More Oak Cliff news. Famed restauranteur Monica Greene has been testing out her new BEE (Best Enchiladas Ever) on family and friends for the past week. According to the chipper woman who just answered the phone, Greene’s casual enchilada concept — enchiladas made fresh and fast with natural and organic products — officially opens tomorrow 11am-10pm. It’s located down the street from Bishop Arts in the old Quinn space.
Last Thursday, Chef Michael Brown gave us a behind-the scenes peek into Alma, Tristan Simon’s new venture on Henderson Ave. On Saturday, in anticipation of Alma’s early-Feb. opening date, Tristan invited a couple hundred of his closest friends and investors to taste samplings of what’s to come from Chef Michael Brown’s kitchen. Every table enjoyed a random, yet different, assortment of menu items, so my sampling was very different than my neighbors. The commonality: mojitos and a spicy cocktail aptly named el diablo.
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New breakfast/lunch joint Oddfellows in the Bishop Arts District serves some of the best coffee in Dallas. They get their beans from Cuvee Coffee Roasting Company near Austin and serve single origin espressos. Tomorrow buy a cup of their heady brew and get a free breakfast taco 6:30am-2pm. They’re calling it Taco Tuesday. I call it free grub.
From the copy and paste press release department.
The Dallas Foodie Bus Tours hosted by Steven Doyle presents its third installment, the
Vegan Bus Tour, in collaboration with DallasVegan.com. The Vegan Bus Tour will visit
local vegan and vegan-friendly restaurants in the area such as Spiral Diner, Bliss Raw Café,
Zen Sushi, and Sol’s Nieto. In addition, the tour will include a first-look at Jay Jerrier’s new
Il Cane Rosso, a new pizzeria in Deep Ellum offering vegan-friendly options.
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RA Sushi releases a spate of new menu items including the four new sushi offerings pictured above. From left to right: The Pacific Roll, "RA"ckin' Roll, Vegetable Tempura Roll, and Tropical Roll.
As if on cue:
RA (pronounced “raw”) Sushi in Plano’s Shops at Legacy, has introduced a host of new menu items from lobster with garlic sugar snap peas to Shishito pepper tapas, but the real standouts are the chef’s four new sushi rolls: The Pacific Roll is a spicy mix of albacore tuna, cilantro, jalapeño, and cucumber, rolled and topped with fresh avocado and mango salsa, and finished with red beet tempura bits and sautéed cashew nuts ($9.50). The “RA”ckin’ Roll includes kani kama crab and cream cheese rolled in rice and seaweed, lightly tempura battered, garnished with guacamole, topped with a “RA”ckin’ shrimp, and finished with a creamy ginger teriyaki sauce, red beet tempura bits, and togarashi ($13). The Vegetable Tempura Roll combines lightly battered asparagus, sweet potato, and Japanese eggplant rolled and topped with crunchy tempura bits and drizzled with a sweet eel sauce ($7.50). Finally, the Tropical Roll consists cucumber, mango, and avocado rolled and topped with spinach tempura bits, topped with spicy shrimp mixed with masago and mango salsa ($8.50).
Disher wants sushi. Hear her roar:
28 Comments »My cousin is in town staying at the Tollway and Spring Valley and wants to go out for sushi tonight. Is there somewhere good in that area, or in Addison you can recommend?