{"podcast":{"title":"Japan Eats!","slug":"japan-eats-1057505","podcast_index_feed_id":1057505,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/japan-eats","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/japan-eats","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/b1/b9/39/df/b1b939df-f9d3-4e3f-8ac9-c01f06a22d6f/d71d772385f13981ed0fd766aaf9ce609f4eaad970206963b4b24c13f939d817616d90b50eb28fae3a68246daae8ba5677c477864cc1542ca6ae992806f709da.jpeg","author":"Heritage Radio Network","episode_count":395,"summary":"What is Japanese food? Sushi, or ramen, or kaiseki? What about Izakaya? Akiko Katayama, a Japanese native, New York-based food writer and director of the New York Japanese Culinary Academy, tells you all about real Japanese food and food culture. With guests ranging from sake producers with generations of experience to American chefs pushing the envelope of Japanese gastronomy, Japanese cuisine is demystified here!","last_synced_at":"2026-09-11T00:20:32.758708+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/japan-eats-1057505"},"episode":{"title":"What Makes a Michelin Star Sushi Restaurant?","slug":"what-makes-a-michelin-star-sushi-restaurant","published_at":"2025-11-06T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/japan-eats-1057505/what-makes-a-michelin-star-sushi-restaurant","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/japan-eats-1057505","url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/0bba30f3-0cef-4b4d-bdf1-cf1a1673c256.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/0bba30f3-0cef-4b4d-bdf1-cf1a1673c256.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Our guest is Cheng Lin who is the chef/owner of Shota Omakase  https://shotaomakase.com/  in Brooklyn, New York.  After nearly three decades of studying and serving sushi at notable restaurants in New York City, including Sushi Seki, Blue Ribbon, and ITO Tribeca, he opened his Omakase-only sushi restaurant Shota Omakase in August 2023 and earned his first Michelin star within a year.    In this episode, we will discuss how Cheng got into sushi, an inspiring book that steered his career as a sushi chef, how he finds unique ingredients from Japan, such as seven-year-old vinegar and a rare sushi rice, the advantage of being non-Japanese as a sushi chef, how to eat confidently at an Omakase sushi bar and much, much more!!! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"Our guest is Cheng Lin who is the chef/owner of Shota Omakase https://shotaomakase.com/ in Brooklyn, New York. After nearly three d…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2151,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/japan-eats-1057505/episodes/what-makes-a-michelin-star-sushi-restaurant/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/japan-eats-1057505/what-makes-a-michelin-star-sushi-restaurant.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}