Omakase Gets ‘Ludicrous’ At Sexy Fish Miami For Wild F1 Week

Miami is a wild dining city, where swagger and over-the-top experiences are celebrated more than possibly any other place in America (Las Vegas included). So you can expect things to get fully ludicrous for Formula One week.

With the Miami Grand Prix returning on May 5-7, prolific British high-end restaurateur Richard Caring and culinary director Bjoern Weissberger’s Sexy Fish Miami is getting ready to unveil its new Premium Ludicrous omakase menu.

The $250-per-person extravaganza at this tricked-out restaurant in the Brickell neighborhood starts with tuna ham, smoked and cured; oyster and shiso; and caviar dip and prawn crackers. Then the meal moves into the “ludicrous selection”: Japanese madai and red koshu ponzu; soft shell crab sando; edamame gyoza; toro and caviar toast; Japanese fish nigiri; wagyu and mountain peach nigiri; scallops and uni tempura; premium sashimi; Chilean sea bass; and wagyu and king crab barbecue. For dessert, the “sexy ever after sweets end” features chocolate fondant, cheesecake, fresh fruit and a seasonal surprise.

Sexy Fish Miami will also launch a second new omakase menu for F1 week. The $140-per-person seasonal kisetsu omakase is a rotating menu that will showcase local ingredients. And guests during this overheated week for dining and parties (when $3,000 dinners and $6,000 dinners with plenty of entertainment are also happening in Miami) can enjoy their elaborate meals along with DJ-fueled nights (Yoko0 on May 3, Shimza on May 4, Guy Gerber on May 5 and Birds of Mind on May 6.) And this is all inside a space known for its Damien Hirst art, custom Frank Gehry-designed fish lamps, “theatrical cocktails,” mermaid dancers and more. More is more in Miami, obviously.

For another luxe omakase experience, the new Queen Miami Beach (a luxury dining destination inside the iconic Paris Theater building) has unveiled Queen Omakase in an eight-seat space (above the restaurant’s self-described “grandiose” main dining room). At Queen Omakase, Japanese-Brazilian chef Max Kamakura (a third-generation sushi chef) is serving $275-per-person meals with his new-school spin on Japanese traditions.

Miami is becoming a outrageous omakase city, with wide-ranging options that range from Faena Miami Beach’s El Secreto Omakase to Michelin-starred Azabu Miami Beach’s The Den to an outpost of Phillip Frankland Lee’s Sushi by Scratch Restaurants (which has a Michelin star in Montecito, California) to an outpost of Austin chef Tyson Cole’s Uchi.

A lot of what’s happening in Miami, especially at willfully mischievous restaurants like Sexy Fish is far removed from traditional Japanese omakase, but that’s entirely by design. Miami is a city that loves it when chefs (and all kinds of creators and entrepreneurs) color outside the lines, when restaurants take things to the extreme and then figure out how to keep going. And if you find the result ludicrous, well, that’s the entire point.