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Chef Eric Huynh prepares all of his dishes from the heart. A Santa Maria native, who grew up in the traditional Asian American household creates boldly flavored, deeply satisfying dishes at his restaurant on the beautiful California Central Coast: Osaka Joe’s Sushi. He shares his approachable Japanese style cuisine and exuberant personality with his customers on a daily basis. Eric is the reason why so many locals flock to Osaka Joe’s Sushi in Morro Bay.
While Eric shines as a premier sushi chef, he is a genuine home town guy, who has made a name for himself because of the passion that goes into what he considers an art-form: Sushi.
Chef Huynh started over 10 years ago working his way to the top of the culinary field at a variety of well-known Japanese restaurants on the Central Coast and the kitchen of acclaimed chef Bradley Ogden, eventually his culinary work became so recognized for its excellence he was hired by the world renowned Lola 41 in Nantucket. While at Lola 41 he prepared dishes for such luminaries as Catherine Zeta Jones, Michael Douglas and many of the Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots.
Last summer on a business trip to Boston a local San Luis Obispo businessman and Osaka Joe’s regular saw a television news segment on WCVB-TV, the ABC affiliate, in Boston about Santa Maria local Chef Huynh and how he was shaking up the sushi world in New England. At that point he contacted the partners at Osaka Joe’s about Chef Huynh and that he was a must have – well, the rest is history!
When he’s not working, which is rare, he’s enjoys gardening, romping with his dogs and traveling the globe in search of the next exquisite cuisine.
