Houston chef couple s new canteen pours into The Heights
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Courtesy of Da Gama One of this year s most eagerly anticipated restaurants has opened in The Heights.
Da Gama Canteen has begun a quiet soft opening ahead of an official opening on Saturday, May 15. Named for Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama, the restaurant takes inspiration rom the Portuguese-Indian territories of Goa, East Africa, and Portugal. The latest project from chefs Shiva and Rick Di Virgilio, the couple behind popular Midtown restaurant Oporto, Da Gama represents an evolution of The Queen Vic, their Anglo-Indian restaurant that closed in 2018.
Rockin LA-based ramen restaurant heats up Heights development
Rockin LA-based ramen restaurant heats up Heights development The broth may be vegan, but meaty toppings are available.
Courtesy of Rakkan Ramen A LA-based ramen shop will begin ladling its vegan broths next week.
Rakkan Ramen will open on May 3 in the M-K-T Heights mixed-use development (600 N Shepherd Dr.). To celebrate its Texas debut, the restaurant will give away 100 ramen meals on a first-come-first-served basis: 50 at 11 am and 50 more at 6 pm. Diners may also enter drawings on Instagram and Facebook for $25 gift cards and an iPad; register between April 28 and May 2. Traditionally, ramen restaurants make a pork-based tonkotsu broth, but Rakken Ramen s vegetable broth gets its umami punch from a combination of kombu (edible algae), mushrooms, carrots, onion, ginger, and garlic. Diners may satisfy their carnivorous cravings by adding pork chasu or chicken to their noodles. The menu also includes an
LA-based vegan ramen shop boils up spot in hot Heights development Rakken Ramen offers a selection of small plates in addition to noodles.
Courtesy of Rakken Ramen A plant-based ramen restaurant will open in The Heights next month. Rakken Ramen comes to the M-K-T Heights mixed-use development from California, where it has six locations, and Tokyo (three more). Slated to open in April, it will be the restaurant s first Texas location Traditionally, ramen restaurants make a pork-based tonkotsu broth, but Rakken Ramen s vegetable broth gets its umami punch from a combination of kombu (edible algae), mushrooms, carrots, onion, ginger, and garlic. Diners may satisfy their carnivorous cravings by adding pork chasu or chicken to their noodles. The menu also includes an extensive selection of appetizers and small plates such as gyoza, shumai, karaage, hand rolls, and steamed buns.
New sushi restaurant + sake grill slices into cool Heights development Blue Sushi is sailing into Houston.
Courtesy of Blue Sushi Sake Grill A new sushi restaurant is coming to The Heights this summer.
Blue Sushi Sake Grill will open its first Houston location at M-K-T Heights, the new mixed-use development on N. Shepherd Drive just north of I-10. Part of the Omaha-based Flagship Restaurant Group, Blue Sushi serves an extensive selection of sushi (both nigiri and maki), sashimi, and prepared items that range from grilled items to hot and cold shareable plates. Flagship participates in the Monterey Bay Aquarium: Seafood Watch program to ensure that all of the fish it serves has been responsibly caught and/or humanely raised.