Category: Recent

Kata Robata ~ Umami Dinner

Ashli Michelle March 13, 2012 0 Comments
Executive chef Manabu Horiuchi recently began blessing Houston with a monthly Umami dinner. Being a total umami definition rookie, google was the only option. Umami /uːˈmɑːmi/ Popularly referred to as savoriness, is one of the five basic tastes together with sweet, sour, bitter, and salty. Umami is a loanword from the Japanese umami (うま味?) meaning "pleasant savory taste". This...

Del Frisco’s Grille

Ashli Michelle March 10, 2012 0 Comments
Worthiness to enter Del Frisco's without a reservation is not going to become reality for basic commoners. Don't even think about it. Beat it. Get lost. Scram. The nerve of a regular-non-important-pathetic-excuse-for-a-customer coming in without a reservation is simply rubbish at the highest level of all rubbishness. Those arriving merely as peasants must belly up to the bar & wait to be...

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...