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Review: Ryokou wants to take you on an edible trip through Japan

Atlanta’s high-end Japanese scene didn’t build slowly. It landed fully formed right after Covid, which is a dining prediction I could not have foretold given the intimate nature of most omakase dining. In just a few short years, the city has evolved from having a handful of high-end Japanese restaurants to boasting multiple Michelin-starred omakase restaurants, which offer a fixed menu the chef chooses.

Find great griyo and other tastes of Haiti at Jojo Fritay in Kennesaw

“Griyo is the identity of any Haitian restaurant,” says Francois Nau. Sometimes spelled griot, the word refers to pork that’s been marinated in fresh herbs and sour orange, boiled until fork-tender, then fried—and it’s the centerpiece at Jojo Fritay, the Kennesaw restaurant Nau runs with his wife, Edith, and daughter Jo. “If you don’t speak Creole, griyo will make you speak it quickly,” he says.