I wish one of the buns hadn’t ripped straight down the middle under the weight of fillings. The bao - Musume serves pork belly and fried chicken we grabbed one of each - are boldly sauced with both a hot pepper relish and a smear of mayo, and the crunch on the chicken is a delight ($14 for two). Two intensely flavored steamed buns round out a meal, which, for two people who drink only tap water, tops $80 (and that’s without the salad order our server confidently declined to write down, and immediately forgot). They’re very good and close to great - a few chives and a few extra seconds of steaming will do - although the trio of sauces, including mustard, are rather eccentric. A special called “Dim Sum” was a set of five steamed seafood dumplings resembling shu mai, filled generously ($12). Speaking of not terrible, the smoked tofu main course, with dainty portions of shiitake mushroom caps, lotus root and string-still-on peas on a squash puree, is enjoyably light, though in hindsight I realize we paid $18 for four bite-sized cubes of tofu. It’s probably the weirdest sushi I’ve ever tasted. Kathy Tran I’ll let my dining companion describe the White Dragon roll: “I took to pushing the middle out of the rice paper with my tongue to get some flavor. Musume even serves wasabi mashed potatoes ($9).Īre they any good? Is the “pan-Asian” fad back? The answers: They’re acceptable, and dear lord, I hope not. This year, two new high-end restaurants opened in reductive celebration of half the world’s cuisines: Imoto (Japanese for “little sister”) and Musume (Japanese for “daughter”). Now, however, Dallas is seeing a comeback. There wasn’t even time for anyone to ask why “pan-Asian” menus never included food from Muslim cultures. Luckily America’s pan-Asian craze shone brightly in the Clinton administration and then died out, leaving only the faintest memory that, once upon a time, wasabi mashed potatoes were a thing. After ordering from an extensive ceviche bar, dressy-casual customers would scoop up queso with injera and share a case of Foster’s. They could serve empanadas, tagine and clam chowder. tweet this I wonder if people in Asia have pan-everywhere-else restaurants. persist because Dallas investors are unwilling to hand big dollars and downtown real estate deals to immigrant restaurateurs. Let’s go to a restaurant that serves samplings of the cuisines that four billion people eat, and decide when we get there.” Maybe one of the foods enjoyed by 60 percent of the world’s population, but I can’t narrow it down more than that.” Maybe they were the product of diners without a drop of Asian blood in their veins having conversations like this: The Summer House menu features a Brujo Old Fashioned, Guava Nice Day, and Mango Margarita, as well as new bites like Tropical Shrimp Ceviche, Ahi Tuna Tostadas, and TX Crudite.I don’t understand how pan-Asian restaurants became popular. In collaboration with The Planting Hand, the bar has transformed into a tropical oasis with new cocktails, food, and music from DJ Elkin Pautt to match. This August, the Lower Greenville and Trophy Club locations of Leela’s Wine Bar are launching a Summer House pop-up theme. (Courtesy) Leela’s Wine Bar launches a new pop-up for the rest of the summer. Leela’s Wine Bar launches a Summer House pop-up theme for the month of August. Expected to open this September, the new spot will serve breakfast tacos, sandwiches, pastries, coffee, and tea along the popular pathway, with special bbq offerings on the weekends. On the new restaurant front, Kent Rathbun plans to open a permanent home for his barbecue pop-up concept: the Station at Katy Trail. “We burned through most of our cash and never were able to recoup,” Rathbun told the DMN. It debuted in 2019, serving sushi and classic Asian dishes, until the pandemic shut things down in 2020. A James Beard Award-nominated Dallas chef closes one of his restaurants in Victory Park.Ĭhef Kent Rathbun’s upscale Asian restaurant, Imoto, has officially shuttered in Victory Park, according to the Dallas Morning News. Tracy and Kent Rathbun opened the Pan-Asian restaurant, Imoto, in Victory Park in 2019. Curated by Executive Chef Nick Hurry, the bar bites menu will feature tempura beer battered zucchini blossoms and more. The cocktail menu, crafted by beverage director Iluggy Recinos, will include a fizzy Fountain of Youth (a half bottle of brut champagne and ube stardust). Formerly the Botanist, the lush new spot will feature an indoor-outdoor space with “overgrown, biophilic installations” and “old-world fixtures.” (We’re going to take this to mean: lots and lots of pretty plants.) On August 6, Bar Eden will open its doors as a new sister lounge to Bishop Arts’ popular Paradiso. (Photo by Adriana Herrera) A tropical new lounge opens in Bishop Arts this Saturday. Next Bar Eden takes the place of Botanist next to Paradiso in Bishop Arts.
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