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.

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.