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n/naka

A 13-course modern kaiseki weaving California ingredients through Japanese seasonal structure; the definitive LA luxury meal

"Niki Nakayama's modern kaiseki at n/naka is the most complete dining experience in Los Angeles — each of the thirteen courses is a meditation on what California produces and Japan understands, and the…"

House-made mochi with seasonal fruit; the kaiseki finale that bridges Japanese craft and California produce

"n/naka's dessert mochi — house-made with seasonal fruit — bridges Japanese craft and California produce in the kaiseki finale. The mochi is made fresh in-house, the texture is exactly right, and the s…"

Niki Nakayama's signature mid-kaiseki pasta — often a handmade noodle with Japanese-California fusion sensibility

"The pasta course that interrupts n/naka's kaiseki is its most surprising move — a Western intrusion into a Japanese framework that somehow deepens both traditions simultaneously. The noodle is always …"