Category: Japanese
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Culinary Fusion is Pretentious
Ramen Del Barrio1700 W Parmer Ln Suite 100, Austin, TX 78727Google: 4.5 Stars (477 Reviews) Habibi-san’s rating: Fusion food is supposed to mix cultures, so why does it all taste the same? If you are addicted to short-form video content, you know that newly opened fusion restaurants get the most clicks. Most of the time,…
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Existentialism and Gyudon
Totto Yama100 Legacy Dr #110-107, Plano, TX 75023Google: 3.7 Stars (68 Reviews) Habibi-san’s rating: I have gotten embarrassingly good at Excel. Thanks primarily to a few offshore YouTubers, I have become proficient in making reliable and consistent Excel models, akin to serving lightly seasoned entrées at Ruth’s Chris. Out of every Excel user in the…
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Ramen for the (Modal) Soul
Ramen Kousagi Otsuka Ten (らーめん子うさぎ)Japan, 〒170-0004 Tokyo, Toshima City, Kitaotsuka, 2 Chome−14−2 鈴矢ビル １０２Tabelog: 3.62 Stars (445 Reviews)Google: 4.3 Stars (425 Reviews) Habibi-san’s rating: Japan was exactly as advertised: efficient, ultramodern, and culturally homogenous. There are very few additional tidbits you learn “on the job” as a tourist, except maybe learning how to avoid another…
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The City of Dallas v. Harrison
Tatsu Dallas3309 Elm St, Ste. 120, Dallas, TX 75226Google: 4.7 Stars (121 reviews) Habibi-San’s Rating: In 1978, Saddam Hussein’s favorite television show was the soap opera, “Dallas.” I am certain he could relate mightily to the Texan oil wars, but less so to the capitalistic motives of the Ewing family. Because of Saddam’s “Kim Jung…
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Izakaya Battle
Mr. Max Izakaya3028 N Belt Line Rd, Irving, TX 75062Google: 4.8 Stars (1,344 Reviews) Habibi-san’s rating: Dua Lipa was at the Broken Spoke in Austin the day before me. My retirement home cohort of twenty somethings, already ten years above the average age of ACL attendees, was devastated to miss our Albanian queen. It’s not…
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