Halfway through my second meal at Kata Robata, as I gobbled the last strip of horse mackerel tataki gleaming with shiso-flavored oil, I allowed myself to think the unthinkable: that this is the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'Chef Hori' of Kata Robata and Katami is opening a new intimate omakase restaurant in Houston. (Karen Warren/Staff photographer) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Diners can either eat at tables or the sushi bar. (Chyna Blackmon) When a colleague mentioned he picked Kata Robata for his ...

Drink more sake. That was the most important message given by Kata Robata general manager Blake Lewis at a sake class last weekend. Forty years ago, Japan had more than 4,000 sake breweries. Today ...

Jean-Philippe Gaston of Izakaya and Cyrus Caclini of Kata Robata are switching roles as they move up in the chef's ladder. Chefs Jean-Philippe Gaston and Cyrus Caclini have switched kitchens. Gaston, ...

I’m doing something a little sacrilegious here. I grew up in Philadelphia devouring cheesesteaks. Literally four houses down from me was a pizzeria that made good cheesesteaks. In my neighborhood ...

Who: Dale Ellington, bartender and wine buyer for Kata Robata, 3600 Kirby. A former rock-climbing instructor, he worked with Outward Bound, managed a bookstore, served as a pedi-cabber and became a ...

Katami, a high-end sushi restaurant from the team behind Kata Robata, opened in early November 2023 in the north Montrose space that was once home to Vincent’s, a long-time Italian food hotspot.

Go Wagyu! will bring together 10 of Houston’s top local chefs to battle it out in a wagyu beef throwdown. The chefs will prepare their most inventive, delicious dishes with authentic Wagyu beef ...

Vietnamese restaurant Hue recently reincarnated as the Japanese Kata Robata (3600 Kirby, 713-526-8858). Dish asked Yun Cheng, who also brought us Azuma and Soma sushi spots, what happened. “The ...

Six years ago, this thoughtful sushi spot from chef Manabu Horiuchi established itself as Houston's first serious omakase contender, meaning diners could put their multi-course, prix-fixe meal in the ...