Omakase+
A new dining event concept initiated by
YAS! Foodies in Berlin.
Omakase+ is a private dining gathering, extended mostly by invitation and referral. It's a bespoke ten-course evening staged in an intimate, unexpected setting, shared with a small circle of genuinely interesting people. The name borrows from the Japanese omakase — "I'll leave it up to you" — and that spirit of trust shapes the night: between courses, we offer up whatever's been lighting us up lately, a story, a discovery, a question worth sitting with. We're quietly confident you'll leave with something — an unplanned conversation, an idea that lingers for days, or, at the very least, a meal you won't forget.
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Why am I cooking?
I'm a Japanese brand and graphic designer with an embarrassing amount of life spent thinking about food, drink, and the culture surrounding both. So why not!?
It started in Tokyo — youngest of three boys, brothers ten-plus years older with zero interest in playing with me, so I trailed my mother around the kitchen instead. Not that I cared at the time. I just watched.
Years later in Atlanta, I worked as a sous-chef and front-of-house server through design school. As an editorial designer for a Japanese magazine in NYC, I somehow ended up writing restaurant reviews — everyone in the office knew I was the resident foodie. In Shanghai, I helped an agency build cocktail culture for Gen Z consumers and put together menus for private catering on the side.
Designer by trade, hospitality person by instinct. I've worked both sides of the pass and both sides of the bar — and that shows up in how I cook, plate, and host.
