Happy Anniversary to Us!
July 14th marks our 16th year of doing business in Cooper-Young. Thank all of you who have made the choice to dine with us over these past 16 years. Here’s to the next 16!
On Tsunami Turning 16
My restaurant is a teenager. If my restaurant were a person, it would be getting it’s driver’s license this year. If it were human, it would be asserting it’s independence and rebelling against it’s parents right now. It would be resentful of...
The Thanksgiving Turkey Sandwich
It’s November again already?! I know that it is because all of my food magazines have the same photograph on the cover, a gorgeous, golden brown roasted turkey. Are we that predictable as a society? Every November issue of every food magazine for as long as I have...
Trick or Treat
Tricks We Play on Servers Don’t get me wrong. I have a lot of respect for the servers of the world. But sometimes they treat the kitchen mis en place like their own personal employee buffet, dipping bits of bread into soups and sauces, snatching up tidbits of...
Top 10 Reasons Why I Will Never Be a Vegetarian
1. Bacon in general, but the BLT sandwich in particular. Because it’s damn good. And it contains all the food groups: grains (in the bread), vegetables (lettuce), fruits (tomatoes are a fruit, botanically speaking), meat (the bacon), and dairy…..well,...
Izakaya: Asian Influenced Small Bites
We have been offering an izakaya menu at Tsunami for several years now, but I still get the question “What is izakaya?”. I used to launch into a lengthy explanation of the history and traditions of izakaya and how the concept has grown and morphed over the...