Shiro (restaurant)
Restaurant in County Cork, Ireland
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Shiro was a restaurant in Ahakista, County Cork, Ireland. It was a fine dining restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star each year in the period 1996–2001.[1][2]
The kitchen style was Japanese and Sushi.[3][4]
The restaurant had only a short menu, no staff (the owners were also head chef and waiter), one seating a night and was located in a typical Irish Cottage.[4][5]
History
Although living in Berlin at the time, Pilz bought the villa Woodlands in 1983. She and her family moved to Ireland and renovated the villa before opening the restaurant.[6] They opened Shiro "to have something to do".[7]
The Michelin Guide awarded the restaurant the "Red M", indicating 'good food at a reasonable price', in the period 1988–1995.[8] The Egon Ronay Guide awarded the restaurant one star in the period 1988–1989.[8]: 345 The restaurant was awarded one Michelin star in the period 1996–2001.[9]
Key people
Kei Pilz
Kei Pilz (died 2001) was a Japanese Michelin-starred head chef and co-owner of Shiro. Together with her husband Werner Pilz, a German, she ran the restaurant in her own living room.[10] Aside from cooking, she specialized in Japanese watercolour calligraphy and paintings.[11]
She died in 2001.[12]