Posts Tagged ‘sushi’
Sometimes, a Roll Is Just a Roll
CHOW, BABYThe phrase “food porn” is too often abused these days by anyone who has ever seen an episode of Top Chef. I can’t tell you how many photos I’ve seen of someone’s dinner on social media outlets, with the tag “food po...
Back to Happy
Fort Worth WeeklyHappy hours don’t usually make me happy. They just make me want to crawl into bed and fall asleep to reruns of the Golden Girls. But when a new friend insisted, I proposed a compromise: We’d go to restaurant bars, where she...
DVD Review: “Jiro Dreams of Sushi”
Kristian LinI’m a sucker for documentaries about food, so even if I hadn’t started eating sushi on a regular basis recently, I’d still be fascinated by Jiro Dreams of Sushi, Peter Gelb’s documentary that has just come out on DVD th...
Ninja Rules
Ninja Sushi & Grill isn’t your average Asian buffet.LAURIE BARKER JAMES
At first glance, Ninja Sushi & Grill, located just south of The Parks at Arlington mall, looks like any Asian buffet joint. There are hot stations of endless soup, noodles, gyoza, and tempura items and several long buffet t...
Flashy Tokyo Samurai
Glimpse hibachi done right at this Colleyville standout.MATTHEW MCGOWAN
Let’s face it. Hibachi joints have become a cliché. These strip-mall fixtures, with their round-robin seating, lamely punning chefs, and overpriced fish dishes have really overstayed their welcome, right? Most of them? Maybe...
Uneven Sushi Domo
Though mostly great, this newish Arlington restaurant still hits some snags.LAURIE BARKER JAMES
Sushi Domo Bar & Grill is tucked into a corner of a strip mall across from one of Arlington’s three hospitals. There are few restaurants nearby other than fast food, so this pretty, new-ish sushi restaurant is a welcome o...
Next Stop? Shinjuku Station
Everything’s classy, colorful, and tasty at this new Near Southside sushi joint.LAURIE BARKER JAMES
The original Shinjuku Station in Japan is one of the largest train stations leading in and out of bustling Tokyo. The similarly named new restaurant on the Near South Side features photos of subways and subway memorabilia scatt...
Café Hana Blooms
This South Arlington restaurant/sushi bar is coming up roses.JIMMY FOWLER
The Japanese restaurant and sushi bar Café Hana in South Arlington occupies a strip-mall space but is still a classy, atmospheric setting for a fine-dining experience. Dimly but effectively lit, with tables, booths, partitions...
Midori Sushi Experiments
Out by the airport is a plain restaurant that’s full of hits — and misses.LAURIE BARKER JAMES
Does sushi have to be served in a fabulous, fancy, downtown restaurant to be good? Midori Sushi’s second location, this one near DFW International Airport (the original is in Irving), can be described as utilitarian. At best....
Intriguing Temaki Sushi
Temaki’s fare is simple but effective.LAURIE BARKER JAMES
In Japanese, “temaki” means the kind of sushi roll that looks like a horn of plenty. In Fort Worth, Temaki means an interesting new concept in sushi dining.
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