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Uchiko in Austin TX

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I expected Texas to influence Japanese cuisine or Japan to influence Texas cuisine (BBQ, beer and all that) but at Uchiko we had a very Japanese menu with influences being more from modern gastronomy and farm to table sourcing. Uchiko is the second Japanese restaurant from Tyson Cole, 2011 James Beard Award winning Chef Southwest for Uchi. His Executive Chef, Paul Qui won the same award for 2012 with Uchiko, a larger space in what they describe as a Japanese farmhouse setting. You enter one long room to dine with traditional tables set in the middle and booths along the […] Read more »

Day 4 New Orleans to Austin

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Remember the beignets we were planning for Sunday morning at Cafe Du Monde in New Orleans? Couldn’t do it! Too much rich food. We were up and out of our lovely hotel by 8 AM and then took a drive through the Warehouse District and into the beautiful Garden District of New Orleans. My experiences with the city prior to this visit had been a business trip centered at the Marriott by the French Quarter, and of course Mike’s work here after Katrina at Emergency Communities (during that time Ivan was born and moved into Mike’s tent shortly after). We’d not […] Read more »