Last weekend, Daniel Dokko, owner of Sarasota’s Jpan Restaurant, attended The Food Network & Cooking Channel’s South Beach Wine & Food Festival. Dokko hobnobbed with friends and stars of the culinary world at the festival, a national, star-studded, four-day destination event showcasing the talents of the world’s most renowned wine and spirits producers, chefs and culinary personalities. “The late night Asian culinary party started at 10pm on a chilly night by the pool, but the atmosphere of great music, delicious food and drinks and fun people blew the cold away.  Well-known chefs such as Ralph Scarmadella and Dale Talde served bite size delights and it was awesome to taste so many amazing dishes from different Asian restaurants at just one place. But the best moment of the night was to have the amazing roasted Peking Duck on a tortilla handed to me by the one and only chef Masaharu Morimoto. I had to take a selfie with him to capture and share that moment, and Morimoto was so friendly and kind as to accept my request.  I came back to Sarasota with good memories and fresh inspiration to create new flavors for the J-pan menu,” noted Dokko. 

JPAN Restaurant & Sushi Bar