Nisei (restaurant)

Nisei by David Yoshimura is a restaurant in San Francisco, California. It was awarded its first Michelin star in the 2022 Michelin Guide.

History
The restaurant opened in August 2021. Six months after the restaurant opening, it earned a Michelin star. The chef-owner is David Yoshimura. Yoshimura also won the Michelin guide's Young Chef Award for California. Next door is Bar Iris, the sister cocktail bar to Nisei which serves high end Japanese influenced cocktails.

Menu
At its inception, the menu at Nisei was based in washoku style Japanese cuisine, but later evolved into refined, modern Japanese American cuisine. The menu focuses on using only the best products from Northern California, sophisticated cooking methods, and intense Japanese flavors. It has 10-course tasting menu, but if counting on each item individually, it's more likely to 17 different tastes. Nisei is a personal reflection of chef Yoshimura's unique experience as a chef and Nisei (second-generation Japanese American).