7 top Japanese omakase restaurants to savour in Hong Kong

Sep 27 , 2018

Caviar d’Aquitaine uni rice served at Hong Kong’s Sushiyoshi – one of our picks of the top seven Japanese restaurants in Hong Kong serving high-quality omakase cuisine, where all the dishes are selected by the chef.

Omakase is where diners leave it to the chef to choose what you eat – so here’s our pick, including UMI, Sushiyoshi and Sushi Shikon, of city’s best offerings

Omakase or kaiseki is what usually comes to mind when it comes to Japanese fine dining, but what is the difference between the two?

Omakase, which literally means “I’ll leave it up to you”, refers to the type of meal served in a Japanese restaurant where the dishes are selected by the chef and made of ingredients that are fresh that day.

In contrast, kaiseki closely translates as “banquet dining”, and is a traditional multi-course set dinner, where each dish is usually small and carefully crafted as a feast for the eyes as well as the palate.

Omakase is a favourite of customers of izakayas, or Japanese pubs, all the way up to some of the most expensive restaurants in Japan because it is best of what the restaurant can offer.

Of course, the higher the price tag, the better the food that the chef will dish up for the diner.

So if you want to make sure that every dollar you spend is for what goes in your mouth, here are seven of the most decadent omakases you just can’t miss in Hong Kong.

Sushi Saito

45/F Four Seasons Hotel, 8 Finance Street, Central, globallink.com.hk

This restaurant is owned by renowned chef Takashi Saito, whose branch in Tokyo has three Michelin stars. With only eight seats and a tidal wave of star power, the last we heard there was a six-month wait to get a seat.