Ma Du Zi Restaurant by Yuya

Japanese Chef Yuya Okuda’s food is very recognizably French, only very light, very subtle and with seamless exotic touches. For example, you’d never really notice the thin strips of puffer fish brightening your wagyu tartar, or that the scallops with caviar are on a bed of pureed roots, not a boring (or comforting as people like to call it) mash. Yuya has some serious cred, too, with two years in a Relais & Chateaux hotel restaurant in France and a stint at a Joel Robuchon restaurant in Japan. Best of all, Ma Du Zi, despite its no walk-ins policy, is finally priced within reach of mortals.