3R: Relaxation, Raku, and Robert Horry?

A relaxing and eventful night at Raku , a new sushi joint in midtown Houston. Whats phenomenal about this restaurant is that they get fresh sushi direct from Tsukiji Fish Market in Japan that is flown in the day after its caught! I selected 2 piece butter fish(left ) and amberjack(right)

The butter fish was excellent!  I see where it gets its name from cause it does taste like smooth butter. It has the texture of escolar and almost the taste of toro. The amberjack was very fresh as well and had a very unique sweetness.  Highly recommended if you like sushi, but Raku has their daily updates of whats flown in on their facebook so please become a fan.

2006 Provenance Cabernet Sauvignon from Rutherford Hill- was a very surprising nice cab. It surprised me on how light and complex the flavors  were for this Cab. The wine’s aromas open with lush black cherry and blackberry character, infused with subtle hints of mocha, flinty minerality and black tea. Its expansive fruit flavors are packed with ripe berry, currant and plum—-with dark chocolate and toffee nuances, as quoted on the bottle. Did i taste all that?...i don't know about the mocha, but the black tea and black cherry/berries i did. I give this wine a 8 of 10.

Chicken strips!!! How do they compare to ours.. I still like ours better ha!! but they would put a good throw down. Raku uses slices of dark meat which really makes it tender and almost has  consistency thats almost raw like tuna, but very flavorful. We noticed the batter had hints of lemongrass and perhaps garlic.

Kevin went for one of his favorite sushi pieces:
Peppercorn Tuna... can't go wrong.











Raku seems like the new place soon to be..Check out who we got to kick it with ..

ROBERT HORRY, the man with the most nba rings! 94-95 Houston's Championship. He is a A class guy. He actually made the effort to say hey , "what's your name?" following up with a firm handshake! Of course he was chilling with some ladies but we got to speak to him for a good ten minutes.  Cool Guy!!

.. and guess who else was there... Frankie J!! tiny dude, but my cousin managed to get a pic with him.

What a night!

VT