MASTER JOE'S RESTAURANT GROUP

Master Joe didn't always go by "Master Joe". Before he adopted the name "Joe", he went by Xian C. Ou. He chose "Joe" when he first arrived in America, to make it easier on the people he met in his new country. He also didn't always have the title "Sushi Master". Originally, Joe was a doctor working in South East China. Joe enjoyed medicine "especially getting to help people. But he couldn't resist when the opportunity to move to Japan and study under a true sushi master presented itself. He studied for ten long years under a formal sushi program in Japan, spending months on just the very basics of cutting cucumbers before moving onto anything more substantial... After a decade's worth of training, Joe moved to New York. He liked it, and worked in several successful restaurants there. But, once he had a family in tow, he and his wife Karen decided to migrate to a better place to raise children. They visited Fairhope to see some friends once, and fell instantly in love with the quiet..

Primary location: Fairhope United States