Dining Out v John Roberts Omiza Restaurant

Omiza is a special restaurant, born during the pandemic years and surviving the struggle of those years to become a welcome addition to the Doylestown’s lively dining scene.The Korean owners offer a wide range of Korean, Japanese, Thai (even Hawaiian) dishes, all under the rubric of Modern Asian Cuisine.

Co-owner John Im says that Omiza is the culmination of his family’s restaurant experience, as well as their passion for great food. His parents, Sang Lee (his father) and Sae Min (his mother), previously opened two popular restaurants in Newtown—Oishi, in 1999, and Ko Modern Korean Cuisine, in 2013. His father, a longtime fisherman, has become an exceptional sushi chef. And his mother has an amazing palate and inspired sensibility with food combinations.

Soups are the appropriate starter for an Asian meal and on the menu are listed six soups: Miso Soup, Coconut Chicken or Shrimp, Thai Hot & Sour, Omiza Spicy Soup, Soft Bean Curd Stew, Korean Dumpling Soup and Kimchi Stew. There are several salads.. One I think would be absolutely delectable is Seaweed Salad with Salmon (seaweed, radish and carrots in a citrus vinaigrette, Salmon.)

On the Small Plates menu are eight plates—these range from Vegetable Spring Rolls, to such intriguing dishes as Bao Buns (which come spicy pork belly, Fried Chicken–

Spicy or honey garlic Beef Bulgogi Bun), or Tuna Pizza (tuna, flatbread, yuzu, spicy mayo, arugala, ginger.

There are also menus for the Sushi Bar, Raw Rolls, Cooked Rolls and Vegetable Rolls, Omiza Bento Box, Rice & Grill, Noodles. My favorite menu is the Korean Barbeque, which offers such meat lover entrees as Omiza’s butcher’s Feast that is “a pre-fixe sampler of our best cuts of meat and Banchan, for two people.

The Drink Menu has cocktails with names like, The wife, Eldest Son, Baby Boy, Man’s Best Friend. There is a great selection of craft beers and a wonderful wine selection.

Omiza Restaurant is located at 641 N. Main St., Doylestown, PA; 267-579-4222; www.omizares taurant.com. Open for lunch Monday-Saturday, 11:30 a.m. –3 p.m., and for dinner Monday–Friday, 4:30–9:30 p.m. and Saturday, 4:30–10 p.m. Closed Sunday.