Award-winning chef Yoshi Okai will carry his omakase idea to New Orleans this summer season with the opening of Kira Omakase, a 12-seat sushi counter inside Kira within the metropolis’s Warehouse District.

The restaurant is predicted to open in August at 601 Tchoupitoulas St., marking Okai’s first omakase idea in New Orleans.

Born in Kyoto, Japan, Okai constructed his popularity within the U.S. via his work at Otoko in Austin, Texas, the place he turned identified for combining conventional Japanese methods with a recent, high-energy eating expertise. He was named one among Meals & Wine journal’s Greatest New Cooks.

In line with the restaurant, Kira Omakase will supply a 20-course tasting menu highlighting Okai’s sushi craftsmanship and relationships with seafood suppliers and fisheries around the globe. The expertise is designed to mix conventional Japanese culinary methods with the chef’s distinctive type.

The intimate restaurant will function from inside Kira, an present Japanese eating vacation spot within the Warehouse District.

Restaurant representatives stated further particulars, together with an official opening date, will likely be introduced nearer to the August launch.

The opening provides one other high-end eating idea to New Orleans’ rising omakase scene and expands town’s roster of nationally acknowledged cooks.