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Albuquerque / Dog Friendly / Japanese / New Mexico / Sushi

Ikigai ABQ – Albuquerque, New Mexico

March 26, 2021March 26, 2021 - 2 Comments.

While ikigai (pronounced ee-key-guy) may sound like what grade school girls called me many years ago, in Japanese the term ikigai is a Japanese concept combining the terms “iki,” meaning “alive” or “life,” and “gai,” …

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Albuquerque / Asian / Sushi

Pacific Paradise Tropical Grill & Sushi Bar – Albuquerque, New Mexico

February 14, 2020April 25, 2020 - 4 Comments.

Shangri-La. Eden.  Paradise. Heaven on Earth.  The concept of a remote and exotic utopia, a faraway haven or hideaway of idyllic beauty and tranquility, has long intrigued mankind.  Paul Gauguin, the famous French post-impressionist artist …

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Sushi & Sake – Albuquerque, New Mexico

October 23, 2019October 25, 2019 - 13 Comments.

“If white wine goes with fish, do white grapes go with sushi?“ – George Carlin A reader once asked Washington Post humorist Gene Weingarten what he was a snob about. His reply, “I am also …

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Albuquerque / Hawaiian / Japanese / New Mexico / Sushi

Ohana Hut – Albuquerque, New Mexico

August 3, 2019July 22, 2020 - 1 Comment

In horse racing, the Triple Crown signifies winning all three of the sport’s most challenging thoroughbred horse races—The Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes. This is considered the greatest achieved in thoroughbred racing, a …

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Asian / Chinese / Closed in 2018 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Sushi

528 Sushi & Asian Cuisine – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

April 20, 2018July 14, 2018 - 11 Comments.

“No lady likes to snuggle and dine accompanied by a porcupine.” “He lit a match to check gas tank. They call him skinless Frank.” “A man, a miss, a car, a curve. He kissed the …

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Japanese / New Mexico / Ramen / Rio Rancho / Sushi

Nori Ramen & Sushi Bar – Rio Rancho, New Mexico

November 25, 2017October 13, 2018 - 1 Comment

From our home in northeast Rio Rancho, it’s about thirteen miles to the Nori Ramen & Sushi Bar on Southern Boulevard. It would have been safer to run with the bulls at Pampalona than it …

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Albuquerque / Asian / Dog Friendly / New Mexico / Sushi / Thai

Fareast Fuzion – Albuquerque, New Mexico

July 16, 2017July 8, 2018 - Leave a Comment

A Journal of Consumer Research study published in 2012 revealed that consumers equate eating meat with their concept of masculinity. To the dismay of spinach-lovers like Popeye, respondents indicated meat has a more masculine quality …

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Albuquerque / Chinese / Dim Sum / Dog Friendly / Sushi

Amerasia & Sumo Sushi – Albuquerque, New Mexico

May 27, 2017July 8, 2018 - 11 Comments.

Carpe Diem Sum–“seize the dim sum” at AmerAsia, the Alibi’s perennial selection for best dim sum in the city honors (diem sum, as spelled on AmerAsia’s menu is also a correct spelling). Dim sum, a …

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Albuquerque / Lao / Sushi / Thai

Sakura Sushi Thai & Laos Cuisine – Albuquerque, New Mexico

December 22, 2016July 9, 2018 - 9 Comments.

Opinions vary as to what the next “hot” cuisine in America will be. As an independent observer of the New Mexico culinary condition, I’m more interested in how long it will take for that heat …

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Albuquerque / Japanese / Rated 23 / Sushi

Magokoro Japanese Restaurant – Albuquerque, New Mexico

January 5, 2016July 15, 2018 - 36 Comments.

Emeril Lagasse, the jovial master of the culinary catchphrase, has been known to exhort his studio audience to “feel the love” as he adds a dash or two of something special to a dish. Indeed, …

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Albuquerque / Asian / Closed in 2015 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Japanese / New Mexico / Sushi / Thai / Vegetarian/Vegan

Loving Vegan – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

November 11, 2015July 15, 2018 - 2 Comments.

