Duck Pie as Signature at NYC’s Yuu

A 12-course meal at Yuu crescendos with “Canard,” aka duck pie, inspired by Guy Savoy’s pastry-encased poulet de Bresse. “But I make [a pie] that’s more difficult than Guy Savoy’s,” says Chef Yuu Shimano, once a saucier at the three-star restaurant.  

Shimano studied cuisine in his native Osaka before cooking for eight years in France, and his namesake Brooklyn restaurant is staunchly...