TourMaG.com broadcasts the Saliha Podtrips podcasts, which provide an audio window to the world through testimonials from tourism professionals, including major figures in the hospitality and food service industries. On the occasion of the Toquicimes gastronomic festival in Megève last October, Saliha was able to interview the renowned chef Yannick Alleno. He talks, of course, about gastronomy, but also about the travels that left his mark…
“When I returned from my first trip to Japan, I was never the same” (from the podcast)
Yannick Alleno – Dr. Simon Detraz
This is an extremely modern nation. They managed to raise the bar of modernity very high, but at the same time they managed to preserve the very essence of who they are and preserve their traditions. And this is rare. And what’s also interesting about Japan is that there are specialty restaurants.
Chef who is going to cook sushi. He’s not going to change his major overnight.…He will look there for the best of what he can do, and is not going to do anything else. It is for this reason that they are one of the most stellar countries in the world, because they are accurate in, shall we say, lack of diversity. They are specialists, so they do everything well.
