Indian chef Brehadeesh Kumar's curiosity about Japan began in elementary school when his grandfather gifted him a 10-yen coin from a world collection featuring the delicately inscribed Byodo-in Temple's Phoenix Hall, located in the ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto.It was the start of a journey that would eventually take him to Japan on a government scholarship after he became captivated by Japanese cuisine, or "washoku," before returning home to open a Japanese restaurant in the western Indian state of Maharashtra.Kumar, 28, now serves up everything from deep-fried foods to staples like ra…READ FULL ARTICLE
