Dining - June 1, 2009
Downtown Dining Week: Sake Tumi
Arriving for lunch at noon, the narrow Milwaukee Street restaurant was packed and we opted to sit at the sushi bar in lieu of waiting for a table. Between the two of us, co-worker Erin Ulicki and I, we ordered one of everything on the three course "Downtown Dining Menu."
Tags: sake tumi, downtown dining week, sushi

Bars & Clubs - May 11, 2009
Motherboard Mondays = free sushi
What do computer diagnostics and raw fish have in common? The Highbury Pub on a Monday, of course.
Tags: highbury pub, sushi, motherboard mondays

Dining - March 9, 2009
Benihana brings back "Endless Sushi"
Benihana, 850 N. Plankinton Ave., in Downtown, brings back its $23.95 "Endless Sushi" beginning today, March 9.
Tags: sushi, Benihana, all you can eat, endless sushi, Downtown dining

Bars & Clubs - Feb. 17, 2009
A drink a day: sake sunrise
Here's a recipe for a sake sunrise that I've mixed up before, sans the grenadine only because I didn't have it. As the Japanese say, "Kanpai!"
Tags: sake, sake sunrise, drink a day, sushi

Bars & Clubs - Feb. 17, 2009
Sake offers taste of Japan to Brew City
In the past decade, sushi became more mainstream in Milwaukee, and the addition of numerous sushi bars and sushi stations at grocery stores naturally piqued consumers' curiosity about sake, the ultimate beverage to pair with sushi and sashimi.
Tags: sake, Izumi's, Japanese, Japan, sushi

Dining - Jan. 1, 2009
Popular appetizers: 1960-present
Because I'm in snack-making mode, I thought a lot about hors d'oeuvres lately, and for an unknown reason, challenged myself to find the top appetizer for each of the last four decades. How did I do?
Tags: appetizers, cocktail franks, ham roll-ups, taco dip, hummus, sushi, bread bowl

Dining - Dec. 1, 2008
Satisfaction ebbs and flows at Nanakusa
Nanakusa Japanese Restaurant, 408 E. Chicago St., can now be classified as one of Milwaukee's veteran sushi restaurants, with more than five years of service under its belt, and it is one of Milwaukee's three premier sushi mainstays. I've visited Nanakusa nearly a dozen times over the years, with varying degrees of success.
Tags: Nanakusa, Third Ward, Japanese, sushi, sake

Dining - Sept. 17, 2008
Half-price sushi: friend or foe?
Fujiyama arguably has the best sushi in the city and on Mondays and Tuesdays -- catering to a constant flow of sushi-crazed residents -- the same top-grade sashimi, roll and hibachi prices are cut in half.
Tags: fujiyama, sushi

Dining - Jan. 11, 2008
A Fujiyama in Brookfield
It looks like Brookfield will soon have Fujiyama's sushi and hibachi at its fingertips.
Tags: fujiyama, sushi, hibachi, brookfield

Dining - Oct. 5, 2007
Roll your own: Making homemade sushi
Sushi is a delicious, healthy and fun way to dine, and it definitely doesn't require a professional chef. Rolling your own sushi maki rolls is actually quite simple and is a great idea for group dinners and parties.
Tags: sushi, maki, sake, japanese food, asian mart, edemame, miso soup, downer wine and spirits

Dining - June 7, 2007
Maki, sake and apps, oh my!
Izumi's rolls out the summer with half-priced selected maki (yes, pun intended), selected appetizers and robata menu items for the entire month of June, Mondays through Thursdays.
Tags: Izumi's, sushi, maki, sake, Japanese

Dining - March 14, 2007
Sinfully good sushi in Sin City
Enveloped by mountains and the dusty landscape of the Mojave Desert, Las Vegas might not the first city to spring to mind when one thinks of spectacular sushi. Thanks to places like Social House in Treasure Island, it certainly belongs in the discussion.
Tags: sushi, las vegas, social house, treasure island, kalbi

Dining - Feb. 23, 2007
Healthy dining at Sake Tumi
There’s really no better time to begin a healthy dining program than at the start of the new year when everyone is motivated and still committed to their New Years weight loss resolutions. Our first culinary adventure takes us to that stylish little Japanese restaurant at 714 N. Milwaukee St., Sake Tumi
Tags: sake tumi, sushi, healthy

Dining - Jan. 24, 2007
Getting my Pan Asia-on in Pewaukee
I have to admit I was skeptical before I even walked in the door of Asiana Oriental Cuisine, 1198 George Towne Dr. First, I wasn't crazy about schlepping all the way to Pewaukee for a lunch meeting. Second, the sign outside said "Oriental Cuisine."
Tags: asiana, hibachi, pewaukee, sushi

Dining - Nov. 3, 2006
Uni, get your uni!
Nanakusa is featuring live uni (sea urchin) through the weekend. This feast of live sashimi began last night and runs until the last urchin is gobbled up.
Tags: uni, sushi, sashimi, nanakusa, urchin