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Teiichi Sakurai

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2013

    James Beards 2013: Seven Dallas Chefs Nominated for Prestigious Food Awards

    The nominations for the James Beard Foundation Awards were just announced, and Dallas: You're looking pretty good. Seven chefs and restaurants have been named as some of the country's best for service, food and bar and wine programs. Last year I called the list of nominees a total snooze as far as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2012

    Here are Two New Mobile Apps to Help You Explore Dallas Dishes

    If you're looking for new ways to explore Dallas one dish at a time, two new mobile applications are ready to feed you ideas. Foodspotting and Chefs Feed both focus individually on dishes instead of restaurants as a whole. The first application makes use of user generated data, while the Chefs Fee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Tei-An's Ramen Is My Favorite Bowl Of Soup

    I have no excuse for taking so long to write about this glorious ramen bowl. The soup had been recommended to me numerous times, but the chatter only got louder when I laid into Private Social's version a whole back. So I ducked in Tei-An for a late meal after the lunch rush had died down. My ramen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    James Beard Awards: Stephen Pyles, Bruno Davaillon and Teiichi Sakurai are Semifinalists

    Alison V. SmithTei An Chef Teiichi Sakurai​The James Beard Foundation just released this year's semifinalists, and to be honest they're a total snooze -- at least as far as Dallas is considered. Stephen Pyles is a finalist for Outstanding Chef for his work at his eponymous restaurant; Bruno ... More >>

  • Dining

    January 19, 2012

    The State of Dallas Dining, As Told By Its Chefs

    Starring Stephan Pyles, John Tesar, Katherine Clapner, Kent Rathbun, Teiichi Sakurai and a dozen other local chefs.

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Tei An's Soba Ice Cream: Can We Just Take the Carton Home With Us?

    foodbitch​In Happy Endings, foodbitch goes on the hunt for Dallas' unsung and unsurpassed desserts. Today: the soba ice cream at Tei An. Trying to name the best desserts in Dallas is an impossible task. Almost as impossible as naming the best burgers, pizza or zombies. Of course I do have my ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    Dallas Restaurants Shut Out of James Beard Contest

    Come to think of it, maybe we should have marked up the picture here instead.​Dallas chefs and restaurants, which collected an impressive five semi-finalist spots in this year's James Beard Foundation awards competition, today were shut out of the contest's final round. Stephen Pyles, The Man ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    James Beard Foundation Award Semifinalists Include Five from Big D

    ​The James Beard Foundation this morning released its list of semifinalists for its prestigious restaurant and chef awards, honoring hundreds of culinary visionaries and their home eateries -- including five in the Dallas area. Four entries on the list -- Stephan Pyles, The Mansion on Turtle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    The Year/The Decade: Best Restaurants

    Sara Kerens​Best restaurants...so many come to mind that we had to put the brakes on, set up criteria that would, for better or worse, help us whittle the list.Looking back on the past twelve months, it's not such a chore--not really. Stand-outs include Samar, Park, Lumi, Cadot, Bella and some oth ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 6, 2008

    Tei An is a Soba Success

    These noodles come with an authentic twist—mostly

  • Dining

    December 27, 2007

    Victory: That Gasoline Smell...

    2007 started with the scent of napalm in the morning

  • Dining

    June 7, 2007

    Buck Noodle

    Sakurai focuses on sophisticated soba

  • Best of Dallas

    October 14, 2004

    Best Sushi

    Tei Tei Robata Bar

  • Dining

    September 4, 2003

    Civics Lesson

    After a few changes, there are more reasons to become a citizen

  • Dining

    August 21, 2003

    The Twain Meet

    Waka puts a new twist on Japanese cuisine

  • Dining

    August 7, 2003

    Shrunken Head

    Closed by fire, Royal Tokyo re-emerges in a new, improved version

  • Dining

    January 3, 2002

    Party's Over

    Dallas restaurateurs weather a year of many valleys, few peaks

  • Dining

    April 26, 2001

    Chilled Venus

    The fish has landed

  • Dining

    April 26, 2001

    Trite Tongue

    Where the bold can French-kiss a cow

  • Dining

    September 10, 1998

    I ate what?

    Tei Tei Robata pushes the envelope on foodstuffs, and does it very well

  • Dining

    January 9, 1997

    Dead reckoning

    Tarazza's food manages to transcend its messy geography

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