Tag: Sushi

First Bite: New Sugar Land Restaurant Takara Sushi & Asian Bistro Offers Wide-Ranging Menu

POSTED: July 7, 2021 AT 12:26 pm   /   Food Finds, Japanese, Sugar Land

Takara Sushi & Asian Bistro, located in Sugar Land at 15830 Southwest Freeway, started its soft opening last week and has its official grand opening planned for later this month. This is the second location of Takara; the first is in the north Austin suburb of Cedar Park. The new restaurant is in the former […]

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Two Sushi Chefs & a Pastry Chef Tease New Houston Restaurant and Omakase Pop-Up Dinners

POSTED: November 27, 2018 AT 3:33 pm   /   News, Restaurant Openings

In a more dramatic restaurant announcement than usual, members of the media were invited to a secret pop-up dinner called The Secret Taste at an empty $5.5 million-dollar mansion up for sale in River Oaks. There, two sushi chefs with high-end restaurant experience, Patrick Pham and Daniel Lee, revealed they have plans to open their own Japanese […]

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New Houston Restaurant Shun Merges Japanese Tradition with Contemporary Flavors

POSTED: November 13, 2018 AT 6:22 pm   /   Food Finds, Japanese

Naoki Yoshida says he has been cooking authentic Japanese food for 18 years. The Houston native and second-generation Japanese-American worked at his family’s sushi restaurant, Nippon, starting when he was only 15. Since then, he has honed his craft by training in Japan, Chicago, Los Angeles and Miami. Now, Yoshida is bringing his take on the simplicity and […]

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