Category Archives: Sushi

Date 15 – Sushi Tora

Where: Sushi Tora, 920 Studemont St, Houston, TX 77007
When: April 11, 2013

After a day managing volunteers at the HiMA career fair, I took my very good friend (and volunteer) John and called up Brenden and said we were all going on a date. I vividly recall parking at Sushi Tora at dusk and seeing the bats from the Waugh St. bridge fly overhead.

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We sat inside and ate their free edamame, which came out cold and limp, but we ate it anyway. We got a giant variety of rolls and got tipsy on sake. Although we’re usually sushi purists, we took delight in this sushi, which was plenty good but not traditional. It did not take itself seriously at all and we were okay with that. We loved the decor of this place and picked out a few of our favorite concert posters on the wall. Brenden even attempted to buy one.

We liked this place and ended up coming back a few times after this date. Then we began to learn more about the owner, Ken and his alleged engagement in illegal activities. We decided not to patronize the place anymore, which was a shame, because we had fun here.

Date 11 – Sushi King

Where: Sushi King, 3401 Kirby Dr, Houston, TX 77098
When: March 16, 2013

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It was late on a Saturday night and we hadn’t fit date night in yet that week… and my parents were in town. What to do, what to do… a few Google searches later we were on our way to Sushi King with special guests Don and JuJu. We walked in to the sound of a piano and a colorfully lit, romantic place.

Then we ordered sake, a lot of it.

We got edamame, many, many rolls, all of which were good and Don ordered don. I took detailed notes on all the rolls, but I don’t have a clue where that notebook is and I have to finish documenting these dates (plus, you know, sake). Good thing we took all these pictures!  My parents LOVED Sushi King and so did we. Brenden even requested “Moonlight Sonata” from the piano player and he played it!

We need to go back there.