May NoshUp: Kabuki Restaurant and Sushi Bar

Join us on Monday, Mary 20 at Kabuki Restaurant and Sushi Bar. Seatings are at 5:30 and 7:30 PM

Read the article about and view photographs from Kabuki

The name comes from a form of traditional theater found in Korea and Japan. Kabuki Theater is very stylized and involves elaborate costumes, extravagant make-up and exaggerated movements. Actors strike a pose and hold it to express their character. Much is made of appearances and of the care and skill involved in staging. That is also a way to understand Sushi. It is complex and beautiful, crafted with expertise that is only learned through mastery of an art form. Richard Park and Mae Brown think of Sushi that way. Mae has owned the Kabuki restaurant on 48 in Centerville since 2008. Richard – who has background as a Sushi chef and Kitchen chef – is the new owner. Mae has owned restaurants for 36 years. “Now I need to retire,” she says, but she’s still here making sure that Richard understands and does things right, adding “this is not really food. It is art."