French
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- French Restaurant
Enjoy elaborate fragrant dishes along with fine wine.
First, there is the natural scent of each choice ingredient.
Next, the layering of carefully selected flavors into a bouquet.
Then, the temperature is brought just right to make it bloom.
And finally, the enticing aroma to herald every scrumptious bite.
Dinner
Evening Repast
Creative multi-course French meals that incorporate regional ingredients from Nagano Prefecture as well as seafood from neighboring Niigata Prefecture, fusing seasonal produce with the food culture unique to the Snow Country.
Executive Chef Mitsuhisa Kanazawa (a.k.a. Chef Pierre)
Chef Pierre was born in Ibaraki Prefecture in 1972. Since the age of 16, he had a strong desire to learn French cuisine and so, while still in high school, began training as an apprentice in a hotel kitchen. After graduating from high school, he studied the basics of French cuisine the French restaurant "Seiyodo Honten" in Mito City, Ibaraki. He then worked as a chef and restaurant manager at a French restaurant in Fujiyoshida City, Yamanashi and, in 1997, studied under then Executive Chef Koyama Hidekatsu at the chateau restaurant "Excellent Coast" in Yokohama City, Kanagawa.
In 2000, he joined Sierra Resort Hotels, becoming Sous Chef at Hotel Sierra Resort Hakuba in 2003 and Executive Chef in 2007. He is currently the Group Executive Chef and Director at Sierra Resort Hotels, overseeing all of the company's hotels and restaurants.
Among his numerous accolades, he has been a judge for food photography contests, and is a special lecturer at three universities, including the Nagano Cooking Confectionery College and the Matsumoto Training College for Cooks and Confectionery. He has also authored a cookbook (in Japanese) published by Shinano Mainichi Shimbun, and has also appeared on television and radio, and won numerous awards in cooking competitions both in Japan and abroad.
Restaurant Information
Hours | from 17:30 (last order: 21:00)
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Number of seats | Main Dining Hall Table seating: 29 tables / 110 seats Supplementary Hall Table seating: 6 tables / 30 seats (Available for private parties of under 30 people) |
Dress Code | Please refrain from wearing loungewear (including your room's yukata) or revealing clothing while dining in the restaurant. |