Sushi

Redneck Sushi -- A Guide to Triple-Fusion

Now, let's say you want to combine the heavy, meat-based joys of barbecue with the relatively light, raw fish-based delights of sushi. You're clearly having a boring day. Nothing's gone right for you so far. You tried combining Vietnamese and Mexican food. That fell down at the pho burrito. Korean a ... More >>

50 Percent of Seafood Sold in Texas Mislabeled, New Oceana Study Reports

Oh, Dallas. Something is fishy at our sushi restaurants. Katharine Shilcutt at the Houston Press has been digging through a new Oceana Study, and it doesn't say very nice things about the sushi we're eating. That snapper you covet, sumptuously draped over carefully seasoned and packed rice, may ve ... More >>

Yutaka, Home of my Favorite Shrimp Heads, Named One of Nation's Best Sushi Restaurants

Thanks to Twitter user @RodDurham for pointing this one out to me. Travel Leisure just published a list of the 21 best sushi restaurants in the country, and two of my favorites are included. See also: - How to Order Sushi Like a Champ at Yutaka Yes, yes, Uchi is mentioned, and rightfully so. The ... More >>

Nick & Sam's Grill in Park Cities is Now Open

The new Nick & Sam's Grill in Park Cities (8111 Preston Road) opened last week. This is the second "grill" location, and the menu differs from its sister location in Uptown, although it pulls some items from Coal Vines and Nick & Sam's Steakhouse, all of which are on the same family tree. (Sara Bla ... More >>

Monica's 2.0 Has a Few Bugs, but It Feels Like a Successful Release

Firexbox Doesn't Ignite the Taste Buds -- or Other Body Parts, Luckily

You'd think that there's no way that Firexbox could be the name of a restaurant, but you'd be wrong. When I first saw it, I thought, "Surely there's just a typeface issue here with their logo and they mean Fire Box with chopsticks in the middle and that design element just went wrong." But, nope. Th ... More >>

First Look at Monica's Nueva Cocina and ME Lounge

Monica Greene, former owner of Monica's Aca Y Alla, now Maracas Mexican Restaurant, debuted her new restaurant and lounge last night. Monica's Nueva Cocina and ME Lounge, located in the iLume on Cedar Springs Road, has all the trappings of both a restaurant and a nightclub. The space is colorful, a ... More >>

Monica Greene's Nueva Cocina Opens This Evening: Will Serve Sushi

We first told you about Monica Greene's departure from Aca y Alla to open up a restaurant in Oak Cliff just before summer. Now the restaurateur has released new details about the space on Cedar Springs Road that will have a soft opening this evening, with a grand opening scheduled August 7. Nueva ... More >>

Scarf Sushi. Chug Sake. Appear Sophisticated.

Real Japan at Mr. Max

With blacked-out windows and a big sign with an ambiguous name that could be a front for anything, Mr. Max may not look like much from the outside, but step through the doors and you're transported to the other side of the globe.

The Cheap Bastard at Chaucer's, the Land of Sushi, Drawbridges and Hooters Rejects

Creepy business dudes drooling on servers count: 8 Bard count: 0 Chaucer's Sushi & Grill came up several times when I internetted "cheap sushi Dallas." So I checked out their website, and let me tell you, the Chaucer's website is more amazing than any website I have ever seen or will ever see. It i ... More >>

The Sushi Axiom on Cedar Springs is Closed

Sushi Axiom (formerly Fin Sushi) at 4123 Cedar Springs Road closed for good yesterday in a combined decision of the owners and business partner Monica Green. The spot will be combined with an adjacent space, which is owned by the same group, and will reopen as a Mexican concept. Sushi Axiom on Hen ... More >>

Moon Wok: It's Not Bad, You Know It, It's Not Really, Really Bad

She says she wanted to try the food, but we think Cheap Bastard stopped by Moon Wok just to have an excuse to break out her fedora, single white glove and sequined ruby dancing shoes. You can find the place at 8670 Skillman St., 214-221-8888. Times I drove by and said to myself, "Ha. Moon Wok," bef ... More >>

Jiro Dreams of Sushi: A Must-See Doc For Every Food Lover (and Especially Chefs)

"Always strive to master your craft." The closing words of Jiro Dreams of Sushi, which opens today at the Magnolia and Angelika Theaters, would make sound advice for any trade. But thrust upon the shokunin, the master sushi chef, they invoke a certain umami for the soul that's as inspiring as it is ... More >>

How To Order Sushi Like A Champ At Yutaka

Front to back: Toro, Mackerel, Squid, and Uni​When I stumbled into Yutaka on Friday night without a reservation and was told I'd have to wait an hour to sit at the sushi bar, I wasn't disappointed. I left my name at the stand and walked two doors down to Sharaku, the Izakaya owned by the same ... More >>

Mr. Sushi's Homemade Rum Cake Makes You Wish Every Day Was Your Birthday

In Happy Endings, foodbitch goes on the hunt for Dallas' unsung and unsurpassed desserts. Today: Homemade Rum Cake at Mr. Sushi in Addison. Sometimes you don't go looking for a memorable dessert. Sometimes you're just sitting there, finishing a literal boatload of delicious sushi, when the gong dru ... More >>

A Sushi Roll Goes to Space (Video)

A Washington, DC-based sushi chain recently released a promotional video about shooting a sushi roll into space. Getting sushi into the stratosphere should be easy enough. A weather balloon was used to take a chair into space for a very similar commercial. Still, the video seemed a little fishy. ... More >>

