Eric Jiang is establishing himself as a culinary force in this city after just a year of being in Orlando. The restaurateur moved here from Syracuse, New York, having operated three Mitsuba Sushi restaurants up there as well as a couple of tea/dessert shops in the Syracuse Mall.
Last summer, he lured chef Leo Chen from Michelin-recognized Neta Shari in Brooklyn to front Sushi Izuki, an O-Town West omakase house that doesn’t mask its desire to earn a Michelin star. Next month, he and his wife, Miaozhen Zhang, will open Jiang’s Kitchen at 27 E. Robinson St. downtown, which will specialize in 18-pleat soup dumplings à la Din Tai Fung.