OMAKASE YUME

Chef Sangtae Park has been cooking all his life. At a young age, he devoted himself to Japanese cuisine in his native coastal hometown of Busan, South Korea. Moving to the US Chicago area 17 years ago, Chef Sangtae worked and help open Mirai and Japonais restaurants as sous chef before finally opening up neighborhood restaurant Badaya in Highland Park for 6 years and then Izakaya Yume in Niles for 7 years, which focused on serving casual, approachable Japanese cuisine... At Izakaya Yume, Chef Sangtae enjoyed getting his customers to try new things not on the menu and with their curiosity peaked, and trust earned, Sangtae would eventually begin to regularly offer his customers a unique "chef's choice" dining experience, focusing of Edomai style sushi. Over the years as Izakaya Yume grew with the community, many regular diners would leave dinner "up to the chef", the meaning of Omakase... Our Chef's Omakase sushi tasting is comprised of 17 courses per person. We have two seatings per..

Primary location: Chicago United States