Welcome to Omakase And Shop
About Omakase And Shop
Japanese food made fresh and delivered -- sushi, ramen kits, matcha and sake -- with a journal of omakase and Japanese dining.
About UsEating Nigiri With Your Hands Is Not Rude
Chopsticks or fingers, fish side down or rice side down -- the small rules, and which ones nobody minds.
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Our Featured Meals
Made fresh in our kitchen, packed cold and delivered to your door the same day.
Omakase Sushi Box, 12 Pieces
Omakase Boxes
$89.00
Celebration Sushi Spread
Omakase Boxes
$189.00
Sushi Boat for Six
Omakase Boxes
$165.00
Inside a Ten-Seat Counter in Ginza
An evening at the counter from the first cup of tea to the last slice of tamago.Order online
Our Menu
Everything we make, by section, with today's prices.
We are proud to share our journal.
Stories from the counter, the market and the kitchen, and the small decisions that make a meal.
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Our Chef's Picks
What the kitchen is proudest of this week.
Chef's Tasting Plate
Omakase Boxes
$54.00
Sushi and Sake Dinner for Two
Omakase Boxes
$98.00
Aburi Salmon Roll Tray, 24 Pieces
Rolls
$64.00
Reading a Kaiseki Menu Written in Season Words
Kigo, the season words of haiku, turn up on the menu card too. A short glossary.
The Lacquerware Is Part of the Meal
Why a kaiseki kitchen chooses the bowl before it chooses what goes in it.
From the journal
Latest Stories
Otoro, Chutoro, Akami: Tuna From Belly to Back
Three cuts of one fish, three different meals. Where each comes from and how the chef serves it.
Why Good Counters Age Their Fish
Fresh is not always best. A few days of careful ageing gives fish its depth and its texture.
Uni From Hokkaido to Santa Barbara
Sea urchin changes with the water it grows in. A tasting across three oceans.
Ikejime: The Craft Before the Kitchen
How a fish is killed decides how it tastes days later. A visit to a fisherman who still does it by hand.
A5 Is a Grade, Not a Guarantee
What the letters and numbers on a wagyu certificate actually measure, and what they leave out.
Why Omakase Counters Serve Wagyu Raw, Seared or Not at All
Beef on a sushi menu is newer than you think. Three chefs on whether it belongs.
Miyazaki, Kobe, Omi: Wagyu by Region
The prefectures, the bloodlines and the farms behind the names on the menu.
Pairing Sake With an Omakase Menu
Light and dry with the white fish, richer junmai with the tuna -- a simple way to follow the meal.
Junmai, Ginjo, Daiginjo: A Short Guide to Sake Labels
How much of the rice is polished away, and what that does to the glass in your hand.
Matcha at the End of the Meal
Why so many counters close on a bowl of whisked green tea, and how to drink it.
Warm or Cold? Serving Sake at the Right Temperature
From yukibie at five degrees to tobikirikan at fifty-five, sake has a word for every temperature.
Visiting a Sake Brewery in Winter
The brewing season runs through the coldest months. A morning in the kura while the rice steams.