Kaede

Kaede sits on SE 13th Ave in Southeast Portland, serving a Japanese sushi-kappo tasting menu built around seasonal, Edomae-style technique. Owner and executive chef Izumi Uehara trained at Hattori Nutrition College in Tokyo, studied kaiseki cuisine at Hotel Okura's YAMAZATO in Amsterdam, worked an Edomae sushi restaurant in Tokyo, and later cooked in San Francisco and Sausalito, including at a Michelin-starred kitchen, before opening Kaede in 2021.

The restaurant is listed in the Michelin guide. Seating is counter-based, and the dinner omakase runs $97 per person; the website also notes a table-seating tasting menu at a lower price. Dishes lean on dashi, soy sauce, and miso, so the tasting menu cannot be adapted for gluten-free, soy-free, vegetarian, or vegan diets, and shellfish allergies cannot be accommodated. Other allergies or restrictions can sometimes be worked around if flagged in advance.

Kaede serves dinner only, Tuesday through Friday, 5 to 9 p.m., with last seating around 7:15 p.m. It is closed Saturday through Monday. Reservations are taken by phone and can be made up to 13 days ahead of the desired date; OmakaseGuide rates the booking difficulty as easy. There is no lunch service.

Head sushi chef Shinji Uehara, who trained at Kaioh in Fukuoka and later worked at SANRAKU in San Francisco, also moved to Portland in 2021 to help open the restaurant alongside Uehara.