"Until this year, high-end omakase sushi wasn’t something Chicago was known for. So when three places opened up within months of each other, we started to wonder if there was some new, secret ocean nearby that we didn’t know about. Of the three restaurants, Kyoten is the most expensive and elaborate (a 20-course meal here is $220) - but it’s also the most interesting and impressive. No other spot fed us rendered beef fat over rice topped with freshly shaved truffles, or uni risotto that was the color of a Cheeto but tasted like ocean butter. Which is a long way of saying that, despite the incredibly high price tag, we can’t wait to go back." - adrian kane