How America s First 3 Star Michelin Sushi Chef Serves His Fish

Rarely does chef Masa Takayama of Manhattan sushi shrine Masa allow cameras into his restaurant. But Eater s Kat Odell scored a seat at his bar to taste through America s best omakase. Like Madonna, chef Masa Takayama is a mononmyous character known by fans simply as Masa, also the name of his eponymous restaurant in New York s Time Warner Center. And after three decades of cutting fish and helping to shape (and refine) America s sushi culture, it s a moniker welldeserved. At Masa, the show is sushi,