One of the hottest dining trends right now is something that very few people have experienced – locally that is. It’s omakase, a multi-course Japanese meal of surprise, chef-curated courses that highlight fresh ingredients, seasonality and the chef’s creativity.

The only designated omakase restaurant here – 1033 Omakase in Walker’s Point – offers a custom experience to 15 diners at one time. That intimacy is part of omakase’s appeal. (The Japanese term omakase means I leave it up to you – referring to the diner putting their complete confidence in the chef.) Reservations are tough to get. Critics of omakase call it pretentious and overpriced. But there are plenty of diners who feel differently.

Some of those local omakase-ians are fans of what chef Jason Morimoto has been doing of

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