Year in, year out, chef Manabu Horiuchi’s bustling restaurant remains Houston’s most reliable source of excellent sushi and sashimi. Rival spots may be showier, more chic, more aggressively modern.

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) ...

For years, I've wondered how mac and cheese ended up on the menu of one of Houston's most acclaimed Japanese restaurants. And for years, I kept forgetting to ask because it tastes so darn good. Kata ...

Uni (sea urchin) is one of those seafood delicacies that, like oysters, you either love or hate. If you love it, eating it will fill you rapturous delight, often accompanied by a heady rush of ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last fall, while dining at laidback Kata Robata in Houston, chef Manabu Horiuchi handed me a few pieces of his signature sushi: ...

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 ...

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, ...

When Manabu Horiuchi (“Hori” to friends and customers) came to Houston in 2000, he was already a seasoned chef with a distinguished career in Tokyo. Here he honed his skills at a local sushi bar ...

It’s lunchtime on a Friday and Kata Robata’s head chef Manabu Horiuchi is standing in front of me brandishing a huge fish. The red seabream, longer than Chef Hori’s forearm and barely contained in its ...

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 ...