omakase
1 of 2adverb or adjective
oma·ka·se
ˌō-mə-ˈkä-(ˌ)sā 
: according to the chef's choice
While Chef Hori's omakase menu will vary, there will always be a selection of hot and cold dishes.—
Loretta Ruggiero
Loretta RuggieroWhen money's no object, order omakase and trust Tojo to prepare your meal …—Mia Stainsby
Mia StainsbyThis is the height of omakase dining, in which chefs prepare a daily tasting menu according to seasonal ingredients from fugu fish to citrus.—Merrill Lee Girardeau
Merrill Lee Girardeau
plural omakases
: a series of small servings or courses (as of sushi) offered at a fixed price and whose selection is left to the chef's discretion
… for one of the most pristine omakases in town, book a seat at the sushi bar when legendary head sushi chef Yoshio Ono is working.—Katie Chang
Katie ChangI was halfway through this year's premier food offering at the festival: a 17-course sushi omakase inside an air-conditioned tent complete with sake pairings.—Jenn Harris
Jenn HarrisWhat's a pizza omakase, you ask? … Aside from the unique opportunity to dine on some truly one-of-a-kind dishes, key highlights of the changing menu here include a showcase of unusual, small-batch ingredients and processes.—Don Mendoza
Don MendozaExamples of omakase in a Sentence
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Nel-Olivia Waga, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Chef Robin Anthony sources the very best ingredients available to create pristine, luxurious dishes, all in an intimate omakase setting.
—Timothy Depeugh, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2025
Or try to snag one of only four seats at two seatings for an omakase tasting every Friday at the sushi bar.
—Kim Foley MacKinnon, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
But over time, in some cities, New York among them, the totemic simplicity of a man eating a steak fell out of fashion, replaced by more heterogeneous modes of conspicuous connoisseurship: nouvelle cuisine, the auteur-chef tasting menu, the thousand-dollar omakase, the members-only supper club.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
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Musashi sushi bar is a destination in its own right, offering omakase in a space that barely seats ten.
—Nel-Olivia Waga, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Chef Robin Anthony sources the very best ingredients available to create pristine, luxurious dishes, all in an intimate omakase setting.
—Timothy Depeugh, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2025
Or try to snag one of only four seats at two seatings for an omakase tasting every Friday at the sushi bar.
—Kim Foley MacKinnon, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
But over time, in some cities, New York among them, the totemic simplicity of a man eating a steak fell out of fashion, replaced by more heterogeneous modes of conspicuous connoisseurship: nouvelle cuisine, the auteur-chef tasting menu, the thousand-dollar omakase, the members-only supper club.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
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“Omakase.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/omakase. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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