Subject: Japanese Food and Cooking

• $13 at Zake Sushi Lounge

  March 18, 2008

• Hunger for Hybridity at JJ Ichiban Steak & Sushi

  October 1, 2008

• Beyond Benihana

  That's eatertainment: Tokyohana knows how to play with its food.

  June 21, 2001

• Best Sushi Bar

  Kubo's Japanese Restaurant

  September 26, 2002

• Tired of Turkey?

  Chef Wakasugi's sushi is designed to please the Texan palate

  November 28, 2002

• Cafe Kubo's

  June 4, 2009

• Fish Story: Zen Tuna Roll

  The two kinds of tuna in the Toro Crunch at Soma give the elegant sushi roll a huge tuna flavor. The presentation is a Zen composition of symmetrical shapes and restrained colors. Chopped fatty toro tuna and chives are the soft center while a strip of bluefin tuna strides the crest of the rice cylinder. Then comes a dollop of fish roe. The astonishing garnish that teeters on top is a diagonal slice of tempura chives. It's one of the best sushi rolls in town and its yours for a mere $17. Loca

  January 28, 2009

• Ra Sushi Scrambles Menu, Adds to Happy Hours

  Shrimp Shumai We started with the kind of sake most people use to drink shooters and beer. It was warm, clear in color, dryly medicinal in flavor and called Hananomai Katana. Okay, adventures in drinking phase one. Actually, it wasn't that bad at all and as it made its way down, it created a warm and friendly buzz feeling in the middle of your chest. Thus fortified, the assembled journalists got down to their first course at a sake and sushi pairing event at Ra Sushi (3908 Westheimer in Highlan

  January 29, 2009

• Dish

  January 8, 1998

• Dish

  July 23, 1998

• Bang-up Bento Boxes

  March 4, 1999

• Everything, All At Once

  June 24, 1999

• Best Drive-thru Eatery

  September 21, 2000

• Best Korean Restaurant

  September 21, 2000

• Crave Sushi

  March 19, 2009

• Houston Sushi's Polar Opposites: Soma & Oishii Sushi

  February 5, 2009

• Texas Sushi? Hai!

  Lessons from Mami

  October 5, 2000

• Fish Frenzy at Tokyo One

  Pile your plate with scads of sashimi at this new all-you-can-eat Japanese buffet

  February 7, 2008

• Sushi Class

  James McMillan is a sushi sensei

  November 29, 2007

• Sushi Jin

  September 27, 2007

• Genji Japanese Restaurant and Karaoke Bar

  August 30, 2007

• Sage 400 Japanese Cuisine

  Hey, you at the sushi bar, lighten up — it's not like some religious ceremony or anything

  March 15, 2007

• The Sweet Smell of Wang Galbi

  This stunning new Korean barbecue restaurant looks like a picnic grove inside a shopping center

  April 27, 2006

• Raw Deal

  When Andrew Jackson puts in an appearance, the hostesses at Ra Sushi pay attention

  April 13, 2006

• The Hamachi on Pluto

  A new sushi restaurant on NASA Parkway boldly takes raw fish beyond old expectations

  February 2, 2006

• Sushi as an Accessory

  December 15, 2005

• Three-course Lunch

  Daiji's Izakaya Japanese Tapas Bar

  August 11, 2005

• Split Personality

  Japaneiro's Sushi Bistro and Latin Grill

  July 7, 2005

• Best Sushi

  September 23, 2004

• Fantastic Fusion

  Mantra's Mike Potowski seems to delight in turning culture clashes into culinary fashion statements

  April 22, 2004

• Land of Azúcar

  Japaneiro’s Sushi Bistro & Latin Grill in Sugar Land certainly is living up to its name

  March 4, 2004

• Best Sushi Bar

  Sasaki Japanese Restaurant

  September 25, 2003

• All-You-Can-Eat Bait

  At this sushi buffet, the lobster is gone Todai. Will it be here tomorrow?

  July 17, 2003

• 1 Fish, 2 Fish, Red Fish...