My adovada adoring amigo Ruben likened the irony to an episode of Seinfeld. Two weeks into his experiment with an ostensibly healthier vegan diet, he was craving sushi and needed his sushi-specific pangs of hunger …

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Albuquerque / Japanese / New Mexico / Sushi

Nagomi Japanese Restaurant – Albuquerque, New Mexico

May 8, 2015July 15, 2018 - 1 Comment

Everyman philosopher Homer Simpson once posed the profound existential question “Donuts. Is there anything they can’t do?” One thing at which donuts seem especially adept is ensnaring the hearts and affections of youth—and not just …

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Ichiban – Albuquerque, New Mexico

September 13, 2014July 15, 2018 - 8 Comments.

In an episode of Friends, Joey Tribbiani starred in a commercial released only in Japan for Ichiban men’s lipstic. His friend Chandler’s response upon viewing the commercial: “he really is a chameleon.” In Japanese, the …

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Albuquerque / Japanese / New Mexico / Sushi

Gen Kai Japanese Restaurant – Albuquerque, New Mexico

May 23, 2014July 16, 2018 - 6 Comments.

In Japan, ramen is so revered that diners line up, sometimes for hours, at ramen houses for homemade noodles tangled with such ingredients as dried fish, pork and chicken. Connoisseurs make pilgrimages to a popular …

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Buffet / Closed in 2015 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Japanese / New Mexico / Rio Rancho / Sushi

Ahh! Sushi – Rio Rancho, New Mexico (CLOSED: 2015)

January 20, 2014July 16, 2018 - 4 Comments.

The year was 1997. Recently thawed from a thirty year cryogenic state, Dr. Evil addressed the United Nations about his diabolical scheme to hold the world ransom: “ In a little while you’ll notice that …

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American / New Mexico / Sushi

Clancy’s Pub – Farmington, New Mexico

December 31, 2013July 16, 2018 - Leave a Comment

Characterized by writer Tom Wolfe as the “Me Decade” and derided by cynics as the “Disco Era,” the 1970s witnessed an explosion of copycat fast food chain restaurants and the birth of innovative fusion cuisine …

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Albuquerque / Fusion / Japanese / Sushi

Sushiya Asian Fusion Cuisine – Albuquerque, New Mexico

July 13, 2013July 17, 2018 - 16 Comments.

“I don’t eat anything that a dog won’t eat. Like sushi. Ever see a dog eat sushi? He just sniffs it and says, “I don’t think so.” And this is an animal that licks between …

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Japanese / Sushi

Sushi Xuan Asian Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico

January 19, 2013September 28, 2020 - 4 Comments.

Nay-saying economic analysts who perpetuate the notion that even neighborhood monopolies would take advantage of a captive market don’t know Carter, chef-owner of Sushi Xuan Asian Grill. Rather than taking an oligopolous stance as owner …

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Albuquerque / Asian / Japanese / Sushi

Mr. Tokyo – Albuquerque, New Mexico

December 22, 2011July 18, 2018 - 7 Comments.

In a 2011 interview, Green Bay Packers Superbowl winning quarterback Aaron Rodgers revealed that during the National Football League season, the comments he hears most often from fans and the questions they ask him most …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2018 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Japanese / Sushi

I Love Sushi – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

October 29, 2011October 2, 2018 - 4 Comments.

According to the US Census Bureau, more than half (49.3) of all Americans reported they did not “dine out” between Fall, 2009 and Fall, 2011. That’s the lowest percentage since 2007 and could be indicative …

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Albuquerque / Japanese / Sushi

Japanese Kitchen – Albuquerque, New Mexico

January 29, 2011July 19, 2018 - 2 Comments.

