The CHOW Guide to Eating and Drinking in Austin, SXSW edition

From Tex-Mex to high-end, CHOW brings you the best eating and drinking locations in Austin.

Hi guys, I’m trying to find some Hamachi Kama (yellowtail jaws/collar) to broil in the next couple of weeks, any ideas where I could find some?

above it. Nice. Then: pumpkin simmered in soy/sake. Two intensely differnent sweets – soy/sake sweet and squash-y sweet – against each other. Lovely. Then: broiled sea trout and broiled young yellowtail cheek. The sea...

for nobu. if you want to venture out and try some sushi and some non sushi items, go social house. Both have a similar clubish type vibe. Yellowtail is pricey and the portions comically tiny. The food is good though and you get to...

I had yellowtail collar last friday at my small town sushi spot and was offered yellowtail collar with the other items I had when I ordered omakase. It came as two sides stacked prettily on the plate in a thin pool of soy sauce....

Stopped into Neptune on New Year’s day for an oyster or two (dozen) and tried the yellowtail crudo, which is just a great dish. The crudos there are always interesting — raw fish, or scallops, or other impeccably...

I bought some yellowtail from CM in Austin for what seemed like a bargain - $12 per pound. I thawed it in cold water, then coated with salt and wasabi powder, then grilled two min per side. It had a fishy taste and poor texture...

anyone know which fishes are kosher? thanks. i’m sephardic so i allow for rice.

Hamachi

hamachi

Red Snapper And Other Snappers

red snapper and other snappers

The lunch menu at Yuzando, which replaced Sushi Tenn, definitely does it better.

flounder and dab

Look past the hand rolls.

Franco’s Pasta Cucina shines like a pearl in the sea of heat-lamp and chafing-dish food court mediocrity that is Irvine.

High-concept Mexican bites and masked wrestling.