Hana Re in Costa Mesa, California

Having Omikase is a journey that starts with first finding the restaurant, usually tucked away behind a door that has understated elegance that opens to a world that delights the senses. Hana Re with Chef Atsushi Yokoyama is a one-star Michelin restaurant in a suburb of Los Angeles that is family run and delivers on a meal to remember.Parking is ti...

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Koya in Tampa

With fish from the famed Toyosu Market auction, Chef Eric Fralick and his sous chefs put on a great display of inviting hospitality and creative dishes with delicious food.  I would heartily recommend this 1-michelin star restaurant for a  fun evening with entertaining servers and sous-chefs. Inside The restaurant seats 8 patrons on a bri...

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The Den at Azabu

Located in the Marriott Stanton hotel in Miami Beach, Azabu has a restaurant nestled away in the back called The Den which is an amazing omikase experience. Headed by Chef Atsushi Okawara, this restaurant has fish flown in from Japan at least twice a week and provides Tokyo style Omikase and has another location in New York City with its own michel...

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El Cielo in Miami

One of four locations (others are Medellin, Bogota, Washington DC, Chef Juan Manuel Barrientos seeks to explore all the sense in his tasting menu.  His restaurant is a very refined and nice look at Columbian cuisine for the uninitiated (myself) and his creative presentations are well appreciated. The restaurant is located in the heart of ...

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Los Felix in Coconut Grove

When you want a Michelin star meal and want to get away from the truffles and the caviar that are in so many fine dining dishes, Los Felix offers a corn or maize forward menu with offerings of the day's catch. No chef's tasting menu at this place, but the serving staff will recommend items for you based on any preferences.  What I particularly...

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