Food Without Borders

In Kyoto’s Gion dis­trict, near Shim­bashi street on the there is a red bridge which is a well known spot for catch­ing a glimpse of a pass­ing Maiko and for see­ing phở­tog­ra­phers tak­ing pic­tures of both Maikos, mod­els, and those try­ing to look like mod­els. Directly across from the bridge you will find one of […]

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La Bro­cante is a small french restau­rant located on Hous­ton ’s west side in the Royal Oaks area. The inside has an early 20^th cen­tury Frech look which is sur­pris­ing since it is located in a small strip mall – which is very com­mon in Hous­ton . The restau­rant is run by well known local […]

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I make a yearly visit to San Fran­cisco and the Bay area. Before our daugh­ter was born I would would fly out there 3–4 times per year. The area is so spe­cial to me that I chose to pro­pose to my  wife at one my favourite parks in Moun­tain View. On a recent visit we […]

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  We were meet­ing up with a friend on a recent visit to San Fran­cisco. Since it was late she offered to take us to B*uppo’s for a quick bite; I know her to be a foodie and I think she saw the look on our face. The plan quickly changed and we headed up […]

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The appe­tiz­ers at Wine Spec­ta­tor are more invit­ing the entrées — the entrées were bistro fare — good but not out­stand­ing. We ordered 1 entrée (the ricotta stuffed whole wheat ravi­o­lis) and 3 appe­tiz­ers. The soft-shell crab BLT, the arti­choke salad made of olive oil poached arti­chokes, water­cress, wal­nut bagna cauda, and lemony aioli, and their sea­son offer­ing Today’s Temp­ta­tions, which that day was dif­fer­ent bites of Mediter­ranean influ­enced amuse-bouches.

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Stand­outs on the menu include their Soft-Shell Crab Kara Agge — we had 4 whole crabs for $7.00.; rice dishes, and var­i­ous chi­rashi. Zushi also allows you to cus­tomize your sushi order; from hav­ing it fried, torched, or rice-less if wanted.

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Over the past few years the num­ber of cup­cake shops has grown greatly as Amer­i­cans seek smaller, higher qual­ity snacks and desserts. I’ve been debat­ing with myself and oth­ers about whether this was a fad or some­thing here to stay. I fall on the side of here to stay, but going the way of the […]

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One of my favourite home style cook­ing Thai restaurants.

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Located in a small hum­ble strip cen­ter near Houston’s Westchase Dis­trict, Sasaki Japan­ese Restau­rant is one of the few real Japan­ese restau­rants in Hous­ton. You will find many from Houston’s Japan­ese com­mu­nity eat­ing lunch or din­ner here. 8979 Wes­t­heimer Hous­ton, TX 77063 713–266‑5768 Sasaki Japan­ese Restau­rant What you can expect here is sim­i­lar to what you […]

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We were really look­ing for­ward to eat­ing at Robert Gadsby’s new restau­rant Bed­ford, in the Houston’s Heights area. Along with Mon­trose and the hip part of Wash­ing­ton Avenue, Houston’s Heights is one of the top areas for new inno­v­a­tive cuisine.

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