Farms & Purveyors
Nisei is proud to have established relationships with the finest local farms and purveyors. One of the pillars of Chef David Yoshimura’s cuisine is seasonality. His mission is to allows guests to taste a plethora of ingredients from these hardworking artisans and truly experience the best of the Bay Area has to offer. Below are local artisans who have dedicated their lives to producing the highest quality products and are always featured on the tasting menu at Nisei.
Shared Cultures Proyecto Diaz Tekuno Tea Dragon Spunk Black Diamond Mushrooms Morchella Wild Foods Cream Co Meat Sakasyu Four Star Seafood G&S Farms GG Farm Triple Delight Blueberries Kashiwase Farm Lonely Mountain Farm Rojas Family Farms Devoto Gardens & Flowers Marsh Farms Honey McGinnis Ranch Zuckerman Family Farm Brokaw Ranch Everything Under the Sun Farm Dirty Girl Farm Four Sisters Farm Hodo Soy Tierra Vegetables Heirloom Organic Gardens Marin Roots Farms Lucero Farms Knoll Farms K&J Orchards Brooks & Daughters Ortiz Jr Berry Farm Fiddler's Green Farm Full Belly Farms Front Porch Farm
Artisan Highlights
Tekuno
Tekuno is founded by Catherine Jue. It is a San Francisco based company focused on the quiet, expansive breadth of Japanese tea & the exquisite rituals inspired by traditional tea ceremony. Tekuno source uniquely expressive and rare teas discovered through direct relationships with small-scale Japanese producers - working to represent the nuances of single origin tea while inviting all to cultivate meaningful practices around its preparation, ritual and enjoyment.
Shared Cultures
Shared Cultures is a small batch producer in San Francisco specializing in using koji, an ancient fungi, to create modern fermented food products. Inspired by traditional fermentation methods, wild foraged mushrooms, and the bounty of Northern California. They are creating newly imagined, farm-to-ferment misos, shoyus, and umami seasonings using the magic of koji. Kevin is a long time childhood friend of Chef David and they have constantly supported one another throughout their lives.
Dragonspunk
Dragonspunk proudly offers urban grown micro greens to Nisei. The goal of Dragonspunk GRO is to apply methodologies of environmental rehabilitation to meet the challenges of food insecurity, urban blight, environmental injustice, soil degradation, carbon footprint reduction, community building, and plant and animal habitat restoration.
Isaiah, the president, manages a weekly farmers market in the Bayview District of San Francisco, CA. He stewards a community garden, runs a garden education program at the Willie Mays Boys and Girls Club and grows microgreens