Get Your Roll On

Sushi & Rice Express: Alice Drives Through Like Evel Knievel's Bastard Child

​Sushi & Rice Express 8131 Forest Lane 214-575-7090 Other cars in the drive-through count: 0 Wet towels air-drying right next to the drive-through menu count: 50 Drive-throughs? Good. Sushi? Goooood. Put them together and you have Sushi & Rice Express. I slow-clap my chopsticks at you, Sushi ... More >>

Zenna: Cheap Sushi Makes Us Happy, but Tapas Prices Don't

​It might be better known for its late-night Asian eats, but this week we are checking out the happy hour menu at downtown's Zenna. Where: Zenna Thai and Japanese Restaurant, 1914 Laws St.When:  3 p.m-7 p.m. daily The Scene: Zenna mixes techno with your sushi. The crowd dresses in khaki ... More >>

Five Dallas Sushi Joints For the Scenester In You

FlickrTai-An Soba House: You'll know it's stylish when you see the prices.​It's a hard and fast rule of scenesterism, regardless of which sect you belong to: No matter how far you live from the ocean, stylish sushi must be in your dining rotation. Whether it's Deep Ellum hipsters, Uptown col ... More >>

Tei-An Soba House's Live Sea Urchin Is Hit and Miss, But It Could Miss A Lot Worse

Scott ReitzNot-so-living (anymore) sea urchin...​ I haven't subscribed to cable in more than seven years. And I haven't owned a TV for about half that time. When I was a junkie though, I indulged cooking shows with the mindless zeal of an addict. For whatever reason, a clip of Ming Tsai on a ... More >>

Five Asian Lunch Options to Add to Your Rotation

Kristy YangChosun's beef shortrib lunch box.​The boyfriend recently was moved to a different position at work, one with a shorter lunch break. So we decided to check out some of the quicker and better Asian-restaurant lunch deals around the Dallas area. Along with our own personal lunch spots ... More >>

Sushi Star: Just a Happy Little Neighborhood Sushi Bar

​Happy Eating highlights restaurant happy hour food menus, pointing you to the best deals out there. This week, we're doing happy hour neighborhood restaurant-style at Sushi Star. Where: 5956 Royal Lane When: 4 p.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Friday The Scene: This is Preston Hollow's quiet neighbo ... More >>

In Like Fin: Affordable Fish and Fine People-Watching

​Happy Eating highlights restaurant happy hour food menus, keeping you informed of what deals there are out there. This week, we're in the gayborhood checking out Fin Sushi Lounge's impressive happy hour menu. Where: Fin Sushi Lounge, 4123 Cedar Springs Road, No. 102 When: 4:30-7 p.m. Mon ... More >>

Ku Sushi and Japanese Cuisine: Ringside at Sushi Night Fight

The fried egg atop Ku's Dolsot Bi Bim Bop wasn't the only thing that sizzled.​No date with a guy last week. Instead, I went to dinner with two of my girlfriends at Ku Sushi and Japanese Cuisine. The sushi restaurant ranks as one of my friend's and her husband's favorite Preston and Forest neig ... More >>

Oishii Renames Beloved Off-Menu Sushi Roll

The first thing one receives at Oishii Sushi & Pan-Asian Cuisine is a large laminated menu and paper menu overflowing with sushi options. But if you sit at the sushi bar, there's a small, wall-mounted chalkboard above the chopping and dicing sushi chefs. The very top of that chalkboard reads #42, an ... More >>

Shinsei: Turning Diners into Disciples

Blue Fish's Happy Hour: Reason to Rave

​Each week, Happy Eating highlights a restaurant happy hour food menu. This week, we're on Lower Greenville for sashimi at The Blue Fish. Where: The Blue Fish Sushi, 3519 Greenville Ave. When: 5-7 p.m. Monday-Friday The Scene: Dining at any Blue Fish will always feel like eating sushi at ... More >>

It's Axiomatic: Good, Inexpensive Sushi Makes Us Happy

​Each week, Happy Eating highlights a different restaurant happy hour food menu. This week we are in the Knox-Henderson neighborhood to check out a Dallas sushi hot spot. Where: Sushi Axiom, 2323 North Henderson Ave. When: 4:30-7 p.m. Monday-Friday. The Scene: Happy hour time is quiet and ... More >>

Review: The Fish

The Fish could use a touch of poison to spice up its menu

Nuts

There's no artistry in the sushi at Sushi Sapporo

Easy Sell

Ajiya Sushi & Grill

Lu-ser, baby

Jimmy Lu's shoots for the hip and misses

A bowl with a view

Fishbowl is for peering. Eating isn't bad either.

Hash Over

Deep tapas; Dale Wamstad's revisionist history; Donkey kong

Sushi slights

Everything rocks at Sushi Nights, except maybe the raw fish

Swimming raw in Cowtown

Pangaea brings sushi and more to Fort Worth

Rice brewhaha

The Blue Fish menusinks in a river of sake

Hope sinks

Big Fish Little Fish's flavor doesn't match its wallet bite

Resurrecting diner grub

Maybe Guthrie's needs a seance

Hash Over

Chaya Sushi cooks

This raw fish is beautiful to behold, even better to eat

Attacking Macs with chopsticks

Yoshi's brings Japanese sensibilities to an American dining habit

Bait yer hooks

Matsu and Ichiban struggle with fish food

Found in the translation

Don't let the name fool you--Mr. Max is authentic Japanese

Adjusted expectations

The best dishes at Deep Sushi aren't Japanese or American; they're a lucky hybrid

Tasty transliteration

Sumo Sushi explains Japanese food to Yankee palates

Raw pleasure

A tale of acquired tastes--namely, sushi

Class of one

Irving's Ichijo ignores Western tastes--and merits a place as the area's finest Japanese restaurant