SeaStone — the abominable sushi/fusion joint that was located at the site of the former (slightly less abominable) Hannah’s — that itself was the failed successor to Tre — the Maccioni’s less-than-marvelous-multi-Mediterranean attempt — has closed after less than a year in business. ELV thinks this third failed restaurant at the corner of Fort Apache and West Charleston (in less than five years) officially dooms this location for any quality eats for a long time to come. Expect the next food service biz there to be a cheap-ass Asian buffet — the last stop on the shitty restaurant real estate train.
Author: John Curtas
Sushi Jumps The Shark – on News 88.9 FM KNPR – Nevada Public Radio
SUSHI: WE HARDLY KNEW YEE (Part One)
Sushi jumped the shark a long time ago. It maintained a slice of its dignity throughout the ‘90’s, but by the turn of the century it crossed the pizza line, never to return to what it is supposed to be. I remember being amused the first time I saw sushi rolls (maki-zushi) in Trader Joe’s ten years ago, just as I recall being horrified when they became staples in the isles of Costco and Wal-Mart around 2005.
To hear me expound on this phenomenon on KNPR- Nevada Public Radio (rather than read the incisive and witty prose for which ELV is known)….click here.
Like pizza, sushi, in its native and best form, is about the combination of a few, pristine ingredients into something far greater than the sum of its parts. And like the cheap cheese, doughy, over laden bread concoction that pizza has become, sushi in America is now so far removed from whence it came that it can’t even remember its roots, much less try to respect them. And like pizza, the entire cult of raw fish has become so twisted that it no longer matters whether it’s any good or not.
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PIN KAOW THAI RESTAURANT
Pin Kaow isn’t our favorite Thai in town. In fact, it probably doesn’t even make our top five. But it’s been around for fifteen+ years and is very popular with Northwesterners and other Summerlin-like folk on that side of town. They recently opened two other branches — at South Rainbow and Robindale, and Eastern at I-215 — with identical menus, so we dropped in for the first time in a long time. FYI: Back in the day, when ELV was young, virile, voted Democratic, and often mistaken for any one of these guys, we were regulars.