after the first round of 6 months long training at classic kaiseki restaurant Zeniya (Kanazawa, Japan Chef Shinichiro Takagi) I thought it is long enough for European. but at the same time I was thinking that if I really would want I could do here one year maximum. it doesn't make sense to explain why like that & how hard it is to work as a cook in Japan. straight after the first round I got an opportunity to come over to RyuGin (Tokyo, Japan Chef Seiji Yamamoto 3* michelin). I was entering this door with an idea of 3 months long stage which turned over of 16 months long training. so here I am, graduating 22 months in Japanese kaiseki cuisine. it took a lot of effort, dedication, & hard work from day to day, week to week, months, almost for 2 years to make it happen, but it is all about your state of mind how strong you are on it, & only with getting over difficulties what you have for today, you become stronger & better on where you were yesterday! now I can tell that I could go even further in kaiseki cuisine to master it to perfection, but as I have other goal & way to walk, then there is few other cuisines to study & discover before to creat something new. Japanese cuisine was just a part of my goal. today is last day of the year & I will do the last service at RyuGin & in Japanese kaiseki cuisine. I will exit this doors with full backpack of knowledge & skills, different as a person & much better as a cook on where I was before. but now is time to move on & leave Japan behind. next year I will open a new chapter & start it all over again. this was just a begun. 'if your dreams don't scare you, they aren't big enough' (Muhamed Ali). I wish you for New Year to dream big to get scared of your dreams, but don't be afraid to work hard to make your dreams real. it is not going to be easy, but the feeling is damn good!!! delicious 2016 #chef #cheflife #master #latvian #cook #training #goals #motivation #passion #spirit #kitchen #lifestyle #purelife #workhard #michelinsar #threemichelinstar #ryugin #zeniya #japanese #kaiseki #cuisine #livethedream #livethelifeyoulove #japan #tokyo

after the first round of 6 months long training at classic kaiseki restaurant Zeniya (Kanazawa, Japan Chef Shinichiro Takagi) I thought it is long enough for European. but at the same time I was thinking that if I really would want I could do here one year maximum. it doesn't make sense to explain why like that & how hard it is to work as a cook in Japan. straight after the first round I got an opportunity to come over to RyuGin (Tokyo, Japan Chef Seiji Yamamoto 3* michelin). I was entering this door with an idea of 3 months long stage which turned over of 16 months long training. so here I am, graduating 22 months in Japanese kaiseki cuisine. it took a lot of effort, dedication, & hard work from day to day, week to week, months, almost for 2 years to make it happen, but it is all about your state of mind how strong you are on it, & only with getting over difficulties what you have for today, you become stronger & better on where you were yesterday! now I can tell that I could go even further in kaiseki cuisine to master it to perfection, but as I have other goal & way to walk, then there is few other cuisines to study & discover before to creat something new. Japanese cuisine was just a part of my goal. today is last day of the year & I will do the last service at RyuGin & in Japanese kaiseki cuisine. I will exit this doors with full backpack of knowledge & skills, different as a person & much better as a cook on where I was before. but now is time to move on & leave Japan behind. next year I will open a new chapter & start it all over again. this was just a begun. 'if your dreams don't scare you, they aren't big enough' (Muhamed Ali). I wish you for New Year to dream big to get scared of your dreams, but don't be afraid to work hard to make your dreams real. it is not going to be easy, but the feeling is damn good!!! delicious 2016 #chef #cheflife #master #latvian #cook #training #goals #motivation #passion #spirit #kitchen #lifestyle #purelife #workhard #michelinsar #threemichelinstar #ryugin #zeniya #japanese #kaiseki #cuisine #livethedream #livethelifeyoulove #japan #tokyo by uvisjanicenko via http://bit.ly/1P1tdkx