Net Trivia
Which sushi has the lowest mercury levels?
highest? Over-fished?
The Natural Resources Defense Council tells
all.....
The City of Austin
now has a handy searchable database of restaurant inspection scores.
The Hottest New Rice Cooker. Yow!
The Zojirushi heat induction technology model
NH-VBC18.
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When it comes to inexpensive sushi, I'm a skeptic. Let's face it folks, eating raw fish is serious business, and when the prices get low, the quality control usually follows. Nevertheless, when our favorite ambient sushi DJ, Aaron Morris, informed us that Sake On Sixth had an all-you-can-eat sushi deal every Thursday night for only $20, we had to check it out.
Guess what? It wasn't too bad. In fact, it's a pretty good deal that probably won't last. Check it out....
I've had a couple of positive
experiences at Maiko, the new swanky sushi bar in town. Despite the
somewhat bizarre noise in the AustinSushi.com forums, Maiko
has not yet had an official grand opening and is still getting their
wait staff up to speed.
So, dude, cut them some slack, k?
They really should get their website together, though.
Maiko
311 W. 6th Street
Austin, Texas 78701
(512) 236-9888
The
new flagship Whole Foods at 6th and Lamar
has one-upped HEB Central Market by not only
having in-store sushi chefs, but also having a sitdown sushi
bar as well. They call
it Sixth
Street Sushi and
it's open
from 11am to 8pm every day in their food "court." They
have a pretty standard selection of maki and nigiri at prices
you'd
expect
from many
sushi bars
around town -- $4 for two pieces of ebi nigiri and $10.95
for a Caterpillar Roll, for example. 
No word yet on whether Sixth Street Sushi is run by Whole Foods or by the California firm they contract to make their take-out sushi: Kikka Sushi.
Whole Foods
6th and Lamar Blvd
Austin, Texas 78701
(512) 476-1206