.
. >>>
. >>> SELECTING SUSHI CAN BE A
BIT INTIMIDATING BUT IT DOESN'T
HAVE TO BE AND LEE CHOW, YOU ARE
ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE
HOUSTON SUCH A GREAT PLACE AND A
GREAT PLACE FOR FOOD FOR SURE.
FIRST GENERATION AMERICAN.
>> YES MY PARENTS CAME FROM THE
VIETNAM WAR TO TRY TO ESCAPE THE
HARDSHIP OF WARSHIP, AND FIRST
GENERATION.
GENERATION. SO, I AM PROUD TO BE OUT HERE
AND DOING THINGS AND GIVE BACK
THE COMMUNITY.
THE COMMUNITY. -- GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY
AND OPENING A SUSHI RESTAURANT.
>> YOU VERY MUCH AMERICAN BUT
YOU THE CULTURE AND RICE AND
FISH ARE THE PART OF THE FOOD
SCENE.
SCENE.
SCENE. SO, WHAT IS THAT?
>> IT MEANS FLYING FISH.
IT MEANS JUMPING OUTSIDE OF OUR
COMFORT ZONE.
COMFORT ZONE. YOU DON'T SEE FISH USUALLY THAT
FLY SO WE ARE REACHING FOR THE
STARS AND THINGS THAT ARE
UNOBTAINABLE,
UNOBTAINABLE, REACHING FOR OUR DREAMS.
>> THE THING I LIKE ABOUT SUSHI
IS YOU CAN GO IN AND CUSTOMIZE
IT EVERY TIME.
>> YES, EVERY SINGLE TIME WE
HAVE THINGS FROM DIFFERENT ROLLS
AND COMPANY IT WITH DIFFERENT
SAUCES AND THINGS THAT
COMPLIMENT YOUR FISH.
>> SEA URCHIN AND TRY THINGS
THAT SOUND DIFFERENT AND STRANGE
BUT THAT IS THE COOL THING YOU
CAN TRY IT IN MALL BITES.
>> -- SMALL BITES.
>> A LOT OF PLACES YOU THINK
YOU NEED BIGGER IS BETTER.
NOT ALWAYS YOU WANT TO LET THE
FISH SPEAK FOR ITSELF.
INGREDIENTS AND QUALITY IS WHAT
MAKES US.
MAKES US.
MAKES US. >> IF YOU LOVE IT YOU CAN
ALWAYS ORDER MORE.
>> THE FIX BOX EXPERIENCE IS
SOMETHING WE CAME UP WITH, THEY
GIVE YOU DIFFERENT CUTS OF FISH
AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE THOUGHT
ABOUT A WHILE HOW TO KIND OF PUT
IT OUT THERE, AND SO, WE ORDER
FISH BOX FROM JAPAN AND IT TAKES
A ABOUT A WEEK TO GET HERE AND
IT IS 12 TO 15 DIFFERENT FISH.
IT IS SURPRISE WHEN COMES.
WE TORCH IT, BLANCH IT, SMOKE IT
RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THE
GUEST, SO IT IS AN EXPERIENCE
YOU CAN'T FIND ANYWHERE ELSE.
>> YOU GET SOME OF THEM FROM
OTHER COUNTRIES.
OTHER COUNTRIES. YOU GET THE REAL DEAL.
>> THINGS LIKE GINGER AND
WASABI, AND JAPANESE FISH,
SOME OF OUR PLATES WE HAVE --
>> AND EVERY DETAIL, THIS ICE
IS LIKE NOT DONE OVERNIGHT.
IT TAKES HOW LONG TO GET THIS
TOGETHER?
TOGETHER?
TOGETHER? >> SIX DAYS.
OUR CHEF LOVES ARCHITECT AND
MOUNTAINS AND THE EARTH,
WE GET THE COLORS AND WE BREAK
IT,
IT,
IT, THEN
IT, THEN AFTER THAT HE DOES IT AGAIN
FOR SIX MORE DAYS.
>> WOW, WE MAY CALL IT
SUSHI --AND I CALL IT PRETTY.
I AM GOING TO PUT SOME ON HERE.
WE ARE STARTING WITH THIS ONE?
>> THIS ONE IS SUSHI OVER RICE
WITH A LITTLE BIT OF WASABE, A
LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE MIX IT WITH
THEIR SOY SAUCE,
PEOPLE OVER DIP.
YOU DON'T WANT TO OVER DIP.
YOU WANT TO PUT A LITTLE BIT
ENOUGH TO ACCOMPANY THE FISH,
YOU DON'T WANT TO OVER POWER IT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> SO WHAT MAKES THIS
DIFFERENT?
DIFFERENT? >> THIS IS ACTUALLY FISH
WITHOUT RICE.
WITHOUT RICE. IT IS USUALLY THIN CUT, BITE
SIZE PIECES; AND ENOUGH TO GET
YOUR MOUTH GOING AND TASTE THE
ACTUAL FISH.
ACTUAL FISH. >> THIS IS A JAPANESE TERM FOR
ROLL AND IT IS A TRADITIONAL
ROLE FOR A CALIFORNIA ROLL AND
ONE OF OUR NEW ROLLS IT IS AN
EXPANSION OF WHAT THE
TRADITIONAL ROLL WILL BE, AND
THAT IS THE BIG APPLE.
IT HAS YELLOW TAIL CUCUMBER WITH
FRESH TUNA, AND A COMPRESSED
APPLE: .
APPLE: .
APPLE: . >> THEY ARE LIKE ARTISTIC
PIECES.
PIECES.
PIECES. >> EVEN NOW WE DON'T DO SOY
SAUCE DIP WE MAKE A SAUCE.
THAT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF LEMON
ZEST.
ZEST.
ZEST. >>
ZEST. >> IT IS ALWAYS GOOD BUT WHEN
YOU CAN GET CREATIVE -- THAT IS
GOOD.
GOOD.
GOOD. THAT IS REALLY GOOD.
>> SUPER BRIGHT AND REFRESHING.
>>
>> REALLY
>> REALLY GOOD. SO MANY PEOPLE MISTAKE THIS FOR
AVOCADO, YOU MAKE THAT MISTAKE
ONCE,
ONCE,
ONCE, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN
ENHANCE, DON'T OVER POWER --
WHAT ABOUT THE GINGER?
>> THAT IS FOR CLEANSING OF THE
PALLET.
PALLET.
PALLET. A
PALLET. A LOT OF PEOPLE PUT IT ON THE
SUSHI AND THAT TAKES WAY FROM
THE TASTE OF THE FISH OR THE
ROLL AND YOU DON'T WANT TO DO
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. YOU
THAT. YOU WANT TO PUT IT BETWEEN
BITES,
BITES,
BITES, YOU DON'T GET THEM MICKED UP.
>> YOU HAVE THINGS TO DRINK AND
A GREAT ATMOSPHERE.
YOU CAN GO TO THE KATY LOCATION
OR THE STROLL OF THE