Hideki Ishikawa, head chef and owner of Ishikawa restaurant,

JAPAN - DECEMBER 14: Hideki Ishikawa, head chef and owner of Ishikawa restaurant, puts the final touch on a dish of pine needle crab at Ishikawa restaurant, in Tokyo's Kagarazaka district, Japan, on Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. Located in an inconspicuous black wooden building behind Bishamonten shrine near the top of Kagurazaka hill, Ishikawa practices an austerity that occasionally veers into boredom. Kimono-clad waitresses look after guests in private rooms and seven seats line a plain wooden counter behind which two chefs serve diners promptly and efficiently under the watchful gaze of head chef Ishikawa. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)