Author: Nathaniel Glen

If you journey to Zen Fusion Sushi & Bistro off north Powers Boulevard seeking a transcendent experience, there are many paths you can choose: ornate rolls, simple, fresh and expertly carved nigiri, and an unexpected array of traditional Korean dishes, such as cross-cut short ribs lavishly slaked in a sweet and spicy garlic-ginger-chili marinade. The…

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“Rarely do I order a curry that it so good I just want to drink it,” a friend said a few bites into a meal at the new Thai Mint restaurant near Chapel Hills Mall. He was leaning over a steaming bowl of Masaman curry — a creamy brown mix of coconut milk, peanuts and…

  Only the five-star Broadmoor hotel would base an English pub-themed bar and restaurant on an actual 19th-century English pub shipped from London, complete with gas lights, regal mahogany carvings, a tin ceiling and heady pints of Boddingtons Pub Ale. That, along with a darn good traditional pub menu, yards of beer, servers that throw…

“Rarely do I order a curry that it so good I just want to drink it,” a friend said a few bites into a meal at the new Thai Mint restaurant near Chapel Hills Mall.He was leaning over a steaming bowl of Masaman curry — a creamy brown mix of coconut milk, peanuts and roasted…

A recent visit to Kura Japanese Restaurant was a study in contrasts. At one table, six elderly Japanese women shared a vibrant spread of traditional, subtle, fish-forward nigiri sushi, then moved on to big, steaming bowls of su udon — an ancient broth of seaweed and fish flakes swimming with thick noodles. At the next…