  "Deep-fried madness" delights the red-hot sushi crowd at Blue Fish House

  June 12, 2003

• Chuck E.-nese Cuisine

  Taiko

  March 27, 2003

• Buttery Beef on the Rock

  October 24, 2002

• Midtown's New Attitude

  Blowfish has a brilliant chef with bad manners

  May 16, 2002

• Raw Talent

  Chef Kubo is the best sushi man in town -- ask anyone

  January 10, 2002

• Roll with It

  Houston chefs are creating some uniquely Texan sushi rolls

  July 26, 2001

• Tex-Jap Jazz

  Bayou City keyboardist Morgan Bouldin finds a groove in a restaurant of the rising sun

  May 10, 2001

• Side Order of Worms?

  You like fresh salmon? So do marine parasites.

  March 29, 2001

• Holy Noodle House!

  Working-class Kin Taro serves pan-Asian soups and salads with a superhero's flair

  January 20, 2000

• A Bit Player

  Once cast in the lead, Sake Lounge is now a secondary downtown character

  October 28, 1999

• A CafĂ© Bites Nibble

  Photo courtesy of Kubo'sYoichi "Yogi" Ueno opened the first Kubo's Sushi in the Village in 2001. "We wanted to expand into a fast-food restaurant serving healthy Japanese fast food with our new Cafe Kubo's [9889 Bellaire, 713-995-4200]," he says. "Most of the Japanese restaurants in Houston are going for the high end but serve poor-quality food. We're doing the opposite, serving high-quality food at low prices. All of our menu items are under $10, but for that you get counter service only. We

  June 3, 2009

• $13 at Edomae Sushi

  Photo by Robb WalshWhere: Edomae Sushi, 12225 Westheimer, 281-558-5599 What $13 gets you: Sushi Special C from the lunch special menu is $10.95 and includes a California roll rolled in bright orange flying fish roe and a Spicy Tuna roll with your choice of miso soup or salad. If you can't afford the tip, get the lunch to go. This Japanese restaurant was remarkable for its monochrome modern interior, throbbing techno soundtrack and cutting-edge cuisine when it originally opened as Blue Fin Sush

  July 16, 2009

• A Cafe Bites Nibble

  Qidong Lin, who's from a small town in China, was first exposed to a moveable sushi bar during a visit to California. "I liked the concept very much," said Qidong. "It is relatively cheap and easy for customers to see what they're getting and how much they will pay." So he opened Sushi Choo Choo (12149 FM 1960 W, 281-955-2888). A conveyor belt moves past customers, displaying an enormous variety of sushi and tempura dishes, along with other dishes such as fried dumplings, edamame and seaweed sal

  July 22, 2009

• A Cafe Bites Nibble

  In the space that housed Café Le Jadeite on West Gray emerges a new restaurant, Café Ginger (1952 West Gray, 713-528-4288). Jack Tsai is the manager. "I used to work for Toro Japanese restaurant before coming here," says Tsai. "Toni Sha is the owner. He was one of the partners in Le Jadeite as well as Qin Dynasty, and when the other partners decided to quit, Toni took over. We added a sushi bar and expanded the menu with more variety of Chinese and Japanese dishes, but kept the décor the same

  September 16, 2009

• Southern Hospitality at Ginza Japanese Restaurant

  ​It's far from the Heights, miles from midtown and could never double as a nightclub. Unassuming as ever, my favorite sushi in town -- Ginza Japanese Restaurant -- makes me proud to dine in a shopping center next to Jack's Carpet. The meal begins with hot towels and ends with sliced oranges - clearly the extracurricular work of an experienced sushi knife. A server hovers four feet from my table with ice water, and the wait staff saunter around in simple, muted kimonos.

  October 28, 2009

• On a Roll at Kubo's Sushi Competition

  Photos by Katharine ShilcuttThe bibimbap roll at Kubo's​Rice, salmon, tuna, seaweed, wasabi, avocado, octopus, daikon radish, cucumber -- it seemed the food would never stop coming. Last night at Kubo's, we were faced with enough sushi to feed two sumo wrestlers. One brightly colored roll after another crossed our plates and palates as we attempted the near-impossible task of choosing a favorite from the group. Kubo's, the veteran Japanese restaurant in Rice Village, is known fo

  November 13, 2009

• Flounder Fish & Chips

  November 19, 2009