Omakase
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Sep 18, 2026
Zach JohnstonGUEST
Yeah.
Zach JohnstonGUEST
I tell people all the time, like, you know, you've got to go to Lexington, like, you know, Omakase, the Manchester.
Zach JohnstonGUEST
Oh, yeah.
Zach JohnstonGUEST
Like, you know, just to name a few.
Joyce WriceGUEST
And Kimidai was my favorite.
Joyce WriceGUEST
And so when I went to Japan to be with my family, and I have an uncle in Tokyo, Mitaka, they took me to like Omakase, really top spot.
Joyce WriceGUEST
So when they asked, asked me what I wanted and I said, all these things, they were like, how the fuck do you know that? Yeah.
Eddie HuangHOST
Yeah.
Hal B. KleinGUEST
And then in the middle, there is an omakase bar.
Hal B. KleinGUEST
counter that you can do a couple of different options that is like on the right track, I would say.
Hal B. KleinGUEST
I think if you're like someone that doesn't go to Omakase a lot, I think you'd really enjoy it.
Hal B. KleinGUEST
There's some theatrics.
Hal B. KleinGUEST
They like use like this like perfume spritzer to get like gold dust on like some sushi at the end.
YuvalHOST
DHH completely rejects that purist mindset.
YuvalHOST
The word Omakashi comes from omakase, which means chef's choice.
YuvalHOST
He is the chef and he preinstalls the tools he thinks are best, like the Kdenlive video editor and OBS Studio.
AmitHOST
Going back to the economic impact, DHH shared a really profound observation from Tobi Lütke, the CEO of Shopify.
Davy BallGUEST
what are some like key
CalebHOST
takeaways that you would, you would say like are great for cafes to, to bring from fine dining and your experience in that into the cafe to maybe not everybody wants to build a, a now and then, or, um, the, the next, you know, Omakase thing, but like, Um, even high volume cafes, what are, what are things like key takeaways that you think really helped you develop where you're at now? Um, so
Davy BallGUEST
I, so I worked in a couple of restaurants in Florida.
Davy BallGUEST
And then when I moved to Nashville, um, uh, like, you know, I was really interested in fine dining, but I had never worked in like a fine dining restaurant.