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Omakase

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The Japanese habit of omakase (お任せ) comes is there when you’re ordering at a restaurant. It pretty much means, “I’ll leave it up to you”, inviting the chef to be innovative and surprising in the selection of dishes.

For me, it is a great example of how opening up your mind can give you great travel experiences. That is why I turned it into the name of my blog and why I translated omakase-thinking into other parts of how I travel. Here are some posts to illustrate this.

02 February 2017

OOmakase

Why surprise dinners make you happier

byPolle
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I have an habit to let the staff or chef choose my meal when I’m at a restaurant. When I tell…

01 May 2016

OOmakase

On Omakase: “Just give me something that tastes good”

byPolle
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“Just give me something that tastes good”, he said to the confused bystander. *He* was Raymond, one of the founders of srprs.me, a new travel company that offered surprise holidays. The confused bystander was the waiter in restaurant Bodo (Gent, Belgium), where Raymond, his co-founder Tim and me were having dinner. Here’s my story on omakase, “Just give me something that tastes good”.