For generations, traditional New Mexican food as it had been served for generations by Hispanic families in Northern New Mexico was surprisingly rare in restaurants throughout the Land of Enchantment.  Many restaurants throughout the state …

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Albuquerque / Japanese / Korean / Sushi

Sakura Sushi & Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico

April 10, 2010July 19, 2018 - 3 Comments.

In describing “food porn,” The New Yorker once wrote, “The point is to get very close to what you are filming, so close that you can see an ingredient’s “pores” which then triggers some kind …

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Closed in 2010 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Japanese / New Mexico / Rated 24 / Rio Rancho / Sushi

Noda’s Japanese Cuisine – Rio Rancho, New Mexico (CLOSED)

June 4, 2009July 22, 2018 - 17 Comments.

Note: On December 16, 2010, Noda’s Japanese Cuisine, a Rio Rancho institution for a dozen years, closed its doors.  Owners Masayasu and Setsuko Noda have retired and will be relocating back to Japan.  It was …

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Albuquerque / Japanese / Sushi

Sushi King – Albuquerque, New Mexico

April 24, 2008July 22, 2018 - 1 Comment

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I– I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. – Robert Frost The path to becoming a sushi aficionado is, in some …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2019 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Sushi / Thai

Jasmine Thai & Sushi – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

August 4, 2007July 20, 2020 - 5 Comments.

Sometimes the most delicate and beautiful things in nature are spawned in conditions that are wholly antithetical to their survival. The delightfully fragrant jasmine flower, for example, is thought to have originated in the Himalayas, …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2010 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Japanese / Sushi

Japengo Sushi – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

July 13, 2007July 22, 2018 - Leave a Comment

The Chinese philosophy of yin and yang posits a dualistic universe in which both sides of opposite forces are each part of a whole and work together. Examples include good and bad, male and female, …

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Arizona / Sushi

Sushi Eye – Tempe, Arizona

June 25, 2007July 22, 2018 - Leave a Comment

To Western diners used to restaurant ambience defined by an effusive, sensory bombarding, over-the-top flamboyance, many Japanese restaurants feel stark and barren in comparison. That austerity is actually by design. The Buddhist teaching of “wabi” …

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Bernalillo / Closed in 2007 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Japanese / Sushi

Rice ‘N Roll – Bernalillo, New Mexico (CLOSED)

May 4, 2007July 22, 2018 - Leave a Comment

The 1970s have been characterized by writer Tom Wolfe as the “Me Decade” and derided by cynics as the “Disco Era.” It was an era of contrasts: the national crisis of confidence described by President …

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Japanese / Sushi

Sushi Gen – Albuquerque, New Mexico

April 17, 2007July 22, 2018 - Leave a Comment

Years ago I co-managed a project with a diminutive Vietnamese lady who later left the company and moved to San Diego.  What she looked forward to most about moving was not proximity to her family, …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Japanese / New Mexico / Sushi

Neko Sushi – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

November 7, 2006July 23, 2018 - Leave a Comment

In 1968, Mexico City played witness to one of the most overt and controversial political statements ever issued during the modern Olympic Games when African American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos extended their right …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2008 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Japanese / Sushi

Taka Sushi – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

June 2, 2006July 23, 2018 - 1 Comment

Just as you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, you shouldn’t judge a restaurant by its exterior facade…or even its interior for that matter A good example of this is Taka Sushi, a venerable …

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Albuquerque / Closed in 2007 / Gone But Not Forgotten / Japanese / Sushi

Eurasia Bistro & Sushi Bar – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)

December 26, 2005July 23, 2018 - Leave a Comment

In an ideal world, the culinary connotation of the term “Eurasia” would be a fusion of the distinct cuisines of both continents available all under one roof under which culinary adventurers would be like Venetian …

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Albuquerque / Japanese / Sushi

Shogun Japanese Restaurant – Albuquerque, New Mexico

October 15, 2004July 23, 2018 - Leave a Comment

It stands to reason that what is conceivably one of Albuquerque’s best sushi restaurants is named for the Shogun, the title accorded the supreme ruler of Japan for about eight centuries. What most people may …

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