Restaurants: He started his own restaurant, Queen Alice (3.17.34 Nishi-Azabu, Minato-Ku, Tokyo 106 Tel (03) 3405 9039).
Background: After retiring from the show in December 1993, after the first season, Ishinabe made a few more special appearances. Ishinabe cited stress as one of the main reasons he left the show. He was always striving to make his dishes absolutely perfect. Ishinabe has a line of smoked salmon, produced in conjunction with Tassal. Ishinabe also has a line of pastries that he's selling with Sakai. You can find them in department stores in Tokyo.