Ikina's Sushi Chef Jason Velasquez Is Willing to Try Something New

I went to the excellent Ikina Sushi and had a mysterious dish.by Charles MudedeI enter Ikina Sushi at 4:30 p.m. A young man watering leafy plants looks up and informs me that the place isn't open for business yet and I should come back in half an hour. I explain that I have an appointment with Jason Velasquez, the joint's head sushi chef. He calls for Velasquez, and almost immediately the chef emerges from a gap between two black curtains that separate the sushi counter from the kitchen. Velasqu