{"id":13294,"date":"2026-08-13T20:43:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T20:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frenchkare.fr\/french-kare-origins\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T08:39:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T08:39:38","slug":"french-kare-origins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/frenchkare.fr\/en\/french-kare-origins\/","title":{"rendered":"French Kar\u00e9 : Origins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section id=\"contentboxes-mb-block-6012196c-9235-49c8-b77d-f3bb93db3fe5\" class=\"section section-contentboxes  alignfull \">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-wrap none\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-masonry \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-sizer-contentboxes\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-box- contentboxes-image-wrap bg-color half-width square mobile-uncropped   content-dark no-vertical-text has-content cb-mobile-content-leave cb-mobile-content-vertical-leave    \"  data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-delay=\"100\"   style=\"order:2\"  >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-image-wrap-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-zoom-wrap \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-content-wrap centered-content contentboxes-content-left contentboxes-content-middle\"  style=\"background-color: #ffffff\"  >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-content section-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t<h2  class=\"contentboxes-content-item contentboxes-title\"  data-aos=\"slide-up\"  >2019, November 7th  Tokyo<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t<div class=\"contentboxes-content-item contentboxes-text\"  data-aos=\"fade-right\" data-aos-delay=\"340\"  >This is how a simple plate of curry made my way to French Kar\u00e9.\r\n\r\nMy last day in Tokyo, a few hours before flying home to France. I sat down and ordered my first kar\u00e9 \u2014 that&#8217;s what it&#8217;s called in Japan, kar\u00e9, not curry. What arrived was white rice, a thick, dark sauce with a gentle warmth to it, and a golden breaded pork cutlet on top.<br> I still remember that first spoonful: the generous sauce, a spice blend I had never tasted before, the crisp pork, and the rice soaking all of it up. Just as I was leaving Japan, I had found my favourite dish.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t\t        \t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t        \t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t \n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-box-13178 contentboxes-image-wrap bg-image half-width square mobile-uncropped   content-white no-vertical-text no-content cb-mobile-content-leave cb-mobile-content-vertical-leave    \"  data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-delay=\"200\"   style=\"order:1\"  >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-image-wrap-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-zoom-wrap \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxbgimage\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/frenchkare.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u200efk-histoire-tokyo-2019.jpeg);\"><\/div> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentbox-overlay   gradient-contentboxes-content-middle\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-content-wrap centered-content contentboxes-content-center contentboxes-content-middle\"  >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t \n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/section> \n\n\n\n\n\t<section id=\"contentboxes-mb-block-28c75963-1eb1-4e39-ab79-3a4f056366cc\" class=\"section section-contentboxes  alignfull \">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-wrap none\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-masonry \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-sizer-contentboxes\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-box- contentboxes-image-wrap bg-video half-width square mobile-uncropped    no-vertical-text no-content cb-mobile-content-leave cb-mobile-content-vertical-leave    \"  data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-delay=\"100\"   style=\"order:1\"  >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-image-wrap-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-zoom-wrap \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t<video autoplay muted loop playsinline class=\"contentboxbgvideo\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchkare.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fk-jinsuke.mp4\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentbox-overlay   gradient-contentboxes-content-middle\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-content-wrap centered-content contentboxes-content-center contentboxes-content-middle\"  >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t \n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-box- contentboxes-image-wrap bg-none half-width square mobile-uncropped   content-dark no-vertical-text has-content cb-mobile-content-center cb-mobile-content-vertical-leave    \"  data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-delay=\"200\"   style=\"order:2\"  >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-image-wrap-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-zoom-wrap \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-content-wrap centered-content contentboxes-content-right contentboxes-content-middle\"  >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-content section-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t<h2  class=\"contentboxes-content-item contentboxes-title\"  data-aos=\"slide-up\"  >2024, March 2nd <br>Jinsuke Mizuno<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t<div class=\"contentboxes-content-item contentboxes-text\"  data-aos=\"fade-right\" data-aos-delay=\"340\"  >Four years of obsession followed. <br>I dug into the history of the dish, its origins, its techniques \u2014 everything I could find. It was the author Ryoko Sekiguchi who put me on the trail of chef Jinsuke Mizuno, the reference on Japanese curry.<br>\r\nWe started exchanging messages on Instagram in 2023, and met in Tokyo in February 2024. I think he was surprised to see a self-taught French cook travel that far to learn about a dish the Japanese eat every day. That first meeting was electric, and the notes from his first lesson are still in my notebook.