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Articles for Omakase

A Symphony of Flavors: Shiso's Experimental Asian Cuisine Takes Center Stage
1 month, 4 weeks ago

A Symphony of Flavors: Shiso's Experimental Asian Cuisine Takes Center Stage

The Hindu  

Shiso, an experimental Asian diner in Amritsar, offers a unique dining experience with a blend of Balinese and Japanese influences. The restaurant features a spacious courtyard with a bar, sushi, and omakase counters, alongside a modern kitchen and bar. The menu features a variety of dishes, including small plates, main courses, and desserts, all crafted with fresh and high-quality ingredients. …

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Catching up with Orange County’s new Michelin recognized restaurants
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Catching up with Orange County’s new Michelin recognized restaurants

LA Times  

Chef Jordan Nakasone and his wife, Debrah Cha, at Rebel Omakase in Laguna Beach, which earned one Michelin star in the 2024 Michelin California Guide. When chef Jordan Nakasone and his wife, Debrah Cha, were invited to cater Monday night’s Michelin ceremony at the Ritz Carlton in Half Moon Bay, they had no idea their Laguna Beach restaurant, Rebel Omakase, …

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World-famous Sushi Nakazawa launches Hi. Dozo, its first delivery-only sushi operation
6 months ago

World-famous Sushi Nakazawa launches Hi. Dozo, its first delivery-only sushi operation

LA Times  

In late May, Sushi Nakazawa unveiled Hi. Dozo — meaning, “Hi, here you go” — was roughly two years in the making and provides a peek into what Los Angeles can expect when it gets its own Sushi Nakazawa in Beverly Grove later this year. Each currently holds a one-Michelin-star rating, with the global guide calling the omakase “a truly …

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Low waste, high-end sushi: How a corporate dive into omakase has changed Chicago's dining scene
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Low waste, high-end sushi: How a corporate dive into omakase has changed Chicago's dining scene

Salon  

There is no shortage of dining options in Chicago. We felt obligated to provide that for them, and provide that for Chef Kaze and Chef Shinge.” "Because the tiny Omakase Room exists within the larger Sushi-san, it allows Chan and the LEYE team to minimize food waste and service sushi lovers across the budget spectrum." Chan’s 20-year relationship with his …

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Yes, you can drink red wine with sushi, and other boundary-pushing pairings at this sushi bar
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Yes, you can drink red wine with sushi, and other boundary-pushing pairings at this sushi bar

LA Times  

Why is pairing sushi with wine so hard? The right wine with the right fish On a given night Sushi Note’s sommelier team will pour a dozen wines by the glass across the course of an omakase experience. “Some of our guests are still challenged by the notion of drinking wine with sushi,” says sommelier Omar Lima, “and in particular, …

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The Omakase Room's "Welcome Cocktail" is a masterclass in mocktail magic
10 months, 1 week ago

The Omakase Room's "Welcome Cocktail" is a masterclass in mocktail magic

Salon  

I’ve never much gone for the sexed-up verbiage we impose upon non-alcoholic drinks. In any case, the most delicious boozeless cocktail I’ve tasted in recent memory didn’t even bother announcing itself as spirit-free: The Welcome Cocktail at the Omakase Room at Sushi-San in Chicago’s River North neighborhood is exactly that, a miniature concoction intended to refresh and prime the appetite, …

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Omakase for everything: All restaurants need an option to leave it up to the chef.
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Omakase for everything: All restaurants need an option to leave it up to the chef.

Slate  

In Japanese, omakase literally translates to “I’ll leave it up to you.” Stateside, the term is most frequently encountered at the bougie, nigiri-oriented sushi restaurants occupying your nearest midsize metropolitan area. When you sit down for an omakase set dinner, don’t expect any of the bastardized maki rolls—bearing the names of, say, Philadelphia, or the dreaded California—that you may typically …

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Experimental Korean restaurant Baroo reopens with ‘life cycle’ tasting menu downtown
1 year, 3 months ago

Experimental Korean restaurant Baroo reopens with ‘life cycle’ tasting menu downtown

LA Times  

At the new Baroo in the Arts District, an amuse of red-yeast makgeolli with ‘nduja, pichuberry and shredded gouda. Now, after five years of searching for its new home, Uh and his wife and business partner, Mina Park, have unveiled a new iteration of Baroo, this time in the Arts District, with a tasting menu that weaves Uh’s signature pickles …

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L.A.’s newest omakase is already booking up and marks the return of this second-generation sushi chef
1 year, 4 months ago

L.A.’s newest omakase is already booking up and marks the return of this second-generation sushi chef

LA Times  

Sushi Sonagi With highly limited seatings, a Korean-influenced omakase and the return of second-generation sushi chef Daniel Son, Gardena’s new Sushi Sonagi fills up quickly. “It’s very fulfilling to kind of come full circle.” Sushi Sonagi is open Friday to Sunday with the possibility for Thursday night service in the months to come. The menu is nearly identical to the …

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What makes L.A.’s sushi scene so great? I found answers in Tokyo
1 year, 7 months ago

What makes L.A.’s sushi scene so great? I found answers in Tokyo

LA Times  

At a tiny sushi counter in this boundless capital’s southwest suburbs, nine of us sat silent and alert waiting for Koji Kimura to finish readying his lunchtime service. The California roll, the advent of supermarket sushi, the opening of the first local Japanese seafood distributor in 1963, the 1980s economic boom that flooded Los Angeles with Japanese capital, the Hollywood …

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How Los Angeles became the epicenter of sushi in America
1 year, 7 months ago

How Los Angeles became the epicenter of sushi in America

LA Times  

The history of sushi in Los Angeles spans decades, a sweeping chronicle of entrepreneurship and a sprawling city’s culinary evolution. Here’s where to find the best supermarket sushi, ultimate California rolls, homestyle futomaki and inari, vegan sushi, sleek hand rolls and the most spectacular omakase in the city. 21 places in L.A. to find the best sushi, omakase, chirashi and …

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Tandoori Omakase makes a debut in South Delhi
1 year, 8 months ago

Tandoori Omakase makes a debut in South Delhi

The Hindu  

Located inside The Manor — a luxury hotel in the South Delhi enclave of Friends Colony — where Indian Accent once stood, INJA has taken up a spot that not many have dared to: it is far away from any commercial activity. A marriage of Indian and Japanese “INJA was born when Chef Advait Anantwar came to us with the …

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Your next great L.A. meal will probably be a tasting menu
2 years, 10 months ago

Your next great L.A. meal will probably be a tasting menu

LA Times  

Dry-aged fish by the Joint Seafood, with Nam Jim seafood sauce was part of a recent omakase menu by chef /co-owner Justin Pichetrungsi of Anajak Thai in Sherman Oaks. Though Phan said the tasting menu format suits her “110% more” than a la carte dining, the $158 cost prompts a certain level of guilt. “If you don’t let them order, …

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