Dining @ Kosen in Tampa

Official shot from https://www.kosentampa.com/galleryAs my birthday neared I told Alyson I want to visit Kosen - a Michelin star omakase fine dining experience. As August 15 rolled around it was time to visit and experience the summer menu as well as both of our first visits ever to this restaurant.We got there roughly 10 minutes prior to reservation and they had us sit in a booth at the bar waiting until we were invited into the dining room. Roughly at reservation time they announced people by name to walk them to the dining room and even helped push in your chair for you.Sitting in Chair 1 alongside Alyson in Chair 2We were first to be called and had the first seat, so I was pretty happy I'd done one of these before. In my very first omakase I appreciated being able to look to my left on the basic things like etiquette, so this time I might expect any newbies to look my direction for support. After an introduction of the staff and drink orders the 7 others alongside Alyson and I saw…