Eating With Duy

There has been no greater explosion of a foreign culture's food in the United States in recent history than sushi. While not loved by all, sushi has taken the world by storm and this insane rise in popularity has caused a major shift in the culinary world, because what was once restricted to Japan, and maybe a few other countries, at one time, is now available to anyone virtually anywhere! Tsubaki's Japanese Steak House & Sushi Bar on 2301 S. First Street, Lufkin, TX 75901 If anyone's seen the documentary, "Jiro Dreams of Sushi," you know that making sushi in itself is an art form--a delicious art form. While its purpose in early history was more for the preservation of the fish inside so that people could travel without food going bad, this simple dish has evolved into something magnificent with a large variety of options, which has only grown as its popularity has become world-wide. Part of Tsubaki's menu I've always loved sushi, and s

What does it take to qualify a burger as nuts? Well, for one thing, it has to have something about it that just makes you shake your head while you whisper, "That's impossible." Lugnutz, off of US-59, near Nacogdoches, Tx Of course, for a burger to be nuts doesn't necessarily mean it's a bad burger--in fact, with Lugnutz, our main feature this week, I call their burgers nuts in the most respectful and approving way. But we're getting ahead of ourselves. This week involved more moving, a funeral, a wedding, work, etc. If I said last week was chaotic, I spoke too soon. Last week didn't hold a candle to this one in terms of the amount of work that had to be done. And as the busy days passed by, I feared Duy and I might not have the time to eat at a restaurant to review it. Luckily, we found the time, and though we were a bit rushed, we visited Lugnutz determined to get enough material for a blog post. We drove up with our friend Hamish in the midd