Uchi Houston

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

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...

Jenni’s Noodle House

Owner Jenni Tran-Weaver's massively sassy menu produces jolts of dish name joy at her nifty noodle house in the Heights. Let us not forget to mention the standard Jenni has set for what is acceptable paper to use for the ultimate to-go menu. This is not your average lame paper people. Texture comparable to that of a lusciously laminated gift, this miracle has yet to wrinkle since becoming one...

Prego

After almost fist fighting one block of scary shoppers, we finally found a parking spot not far from Prego.  All appeared peachy until my dining companion's lack of limb control took its toll. How hard is it to open your mouth, eat, and control your arms as if to not do the stretch yawn combo every 14 seconds? This is the same service industry rule breaking rookie that performed the server...

Brasserie 19

Instantly feel your body morphing into socialite status upon entering Brasserie 19. Caress your white wicker chair as a man passes by in the slowest of almost all slow motion country club catwalks. Wearing a seersucker starched to a southern belle’s standard, this is none other than… The Managing Partner. Without wasting a single summertime second, Shawn Virene could pull off a pink...