Journal
Stories from THE BASE Karuizawa. We write about our catering and mobile bar work, from the brief to the food, drinks and space on the day, plus notes from our cake & flower shop and our two bars in Karuizawa.
New Rice, Served as the Finest Dish: Lunch After a Classic Car Drive
For a Japanese classic car event, we placed new-harvest rice, cooked over a wood fire in a hagama, on the same level as the finest dishes. Mushrooms foraged the day before, and dashi chazuke to finish. Most guests went back for seconds twice, and every dish ran out.
Food as the Destination: Lunch for 80 Supercar Owners
For 80 owners who drove to Karuizawa: tents, food and alcohol-free drinks. From a grazing table to salmon finished with a sauce guests whisked themselves, a lunch that made eating outdoors part of the meal.