Knowledge Friday with Ryunosuke ” Jesse” Matsuoka

This program is supported by the Fund for Community & Education at The Church. 

Come hungry for knowledge! Ryunosuke “Jesse” Matsuoka, Restaurateur of Sen and K Pasa, joins us for our first Knowledge Friday of the year and invites you to explore the “Brotherhood of the Traveling Palate.” Hear how sitting down at a table with a family for true local culture and cuisine, immersion beyond the standard tourist favorites, shaped his understanding and appreciation of diverse culinary art and etiquette. Learn how this knowledge has helped him to open several successful restaurants of varying cultural cuisines. Experience his journey to becoming a sake expert and founder of the American Sake Association. Find out, once and for all, what the diet of a Sumo wrestler looks like and what it takes to prepare. After the discussion, there will be a Q&A with the Renaissance man of restaurants.