Three Asian Cuisines Under One Roof at Uptown’s Feng Shui

Any HGTV viewer understsands the concept of feng shui: harmony of space and spiritual forces. But in the case of Uptown’s Feng Shui Fine Asian Cuisine, a triple-cuisine concept by chef and restaurateur duo Fawn Zhao and Alan Ho, the feng shui happening within its walls is more so about balancing the delicate tightrope of having three powerhouse cuisines under one roof.

Zhao (who founded Jia Modern Chinese in Highland Park and Jia Asian Bistro in Lakewood) and Ho, spent time together at Zenna Thai before teaming up again at Feng Shui, which is located in the semi-circle Olive and McKinney tower in Uptown near Mexican Sugar. The idea here is to showcase three distinct Asian cultures all flowing from one kitchen — in a harmonizing space.  Japanese, Chinese and Thai dishes all headline Feng Shui’s ambitious plans, which are separated by cuisine on the menu. We dropped in for lunch, which has its own menu (though you can still order from the dinner menus). All orders on the lunch menu include two choices from either the daily soup, ginger salad or fresh fruit. Despite three cuisines, the menu is kept tight and reads just one page long, with about 24 selections overall. The ambiance here is upscale yet casual with minimalist design. There's a small patio out front and a bar in addition to tables and booths in the dining room.

If you need a liquid push harmonizing your inner feng shui, drink options are aplenty here. Wines range from $14 6-ounce pours of pinot grigio to $530 bottles of Cardinale cabernet. We opted for the Ozeki Junmai sake (10 ounces for $12), served warm and a Yuzu Lemon Drop ($17). We’ll probably never get beyond cocktails costing as much (or more) as entrees, but hey, welcome to 2025. Sticker shock aside, it was a first-class cocktail.

We pondered the Three Cultures Sampler appetizer for a tour of tastes, but instead landed on stir-fried eggplant in Szechuan garlic sauce ($18) off of the dinner menu. If you like eggplant, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a better eggplant dish anywhere: slightly sweet, savory and with a subtle punch of heat on the finish.

Next, we tried an order of Thai Sweet Basil Beef ($23) off the lunch menu with bell peppers, mushrooms, snow peas, onion, baby corn and succulent beef in a rich basil sauce.
Our final dish (again off the lunch menu) was Chirashizushi ($25), six pieces of assorted sashimi (chef’s choice) over rice. We went with salmon, tuna, sweet egg, yellowtail, salmon roe and seaweed salad. Going off our lone experience, the sushi at Feng Shui is absolutely pristine and could hold its own with just about any sushi spot in town.

Other standout options include the Feng Shui Tower (sushi rice, avocado, crab, spicy tuna, masago, wasabi mayo, eel sauce), A5 Wagyu Beef Tataki, Chinese 10-spice marinated duck, Seafood Khao Soi (spicy coconut curry noodle soup with shrimp, scallops, lobster, squid, sprouts, jalapeno and cilantro), and a wide selection of signature and classic sushi rolls.

Feng Shui Fine Asian Cuisine, 2355 Olive St, Ste. 150. Sunday – Thursday, 11 a.m. – 10 p.m.; Friday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – midnight.