It’s a good time for Japanese food lovers in Austin. No matter where you live in the capital of Texas, there’s bound to be a Sushi restaurant nearby – especially downtown. Of course, not all Japanese restaurants are created equal, but for a medium sized city, Austin has it’s fair share of high end sushi.
Recently, the TastingBuds were invited to a sake tasting dinner at the well known and respected Kenichi on 5th and Congress. The reason for the celebration? The Austin branch of Kenichi has a new sake sommielier and they wanted to highlight the their vast sake selection and their ability to pair each type of sake with their creative and delicious food offerings.
How did the food taste and how were the sake pairings? Click on through to find out
Posted in Drinks, Food.
Tagged with Austin, Japanese, Kenichi, sushi.
By Peter Tsai
– July 28, 2010
Uchiko, the second incarnation of Tyson Cole’s celebrated, cutting edge, Austin based Japanese restaurant Uchi, is currently in the midst of a soft opening. I stopped by yesterday to check out what all the buzz is about and take advantage of the 50% discount being offered to early visitors who want to try out the not yet finalized menu.
This post is less of a review and more of a pictorial and personal representation of the soft opening experience, because things will likely change once Uchiko opens it’s doors officially on July 6th, 2010.
What did I have and how was the food? Click through to find out!
Posted in Food.
Tagged with Austin.
By Peter Tsai
– June 30, 2010
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Australia? Crocs? Shrimps on the barbie? Koalas? Whatever you think of, kangaroos can’t be far down the list.
I recently took a vacation down under and the bizarre food eater in me had a craving for unique food experiences. In Australia, weird food means bush meat like croc and emu, but the most common and widely available bizarre food there is kangaroo.
Click thru to read more about kangaroo in Australia
Posted in Food, Travel, Weird.
Tagged with Australia, kangaroo, meat.
By Peter Tsai
– June 21, 2010
You’ve probably seen them around South Austin – large murals covering sides of buildings depicting Sailor Jerry, his artwork, and bottles of rum. The latest is at the corner of Lamar and Oltorf. So what’s the deal?
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Posted in Uncategorized.
By Kristina
– June 8, 2010
Polkadots Cupcake Factory, now fast approaching its 2nd anniversary, was one of the first cupcake shops to open up in the Austin area. We’re glad to see them thrive in an increasingly crowded Austin cupcake market, and the TastingBuds are fans of Polkadots, as shown in our Austin Cupcake Comparison Test from last year.
Peter recently visited the Polkadots kitchen to chat with Olga Lee, one half of the couple that owns Polkadots. She was hard at work, but had time to chat at the store, which specializes in custom cakes, cookies, and of course various types of cupcakes.
Click through to read the full text of the interview with Olga Lee of Polkadots
Posted in Interviews.
Tagged with Austin, bakery, cake, Cupcake, factory, Interview, Polkadots, Texas.
By Peter Tsai
– May 6, 2010
Hello Friends and Lovers! As you probably already know, South by Southwest 2010 rolled through Austin like a freight train filled to the brim with free food and booze. Of course, the TastingBuds took full advantage.
Other perks of being in Austin during SXSW include catching amazing concerts and spotting celebrities in town for the week. This SXSW, Peter caught up with Thu Tran from Food Party, who just happens to be one of the TastingBuds’ favorite food show stars.
Click on through to read more about Thu Tran @ SXSW
Posted in Events.
Tagged with Food Party, IFC, Thu Tran, TV show.
By Peter Tsai
– April 26, 2010
Last Friday we had the privilege of participating in a Maker’s Mark bourbon tasting event at Frank. Maker’s Mark is a Kentucky based distillery that focuses their entire production facility to making just one product, the well known Maker’s Mark bourbon. That is until now.
The reason for the little event put on by Evins Communications, Ltd and Maker’s Mark was to give the Austin blogging community a preview of their new product, Maker’s 46. So what is Maker’s 46?
Hit the link to read the tasty details!
Posted in Drinks, Events.
Tagged with Drinks, happy hour, Maker's 46, Maker's Mark, spirits, Wine.
By Jon
– April 21, 2010
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