Located in Shanghai’s business centre, Omakase is a new restaurant offering kaiseki ryori, a traditional Japanese, multi-course, haute cuisine that traces its origins to the dishes served at the centuries-old tea ceremony. Designed by local practice Shanghai Hip-pop Design, Omakase eschews the aesthetic of traditional Japanese interiors for an ethereal, futuristic setting that nevertheless shares Japan’s minimalist psyche. Inspired by the truly iconic Japanese phenomenon, ‘sakura rain’, the time of year when cherry blossom petals fall gently to the ground in the breeze, the restaurant has been conceived in a glimmering-pink oneiric space that evocatively complements the culinary delights of kaiseki ryori.
Photo by Boris Shiu.
Photo by Boris Shiu.
Photo by Boris Shiu.
Photo by Boris Shiu.
Spread over two floors, the restaurant envelops its guests in a mesmeric pink glow, courtesy of the illuminated glass floor and a series of up-lighted glass partitions decorated with painted che