Here’s some of what’s happening in Austin’s culinary scene for the first week of January. It’s your weekly food news buffet, wrangled from numerous PR releases, official posts, words on the digital street, and even the occasional (verified) IRL eavesdroppings. Beard Papa s? Yes, but not until February.
So here we are in Stage Five of pandemic restrictions, which means everyone’s encouraged to rely on takeout or delivery from restaurants and not do any of that lovely dining-in stuff we so habitually crave. And the same goes, but even harder, for bars. Hell of a thing at this particular time of the year. But then, there are worse situations to be in than just chilling Netflix-wise with a pizza from Bufalina, a couple orders of Old Thousand’s brisket fried rice, and a bottle of Treaty Oak’s
Grand Prairie s Asia Times Square debuts expansive slate of eateries The seafood on this sushi is said to be something special.
Photo courtesy of OTG A destination Asian shopping center in Grand Prairie has unfurled a round of new restaurants, part of its mission to connect people with different cultures through something innately shareable like food. The center is
Asia Times Square, at 2625 W. Pioneer Pkwy., and the new restaurant concepts include sushi, ramen, matcha beverages, and ice cream. They join a community of businesses at Asia Times Square that help to bolster its niche as a major Asian market in Texas.
When Tran realized ordering such small a quantity would not be an option, he teamed up with his friend, Steve Frechette, the owner of Chihiro Sushi & Bar in Euless, and the two began combining their needs into larger orders.
Tran’s menu is unique and features unusual-for-this-area fish. This weekend’s menu has Otoro (a type of fatty tuna) and Hokkaido Uni (sea urchin) as well as vegan and vegetarian options. Tran explains his style as a fusion of raw fish and what he calls “junk-food,” fried sushi.
“Most restaurants separate the two on their menus,” he said.
Here, you can find the Kyoto (tuna, yellow tail and crunchy potato strings) and the Striking Cobra (shrimp tempura and spicy tuna) among other eye-catching, healthy (and maybe-not-so-healthy) items.