"Kira in River Oaks could be mistaken for a play about sushi in a black box theater. The Japanese restaurant from the team behind Neo has a wooden counter at center stage and 15 seats for its audience. Kira focuses on handrolls, with chefs routinely placing the temaki in your hand as if they were crisp $100 bills. When people aren’t eating nori stuffed with bouncy salmon roe or lobster, they're scooping spoonfuls of donburi with puffs of fresh wasabi. And every piece of amberjack and sea bream inside your bowl balances the warm sushi rice that all but melts underneath the fish. A meal here should be prioritized when you need a special occasion with a side of himari." - chelsea thomas, gianni greene
Quit Nguyen
