Located less than a five-minute drive from Mercedes-Benz Stadium, a mixed-use development called Abrams Fixtures promises lofts, offices, and of course, restaurants. One of the first eateries to be ...

Meaning ‘I leave it up to you’ in Japanese, omakase traditionally refers to sitting around a small sushi counter while the chef crafts perfect sushi in front of you. As a catch-all term for leaving ...

In Japanese, "Omakase" means "I leave it up to you." It is most commonly used in Japanese restaurants when the customer leaves it up to the chef to select and serve seasonal specialties. At Omakase ...

You know it's bad when some restaurants even use the names kaiseki and omakase interchangeably. Besides expectations around decorum and both dining styles being Japanese, we can contrast the ...

Kazu Sushi & Sando in San Mateo specializes in milk bread sandos and affordable omakase, all to go. Buri Buri Burlingame — originally a food truck specializing in eponymous donburi rice bowls — is ...

Rather like English, which is often called easy to learn but difficult to master, Foodish is a language that’s spoken everywhere and understood almost nowhere. It’s full of misnomers, as anyone who’s ...

DEL MAR, Calif. — Life is filled with decision-making, but what if you could go to a restaurant and leave it all up to the chef? In this Zevely Zone, I visited the Glass Box in Del Mar. As San Diego's ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Inside a windowless room off a quiet street in the Funk Zone, Chef Lennon Silvers Lee serves more than sushi — he offers a personal meditation on craft, culture, and what it ...

Japanese dining is synonymous with precision, restraint, and subtle intention—and that’s being taken to a whole other level ...