For the past 2 years we’ve been going to Uchi for Yvonne’s Birthday. We broke custom this year since Yvonne is now in Galveston. Instead we headed to Kata Robata in Houston. Overall the food was really good. I wouldn’t say it’s as inventive or mind blowing as Uchi but everything was solid.

We started off with some Manila Clam Miso Soup. For the hot dishes we got some yakatori style whole squid and hamachi kama. My mom usually gets hamachi kama whenever we go to sushi places because she doesn’t particularly like raw fish. The one from Kata was excellent and perfectly cooked. We also go the braised pork belly which was absolutely delicious. Yvonne wanted the Foie Grae with daikon which I was a little hesitant about. It turned out the daikon cut the richness of the Foie perfectly. The omakase sashimi we got wasn’t exactly the most unique cuts of fish but still very fresh and satisfying.

Yvonne was saying that if we were to go back she could get the hamachi kama, the pork belly and a bowl of rice and be happy. I would have to agree.