Williamsburg’s Shota Omakase (50 South 3rd St.) opened in August with an 18-course tasting menu. Not only is the sushi excellent, but Shota shines with thoughtful attention to detail throughout the experience.
This thoughtfulness comes from the mild-mannered Chef Cheng Lin, Shota’s executive chef and owner. Chef Lin is a Chinese native who found himself working in a Japanese restaurant in New York in 1997, where he first learned about sushi. “I never thought about…
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