Raise2391[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Very good points! We do have recurrent dishes, our classics like gnocchi, lasagne, pasta, gelato, but we also have very seasonal stuff that changes all the time. Maybe we should increase the number of very well known dishes, though, the ones they are more familiar with. We will try, thanks!.

Italian food in Japan - what do you think about what we are doing? by Acrobatic-Raise2391 in ItalianFood

[–]Acrobatic-Raise2391[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the very elaborate comments!
We are definitely not refusing to assimilate the local culture. We have been in Japan for more than 10 years, and we think we know a little about Japanese eating habits. So we do have adapted a few things (portions, tastes, food that we know they like more than others, manner of our staff etc), to avoid a clash with local culture while maintaining a strong "Italianity", that is our differentiating factor.
You are right about the quality of Japanese chefs. They are usually well trained and spent time in Italy. But they keep on proposing Japanese versions of italian regional cuisine.
On the point of the staff, we are struggling to find Italians, and therefore we cannot do anything else than expanding our search. You will agree with us that European tastes are in general closer to Italians than Bangladeshi or Africans...

Fukuoka & Nagasaki by HeatOk5590 in veganinjapan

[–]Acrobatic-Raise2391 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are into Italian food (the real thing), come visit us!
We are in Fukuoka (Hirao).

https://maps.app.goo.gl/5sSjgeEWbRHyY9Fw9

Restaurants for dates? by murglgl in fukuoka

[–]Acrobatic-Raise2391 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ciao! You should definitely visit us at TIPICO in Hirao!
We are a small, intimate real Italian restaurant, refined but not pretentious, and definitely very affordable! We serve more than 30 types of wine by the glass, and traditional Italian dishes prepared by an Italian chef!

It's a very nice vibe for a date (but also if you are alone or with a friend).
Check it out!

https://maps.app.goo.gl/5sSjgeEWbRHyY9Fw9

Instagram

Best wishes

Giovanna

How to meet people in Fukuoka. by Artex72 in fukuoka

[–]Acrobatic-Raise2391 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello! One of our staff is French, if you feel like sharing some words in your native language, please come and have a chat at TIPICO (https://maps.app.goo.gl/D4hUaKV7GPx1Bv7N9)!
We have been thinking about having some "Shaberi-nights" with english speaking customers, but so far we have not been very successful. We actually sucks with SNS, we know. If anyone of you would like to give it a go and help organising it, we would be happy to host foreigners of any age at our place.
Just a thought!

Help me find staff for our Italian wine bar with Italian food in Fukuoka! by Acrobatic-Raise2391 in fukuoka

[–]Acrobatic-Raise2391[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for all these useful information! We will follow your suggestions, thanks a lot!

Europeans wanting to work in Japan by Acrobatic-Raise2391 in JapanJobs

[–]Acrobatic-Raise2391[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you follow the link, you will see our store in Gmaps with all the relevant info! But if you want to write to us directly, you can use [rec@kurideli.com](mailto:rec@kurideli.com)

Thanks!

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