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t\t        \t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t        \t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t \n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/section> \n\n\n\n\n\t<section id=\"contentboxes-mb-block-f3555095-2bdf-45bb-a139-f31a3c105d01\" class=\"section section-contentboxes  alignfull \">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-wrap none\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-masonry \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-sizer-contentboxes\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-box- contentboxes-image-wrap  half-width uncropped mobile-uncropped    no-vertical-text has-content cb-mobile-content-center cb-mobile-content-vertical-leave    \"  data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-delay=\"100\"   >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-image-wrap-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-zoom-wrap \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-content-wrap centered-content contentboxes-content-left contentboxes-content-middle\"  >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-content section-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t<h2  class=\"contentboxes-content-item contentboxes-title\"  data-aos=\"slide-up\"  >2025, june 6th  <br>Curry Bootcamp in Chartres<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t<div class=\"contentboxes-content-item contentboxes-text\"  data-aos=\"fade-right\" data-aos-delay=\"340\"  >After we met again in Tokyo, Mizuno-san pushed me to cook curry professionally. So I invited him to Chartres: ten intensive days of cooking, spice work, testing and refining recipes, side by side.<br>\r\nI decide to invite Jinsuke Mizuno to Chartres : as a japanese curry expert, Jinsuke san is used to help chefs in their way of cooking kar\u00e9 in Japan . Again, he agrees to meet me and to help me.\r\nFor 10 days, we cook relentlessly, working around spices, mixes, we test my recipes and make them better with his teachings. When he left, he hugged me and told me our next meeting would be at the table of my restaurant \u2014 because, in his words, I had managed to put a little of my French cook&#8217;s DNA into my Japanese curry.\r\n <br>\r\nIn my mind, French Kare was born. <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t\t        \t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t        \t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t \n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-box-13144 contentboxes-image-wrap bg-image half-width square mobile-uncropped   content-dark no-vertical-text no-content cb-mobile-content-leave cb-mobile-content-vertical-leave    \"  data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-delay=\"200\"   >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-image-wrap-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-zoom-wrap \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxbgimage\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/frenchkare.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u200ebootcamp.\u200e001.jpeg);\"><\/div> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentbox-overlay   gradient-contentboxes-content-middle\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-content-wrap centered-content contentboxes-content-center contentboxes-content-middle\"  >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t \n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/section> \n\n\n\n\n\t<section id=\"contentboxes-mb-block-5a7e19c5-d906-40d2-a278-a8bcee7603d9\" class=\"section section-contentboxes  \">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-wrap none\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-masonry \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-sizer-contentboxes\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-box-13189 contentboxes-image-wrap bg-image half-width square mobile-square   content-dark no-vertical-text no-content cb-mobile-content-leave cb-mobile-content-vertical-leave    \"  data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-delay=\"100\"   >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-image-wrap-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-zoom-wrap \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxbgimage\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/frenchkare.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fk-restaurant-1.jpeg);\"><\/div> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentbox-overlay   gradient-contentboxes-content-middle\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-content-wrap centered-content contentboxes-content-left contentboxes-content-middle\"  >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t \n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-box- contentboxes-image-wrap bg-color half-width square mobile-uncropped   content-dark no-vertical-text has-content cb-mobile-content-leave cb-mobile-content-vertical-leave    \"  data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-delay=\"200\"   >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-image-wrap-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-zoom-wrap \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-content-wrap centered-content contentboxes-content-right contentboxes-content-middle\"  >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contentboxes-content section-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t<h2  class=\"contentboxes-content-item contentboxes-title\"  data-aos=\"slide-up\"  >2026, june 12th <br> French Kar\u00e9 opens in Paris<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t<div class=\"contentboxes-content-item contentboxes-text\"  data-aos=\"fade-right\" data-aos-delay=\"340\"  >Life is made of adventures and encounters. I had met Giovanni, of the restaurant Omurice, years earlier; we share the same love of Japanese cooking and a good feeling.\r\n<br>In May 2026 he suggested we work together. I present him all my ideas, concepts, recipes crafted with Jinsuke Mizuno and tell him about my French Kare philosophy. He likes the idea and then decide to turn the recipes into the restaurant menu and to open with me the French Kar\u00e9 restaurant in Paris. \r\n<br> No Curry No Life ! <br> <br> Come to our place and have a taste of our wonderful kare ! Thibaud Villanova Chef &amp; Founder of French Kar\u00e9\r\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t\t\t                \t\t\t\t\t\t        \t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t        \t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t \n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/section> \n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13294","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frenchkare.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frenchkare.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frenchkare.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frenchkare.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frenchkare.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13294"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/frenchkare.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13309,"href":"https:\/\/frenchkare.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13294\/revisions\/13309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frenchkare.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}