Restaurant Nisei

Japanese · $$$

Californios alum David Yoshimura channels his Japanese-American upbringing into Nisei, his Michelin-starred debut restaurant where Japanese soul food gets the fine dining treatment. The dining room is a zen retreat with white booths and inky black walls splashed with vibrant local art. In the kitchen, Yoshimura and his team nestle a fresh oyster in a foamy bed of English peas and wasabi and wrap sweet Brentwood corn, fermented blueberries, and buttery uni in sheets of shiny nori. The culmination of the tasting menu may be an array of tsukemono set beside a small cup of bone broth miso soup with duck fat rice and a tender rack of lamb. Also featured in: 15 Eye-Catching Private Dining Rooms in San Francisco All the Michelin Star Restaurants in the Bay Area, Mapped