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Trust the chef to put his unique spin on the expected. By Timothy Malcolm 5/19/2021 at 12:54pm Scarlet Moon at Kanau Sushi. Sushi restaurant menus can look pretty similar. Yellowtail and spicy pepper crudo, as popularized by chef Nobu Matsuhisa? Check. Basic salmon- and tuna-based maki rolls? Check, plus a few specialty rolls probably named after where I'm eating them. These days I'll look for words like uni, wagyu, and karaage, necessary things to have in the age of hype-eating. It feels a little like a box. But over the past few years, sushi restaurants have found ways to tear out ...

Whether Nashville hot or naked, these are our poultry picks. By Timothy Malcolm 5/13/2021 at 11:54am Clutch City Cluckers is truly Houston, from the messy sandwiches to synthetic grass outside its food truck. Remember the whole Popeyes chicken sandwich thing? Remember how it captured everyone's attention, and lines were around the block, and many stores ran out of ingredients, and it triggered a national fried chicken sandwich craze? That was a little less than two years ago. A lot has happened since then. And yet, people still love their fried chicken sandwiches (typically breaded and fried ...

We're going to say ... yes. By Timothy Malcolm 4/21/2021 at 12:21pm Trust us on this: These were briny as all get out. Blame it on living off of East Coast oysters for much of my life, but I was never a big fan of those from the Gulf Coast. They lacked saline. They felt like a boring, bland chore more than a relaxing and sumptuous experience.  Okay, I was wrong. Sorry. At least, I was wrong after enjoying half a dozen oysters at Pier 6 Seafood & Oyster House. The new San Leon restaurant, smack on the water and part of a major development that includes a dock under construction and bu...

You won't believe how much we paid for this experience. By Timothy Malcolm 4/13/2021 at 4:33pm The famous (infamous?) Fuku spicy chicken sandwich. Ask certain customers of David Chang's trendy fried bird concept Fuku whether the chicken or the egg came first ... and they might just pelt you with a couple of large eggs. Fuku, originating in New York and blossoming nationwide with a delivery-only model—with food like fried chicken sandwiches being produced in local ghost facilities run by Reef Kitchens—launched April 7 in Houston on platforms like DoorDash, Postmates, and Uber Eats. B...

What We're Ordering Out This Week: Barbecue Down by the Bay You have to drive a bit, but the meats are plenty worth it. By Timothy Malcolm 4/7/2021 at 12:39pm Since Covid-19 is still here and restaurants continue to stress alternative options to dining in, we’ll bring you each week a roundup of takeout meals recently enjoyed by dining editor Timothy Malcolm.  A packed platter from Smokin' Z's BBQ. Smokin' Z's BBQ Down by the bay in Hitchcock, just off Highway 6 before it meets up with I-45 en route to Galveston, is a barbecue spot that's getting some considerable heat. It deserves it.