Omakase and the Measure of Time: What Kiwame Tokyo and Sushi Teru Reveal about Japanese Craft
There is a specific moment, perched at the hinoki wood counter of Sushi Teru in the West Village, when you realize you are no longer ordering a meal, you are surrendering to it. This is the soul of omakase: “I leave it up to you.” It is an exercise in radical trust, a silent pact […] The post...