Top sushi chefs from renowned restaurants in the United States will be causing a culinary tsunami in Puerto Vallarta at the first Japanese cuisine event of its kind: OMAKASE, a chef’s table experience at Garza Blanca Preserve’s Hiroshi restaurant at Hotel Mousai.
Garza Blanca residents and hotel guests can delight in specially tailored menus throughout the month of June, 2016 at Hiroshi restaurant as the Omakase culinary event takes place right in your very own backyard. Welcoming top sushi chefs from Katsuya, SHUSHISAMBA, Katana, and barMASA restaurants to entice your taste buds, the event will be showcasing the very best of sushi and Japanese cuisine, hosting tasting menus on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings in June.
Taste Buds at the Ready!
Chef Carlos Leyva at Hiroshi restaurant will be welcoming the acclaimed sushi chefs to his kitchen to deliver and serve a feast that will ignite your senses. John Um (Regional corporate sushi chef for SUSHISAMBA), Koji Matsuzaki (Katana & the Innovative Dining Group), Brandon Konishi (Executive Chef at Katsuya at SLS Las Vegas), and Jags Aldaba (Head Sushi chef at barMASA) will be preparing extraordinary tasting menus for residents, hotel guests and local visitors with reservations to dine at Hiroshi restaurant. Each guest chef will share a special tasting menu as well as dishes to complement the regular menu.

Who, When, Where
The OMAKASE Japanese Culinary Event will be held from June 9th, 2016 until July 3, 2016 with special 3-course tasting menus available each week from Thursday through Saturday. Why not join us at this culinary event:
- Koji Matsuzaki: June 9th, 10th, 11th, 2016
- John Um: June 16th, 17th, 18th, 2016
- Jags Aldaba: June 23rd, 24th, 25th 2016
- Brandon Konishi: June 30th, July 1st and 2nd 2016
The First Japanese Culinary Festival in Puerto Vallarta
The Omakase event is the first of its kind in Puerto Vallarta and will be complementing the June Wellness program of activities that will also be running throughout June. Japan is considered by the World Health Organization to be one of the healthiest cultures in the world thanks to its diet, and therefore Omakase makes a wonderful companion to June Wellness.

