{"id":167316,"date":"2026-02-06T22:30:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T22:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/167316\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T22:30:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T22:30:06","slug":"japanese-restaurant-iyasare-is-a-berkeley-mainstay-for-its-mentaiko-laced-pastas-and-miso-ramen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/167316\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Restaurant Iyasare Is a Berkeley Mainstay for Its Mentaiko-Laced Pastas and Miso Ramen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sf.eater.com\/venue\/712\/iyasare\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iyasare<\/a> has been a staple of Berkeley\u2019s Fourth Street since it first opened in 2013. Led by chef Shotaro Kamio, the restaurant highlights the Tohoku region of Japan\u2019s regional flavors and techniques, using California ingredients, making the <a href=\"https:\/\/guide.michelin.com\/us\/en\/california\/berkeley\/restaurant\/iyasare\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michelin Guide-recommended restaurant<\/a> a favorite of regulars and newcomers who venture in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">All occasions. Seriously. Although the lunch menu is nearly identical to the dinner menu, the restaurant easily pulls off a casual lunch vibe for a meal with friends or family, before becoming moodier and more intimate for dinner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">Don\u2019t skip the drinks. The menu features a thoughtful list of wines and sake, with most available by the glass or bottle. The sake list in particular brings bottles from specific regions of Japan to this bustling corner of Berkeley alongside a handful of local sake brewers. The cocktails, meanwhile, incorporate Japanese ingredients like yuzu and shiso.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iyasare has been a staple of Berkeley\u2019s Fourth Street since it first opened in 2013. Led by chef&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[28829,143,145,144],"class_list":{"0":"post-167316","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-dining-reports","9":"tag-oakland","10":"tag-oakland-headlines","11":"tag-oakland-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}