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Omakase Room by Tadayoshi . 699 14th St., NW.
Chef Tadayoshi Motoa has cooked all over the world from his native Japan to Copenhagen, Jakarta, Dubai, Madrid, and London. Now, he’s arrived in DC to open Omakase Room by Tadayoshi with the Group NYC, which also operates La Grande Boucherie and Olio e Piu downtown.
Motoa previously earned a Michelin star for his restaurant in Spain, Toki , and he says he already his eye on another. His omakase room will serve a 20-course menu of nigiri and prepared dishes for $200 per person at a 12-seat counter. (There’s also a room with tatami mats for groups up to eight coming soon.)
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