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Restaurant Insider with Anne Lee
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ANNE LEE
Noe general manager
WESLEY JOHNSTON
and executive chef
RYO TAKATSUKA
Photos by
LAWRENCE TABUDLO
Where can you find a Miche- to the menu and talked about what’s new and flavors for our meat dishes come from. Then
exciting since reopening its doors in March.
AL: What makes Noe’s Italian food different and unique?
RT: The concept here is southern Italian, but with touches of Milan, a touch of Japanese and sourcing the best ingredients that I can find and incorporating local ingredients as much as possible.
WJ: The menu consists of chef Ryo’s journey while in Italy, starting in the south in Rome at La Tarazza, one of the most acclaimed restau- rants in Italy. The Noe Signature Tagliatelle flavors are represented here. Then, we travel north toward Tuscany to Florence, where the
lin-starred Japanese-Italian chef
fluent in both languages here on Oahu? Noe at Four Seasons Resort Oahu at Ko Olina. Executive chef Ryo Takatsuka, who grew up in Toyama, a coastal city along the Sea of Japan, was always curious about
cooking.
His move to Tuscany ignited his passion
for Italian cuisine, and he worked alongside some of the greatest Italian chefs, such as Gi- ancarlo Perbellini, and helped his restaurant earn two Michelin stars.
Noe general manager Wesley Johnston joined chef Ryo and I, as we shared some wonderful new dishes that have been added
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over to Verona and Bellini, where we have the Veal Milanese flavors from this region. We head south, where there are fresh, crispy, refreshing dishes, such as our new menu item, the local Kanpachi Crudo. In northern Italy, the winters are harsh, so you will see richer, more comfort hearty options.
AL: What do you want guests to take away from their experience dining here?
WJ: We like to pay attention to detail. We really want to bring the Italian culture and experience to our guests. A lot of the dishes that you see on our menu, you do not see offered elsewhere on the island. We are Ha-
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