Unlike the upstairs/downstairs arrangement in Fremont, Taichi’s new street-level restaurant on Eastlake will seat 50. Its design is still in the planning stages, he says. “I want to stick with the ...

Photo courtesy Peter MumfordThere was something about Chiso that calmed me the moment I walked into the room–that balanced my chi, settled my bitter humors, unwound some kind of clockspring in the ...

At Chiso, the ingredients are dashi, miso paste, spongy lumps of tofu, and small cubes of potato, because apparently it is still winter in the heart of whomever made the miso soup today. It is my ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kimonos are known for being expensive, and a kimono from the Japanese brand Chiso is one of the most expensive you can buy. One ...

It is my last pre-review visit to Chiso Restaurant in Fremont. My sushi-aficionado accomplice and I sit at the sushi bar ogling the gorgeous array of raw and cooked fish in the glass case before us.