Month: February 2012

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...

Ruggles Bistro

Ashli Michelle February 7, 2012 0 Comments
Houston, it appears we have a branding problem. Sources inside the  building in which we speak have declared Bruce Molzan freedom, adding he doesn't make a cent. Can this be true? Not one single solitary copper coin. Nada. Nothing. Yada. Is there really another semi sorda secret owner that licensed the name and wants to... keep it? Gasp. Holy Freaking Moly. Owner-chef Bruce Molzan's Ruggles...