Food & Drinks
A $10,000 Members-Only Sushi Restaurant Is Coming to Miami
The owner of Sushi Namba is bypassing New York and going directly to Florida.
At Sushi Namba, such selections as gizzard shad, aka kohada, come with both fish and rice served at precise temperatures.
Source: Ura
When top Japanese chefs and restaurateurs expand to the US, they have invariably headed to New York. Just look at the jammed counters at Yoshino, Odo and Sushi Nakazawa.
However, when first-time restaurateurs Samuel and Jose Tcherassi approached Hidefumi Namba, the revered shokunin, or craftsman, behind Tokyo’s eight-seat, referral-only Sushi Namba, the brothers didn’t offer him a plush spot in Manhattan. They made a bold offer: Open in Miami.