Ashli Michelle

Townhouse Kitchen + Bar

Ashli Michelle March 6, 2012 1 Comment

Townhouse Kitchen + Bar has a vibe worthy of a customer come back. With an exciting menu, sometimes 80's music, and a perfectly fun atmosphere, there's only one fault causing fright: The Service. Who says this over & over & over: "Is everything amazingly fantastic?" Who? Please do not ever let these letters form words to complete this particular sentence if the service sucks. There's simply no...

Mark’s American Cuisine

Ashli Michelle March 5, 2012 0 Comments

Unless you're a River Oaks regular wearing a non tilting tiara, Mark's is indeed a special occasion restaurant. Cha-chings explode as commoners enter the foyer, with endless hopes of hostess patience with the poor. Power this massive can easily bring Brennan's to a high society standoff. Pause. Briefly speaking with owner-executive chef Mark Cox during the Green Beans & Guacamole book...

BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse

Ashli Michelle February 28, 2012 6 Comments

Casually asking a question about the chef caused boy bartender to laugh before seriously saying, "Chef? Nooooo. We don't have a chef here. We just have cooks. We are kinda like, you know, Cheesecake Factory. It's just cooks back there. Sorry." Alrighty then. Before beginning this skin crawling-21-year-old-girl-bartender-conversation-reenactment, keep in mind, her voice is well above average high...

Uchi Houston

Ashli Michelle February 22, 2012 0 Comments

Delivering drinks at Uchi's sushi bar are girls not easily allowing buttons to be pushed. While witnessing a sushi bar neighbor release wrath similar to the soup nazi, several choices cantered throughout all brain cells. Run for the hills or the restroom. Morph into a sushi rock while sitting silently on the bar beneath chopsticks and simply... disappear. If being human is the only option, well,...

NABI

Ashli Michelle February 15, 2012 0 Comments

Swinging sushi down the street from Uchi is chef Ji Kang of Nabi. While stating his oh so humble interest is to let the food do the talking, there isn't a single thing wrong with fluffing it up, Ji! Uchi is front door pounding and you need to answer with a self absorbed roar, for people must know. Kang cheffed at Dish in Dallas before moving to Houston to open Nabi. During an interview last...