#portola-valley

#portola-valley

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Portola Valley is now home to a new Japanese restaurant, Hibari, offering kappo-style dining. Kappo, which means cut and cook, refers to a multi-course meal where the menu is up to the chef. Think omakase-style, but with dishes that go beyond sushi. It's often considered less formal than other omakase formats, with the chef passing dishes to diners over the counter.

At the junction of Alpine and Arastradero roads, a steady stream of cars come and go from Rossotti's Alpine Inn, with hordes of diners unfazed by a wait that can exceed an hour.