Fun Noodle Bar – Albuquerque, New Mexico
By definition, many, if not most noodles are fun. No, not fun as in luxuriating in a tub filled with …
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Ohana Hut – Albuquerque, New Mexico
In horse racing, the Triple Crown signifies winning all three of the sport’s most challenging thoroughbred horse races—The Kentucky Derby, …
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Oni Noodles – Albuquerque, New Mexico
In retrospect, the monsters and bogeymen who frightened impressionable children of my generation were pretty lame. Perhaps the most lame …
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528 Sushi & Asian Cuisine – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
“No lady likes to snuggle and dine accompanied by a porcupine.” “He lit a match to check gas tank. They …
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Nori Ramen & Sushi Bar – Rio Rancho, New Mexico
From our home in northeast Rio Rancho, it’s about thirteen miles to the Nori Ramen & Sushi Bar on Southern …
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Aya’s New Asian Japanese Cuisine – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED: 2018)
There’s an unspoken reciprocal arrangement between restaurant guests and the restaurant personnel with whom we interact. As guests, we show …
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Fareast Fuzion – Albuquerque, New Mexico
A Journal of Consumer Research study published in 2012 revealed that consumers equate eating meat with their concept of masculinity. …
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Amerasia & Sumo Sushi – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Carpe Diem Sum–“seize the dim sum” at AmerAsia, the Alibi’s perennial selection for best dim sum in the city honors …
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Mogu Mogu – Albuquerque, New Mexico
In the 1970s, comedian Norm Crosby based his schtick on the use of malapropisms (the mistaken use of a word …
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Nanami Noodle House – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
If Chinese superstitions have any credence, some of us may not be long for this world. Chinese superstitions posit that …
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Sakura Sushi Thai & Laos Cuisine – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Opinions vary as to what the next “hot” cuisine in America will be. As an independent observer of the New …
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Naruto – Albuquerque, New Mexico
During a 2015 episode of the Travel Channel’s Delicious Destinations, glaborous host Andrew Zimmern articulated what may be the very …
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Magokoro Japanese Restaurant – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Emeril Lagasse, the jovial master of the culinary catchphrase, has been known to exhort his studio audience to “feel the …
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Asian Pear – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“Careful Father, this stuff will melt your beads.” ~Lt Colonel Henry Blake, MASH 4077 Just as Hogan’s Heroes helped establish …
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Loving Vegan – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
My adovada adoring amigo Ruben likened the irony to an episode of Seinfeld. Two weeks into his experiment with an …
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Nagomi Japanese Restaurant – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Everyman philosopher Homer Simpson once posed the profound existential question “Donuts. Is there anything they can’t do?” One thing at …
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“Food, like a loving touch or a glimpse of divine power, has that ability to comfort.” ~Norman Kolpas According to …
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Ichiban – Albuquerque, New Mexico
In an episode of Friends, Joey Tribbiani starred in a commercial released only in Japan for Ichiban men’s lipstic. His …
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Gen Kai Japanese Restaurant – Albuquerque, New Mexico
In Japan, ramen is so revered that diners line up, sometimes for hours, at ramen houses for homemade noodles tangled …
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Izanami – Santa Fe, New Mexico
“Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us without words.” ~Marcel Marceau When the Spaniards first gazed …
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Ahh! Sushi – Rio Rancho, New Mexico (CLOSED: 2015)
The year was 1997. Recently thawed from a thirty year cryogenic state, Dr. Evil addressed the United Nations about his …
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Clancy’s Pub – Farmington, New Mexico
Characterized by writer Tom Wolfe as the “Me Decade” and derided by cynics as the “Disco Era,” the 1970s witnessed …
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Sushiya Asian Fusion Cuisine – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“I don’t eat anything that a dog won’t eat. Like sushi. Ever see a dog eat sushi? He just sniffs …
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Sushi Xuan Asian Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Nay-saying economic analysts who perpetuate the notion that even neighborhood monopolies would take advantage of a captive market don’t know …
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Mr. Tokyo – Albuquerque, New Mexico
In a 2011 interview, Green Bay Packers Superbowl winning quarterback Aaron Rodgers revealed that during the National Football League season, …
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I Love Sushi – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
According to the US Census Bureau, more than half (49.3) of all Americans reported they did not “dine out” between …
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Sushi and Sake – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“If white wine goes with fish, do white grapes go with sushi?“ – George Carlin A reader once asked Washington …
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Hakata Asian Cuisine & Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
“Grrr! What’s wrong with those Vietnamese?” That’s not a bad bowl of pho prompting a xenophobic rant on my part. …
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Japanese Kitchen – Albuquerque, New Mexico
For generations, traditional New Mexican food as it had been served for generations by Hispanic families in Northern New Mexico …
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Pacific Paradise Tropical Grill & Sushi Bar – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Shangri-La. Eden. Paradise. Heaven on Earth. The concept of a remote and exotic utopia, a faraway haven or hideaway of …
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Sakura Sushi & Grill – Albuquerque, New Mexico
In describing “food porn,” The New Yorker once wrote, “The point is to get very close to what you are …
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Noda’s Japanese Cuisine – Rio Rancho, New Mexico (CLOSED)
Note: On December 16, 2010, Noda’s Japanese Cuisine, a Rio Rancho institution for a dozen years, closed its doors. Owners …
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Sushi King – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I– I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all …
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Jasmine Thai & Sushi – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Sometimes the most delicate and beautiful things in nature are spawned in conditions that are wholly antithetical to their survival. …
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Japengo Sushi – Albuquerque, New Mexico (CLOSED)
The Chinese philosophy of yin and yang posits a dualistic universe in which both sides of opposite forces are each …
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Sushi Eye – Tempe, Arizona
To Western diners used to restaurant ambience defined by an effusive, sensory bombarding, over-the-top flamboyance, many Japanese restaurants feel stark …
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