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Sabi Omakase is a Japanese omakase restaurant at Pedersgata 38 in Stavanger, Norway, where Edomae-style sushi is built around local seafood. It holds one Michelin star (2026), and the restaurant has run its counter in Stavanger since 2015.
Roger Asakil Joya, who works as the itamae, is accredited by the All Japan Sushi Association. He calls his approach Nor-Mae, a traditional Edo-style sushi with a Nordic twist. About 90 percent of the ingredients are Norwegian produced and locally caught. During closed periods he works with fishermen, divers and fishmongers to study the fish of the Norwegian west coast.
Omakase means "I trust you," and the meal is a set menu of 18 courses. Only ten seats are offered, from Wednesday to Saturday, with service starting at 19:00. The menu is priced at 3,500 NOK per person, and wine, sake and other drinks are available.
The White Guide places Sabi Omakase at global masters level for 2026, praising the rice dabbed with Icelandic wasabi and topped with squid, skrei, mackerel, pollock, shrimp and oyster. The guide notes the meal is a considered investment of both money and time.
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Sabi Omakase, now in its fourth year, is still pushing the boundaries of high quality Sushi. The Edomae, or Nor-mae as Chef Roger Asakil Joya likes to call it, is as traditional as it gets in this part of the world, yet as modern and New Nordic as one would expect it to be. This is where you want to go to savor the finest Norwegian seafood available; it’s a costly and extended dining experience to be sure, but it’s definitely worth both your hard earned cash and your time. A meal at Sabi Omakase provides an everlasting stream of delightful pillows of perfect rice dabbed with Icelandic wasabi and topped with an array of squid, skrei, mackerel, pollock, shrimps, oysters and other bounties of the sea.
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