Geoduck Is the Star of Master Sushi Chef Kotaro Kumita's Omakase — Omakase

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these style videos are the best from eater. no announcer or annoying host, just the chef talking about his food. with shots of him preparing food. all about the food is what makes a good video

He was trained by master Shiro, who was trained by master Jiro! The tradition survives.

the prep work is unreal

That fish smoking scene tho..

His style is very similar to legendary sushi chef Jiro Ono from the movie "Jiro dreams of sushi". That's because his mentor is Shiro Kashiba who was apprenticed to Jiro Ono himself. That's why people still consider Jiro Ono to be the best, not only for his food, but also for his legacy.

Chef Kumita's restaurant is by far the best Sushi I have ever had. I've dined at some of the top Sushi restaurants in Japan, and Wataru is better by a mile. Glad to see him and his craft featured!

After finding out about this place on April 2016 i had his amazing omakase 4 times before hopping back to my country of Indonesia, on June 2016, for good. Kotaro-san was very warm, humble and welcoming, he would make conversation and we would share bottles of sake, making the experience all the more surreal. His Omakase was, for a lack of better word, and justifying-ly so, "Pure". Kotaro-san' personality and demeanor resonated in the taste and complexity of the sushi/dishes he prepared. To describe how good the whole experience was could not and will not do it justice, but a little dream sequence like story telling might just do the trick. "Watching a chef prepare food will always mesmerize the eater, but Kotaro-san presence make you feel as if you have ate his place and known him for years. His knife skills suave, his body language honest, his demeanor calm; not a Rock Star chef, not an ordinary chef, a embodiment of a pure Sushi chef, most likely. The rice, the fish, the clams, the uni, the nori, all subtle and never overpowering, almost to an extent where you'd think this is just another sushi course, but its not. After the first or the second time going, you will realize that his sushi is an omakase experience most pure, not because of its decevingly-simple-but-actually-masterly-difficult preparation but because you will come to understand of what omakase is to him; Being taken in a culinary ride designed by Kotaro-san, to dive into his palate, and what he calls sushi almost-perfection."

Another home run Omakase episode; my favorite in the series. It was nice to see some techniques not often highlighted in sushi videos. The scalding, marinating, salting and smoking is kind of essential for some fish. As usual, super high production values. Well done. 👍

the way that they smoke the fish is just brilliant 👌👏 great episode!

Geoduck... sounds like a Pokémon.

His humility will bring him greatness

we dont wanna eat grandp and grandma.. :D

You could really tell how much he cares about the food he's making from the way he handles the fish

I love this Omakase series. The Chefs are so passionate about their career, respectful to the ingredients. Beautiful visual with perfect background music. Good job team Eater!

These Omakase videos are unreal, keep them up!

"You dont want to eat grandma, grandpa you know?"

I had no idea how to pronounce that thing and called it geoduck as in if geodude and psyduck had a love child

Anyone else see the abalone move at 5:51?

my mouth just melted in my mouth