“Austin’s toughest reservation” is now available for September and October at Sushi | Bar Miami Beach, which has opened on the ground floor of the Esmé Miami Beach Hotel, according to recent coverage by Eater Miami.
Behind the concept is Executive Chef Ambrely Ouimette, one of too few women currently serving as omakase chefs in the United States. “Omakase” is a Japanese phrase for I leave it to you, and three sets of twelve guests each night will enjoy a 17-course, left-to-the-chef menu that offers what the brand’s website calls “a playful reverie on new wave nigiri and other delicacies from both land and sea in a free form interpretive take on the traditional sushi counter experience where you can expected unexpected riffs on beloved standards.”
The menu will shift roughly daily, featuring many dishes that will be familiar to visitors of the Austin location. A few mentioned in the Eater coverage are the aged bluefin akami with dehydrated red miso and everything bagel spice (!) and the Hokkaido scallop with white truffle salt, shaved black truffle, and spherified truffle caviar. New dishes are always being developed too.
“If traditional sushi is considered an art form, I want Sushi | Bar to be looked at as the Banksy of the industry—illustrious, impactful, and cutting edge,” says Chef Ouimette in the Eater coverage.
It seems to be working! Miami Beach Sushi | Bar offers three seatings nightly from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.
