What you need to know about Ichigo Ichie Bistro as it reopens

Chef Takashi Miyazaki at Ichigo Ichie Bistro & Natural Wine which opened at No5 Fenns Quay, Sheares Street, Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan
Bizarre though it may seem, the news of Japanese chef and adopted Corkonian Takashi Miyazaki’s pivot away from Michelin-star dining with the reorientation of his Michelin-starred Ichigo Ichie to a new more casual dining model is being greeted locally and nationally with genuine enthusiasm and excitement.
It indicates a dining public that increasingly knows its own mind and desires when it comes to eating out as opposed to being entirely led by the glamour of the renowned international dining guide.